GDT: Game 14 | Ottawa @ Pittsburgh | 13 February 2013, 19:00 | TSN & RDS | Zoomorphic Edit

[MainDotC]

The NHL has an even better replay and you can see cooks leg drive down into Karlsson with purpose.

This - plus you can hear him scream in pain at the hit.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Oh, damn guys....that picture of Karlsson is really hard to look at. Jesus, that poor kid.

 

[Holdurbreathe]

This sucks. This really, really sucks. No words to describe how much this sucks.

If something like this was going to happen, better this year when the team really was a long shot to go far.

Now the kids can get plenty of ice time gaining value experience and just possibly the Sens might get a top draft pick as well.

Hopefully EK recovers completely and Spezza and Cowen are healthy to start next season.

 

[Golden]

I feel sick. This is absolute garbage.

 

[Niv]

Is this a for serious quote?

Yup, Elliotte Friedman just tweeted it.

 

[goboboy*]

It was never going to work with Alfredsson and Karlsson

This could be the wakeup call Melnyk needs to blow up the team, there's no point being mediocre year after year

 

[pepty]

Dave Gross is maybe not the best guy to be doing the post game show.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

If something like this was going to happen, better this year when the team really was a long shot to go far.

Now the kids can get plenty of ice time gaining value experience and just possibly the Sens might get a top draft pick as well.

Hopefully EK recovers completely and Spezza and Cowen are healthy to start next season.

So, last year? With Karlsson and Anderson, we're easily a top-4 or -5 team in the East this year. The timing of this, plus the Spezza injury, is just brutal. Worst case scenario.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

It was never going to work with Alfredsson and Karlsson

This could be the wakeup call Melnyk needs to blow up the team, there's no point being mediocre year after year

...not sure if serious.

 

[sensrulz]

It was never going to work with Alfredsson and Karlsson

This could be the wakeup call Melnyk needs to blow up the team, there's no point being mediocre year after year

WTF are you talking about the team HAS been blown up or did you not notice half of the Binghampton Senators that are in this lineup

 

[hockeycoach]

It was never going to work with Alfredsson and Karlsson

This could be the wakeup call Melnyk needs to blow up the team, there's no point being mediocre year after year

WTF
What planet are you from?

Wait...
ur joking, right?

 

[hockeycoach]

100% serious

Alfie cannot lead the Senators to a cup, management knows this. Ottawa just wants season ticket sales, they should have let him go a long time ago

Amazing perspective... WRONG but amazing
this why you're a rookie with 13 posts.

 

[Holdurbreathe]

So, last year? With Karlsson and Anderson, we're easily a top-4 or -5 team in the East this year. The timing of this, plus the Spezza injury, is just brutal. Worst case scenario.

The team over achieved last year and had virtually no serious/long term injuries to key personnel. Add to that a great year by Anderson and a Norris Trophy performance by EK.

This year the team lost Cowen and Lundin prior to the start of the season and were forced to start the year with 3 AHL D.

Up front they has two guys (Latendresse & Regin) who had hardly played in two years and a rookie slated to start in the top six.

Then the injury to Spezza and the other prospects forced into action due to injuries, only the most optimistic fan would have believed this team was playoff bound.

To this long list the loss of Karlsson is crippling IMO.

You may see it otherwise, that's fine.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

The team over achieved last year and had virtually no serious/long term injuries to key personnel. Add to that a great year by Anderson and a Norris Trophy performance by EK.

This year the team lost Cowen and Lundin prior to the start of the season and were forced to start the year with 3 AHL D.

Up front they has two guys (Latendresse & Regin) who had hardly played in two years and a rookie slated to start in the top six.

Add to this the injury to Spezza and the other prospects forced into action due to injuries, only the most optimistic fan would have believed this team was playoff bound.

Add to this long list the loss of Karlsson, it is crippling IMO.

You may see it otherwise, that's fine.

While I agree that the team overachieved last year, this year was NOT immediately a write-off. Check the standings.

 

[MainDotC]

While I agree that the team overachieved last year, this year was NOT immediately a write-off. Check the standings.

Agreed. If Andy kept his consistency there's no reason to believe Sens couldn't be a contender for the President's Trophy.

 

[Holdurbreathe]

While I agree that the team overachieved last year, this year was NOT immediately a write-off. Check the standings.

No need to check the standing, check the schedule.

The Sens haven't played any top teams yet, unless you consider Tampa and Pittsburgh as top teams and the Sens are 0-3 against them.

Even with the schedule to date, several of those wins were all Anderson surely you didn't expect him to have a .950+ SA% over a 48 game schedule.

 

[Holdurbreathe]

Agreed. If Andy kept his consistency there's no reason to believe Sens couldn't be a contender for the President's Trophy.

Not without Cannone

 

[Bigup]

I want to post quite a bit here but everything would just be in "***"

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

No need to check the standing, check the schedule.

The Sens haven't played any top teams yet, unless you consider Tampa and Pittsburgh as top teams and the Sens are 0-3 against them.

Even with the schedule to date, several of those wins were all Anderson surely you didn't expect him to have a .950+ SA% over a 48 game schedule.

That's a fair point. Andy's stats are unsustainable, for sure. But we'll have to agree to disagree RE: not a playoff team. We beat the teams we needed to beat up to this point.

 

[costermonger]

This could be the wakeup call Melnyk needs to blow up the team, there's no point being mediocre year after year

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[Golden]

Erik and Andy were carrying this team so I can't imagine us getting anywhere this season. Watching Karlsson get injured was actually sickening. But mostly because I fear for his career than anything else. As long as he can come back 100%, who cares about this season?

I wonder how Murray is going to handle this. This is pretty devastating to the franchise as a whole, especially in terms of selling tickets.

 

[Benjamin]

This is the closest ive been to crying since watching the end of the Lord of the Rings.

 

[Bigup]

If

can recover, you better believe

can do it!!

 

[Bigup]

This is the closest ive been to crying since watching the end of the Lord of the Rings.

Because it was sooooo long right?

 

[MainDotC]

Not without Cannone

I would make a joke about Cannone being called up in EK's place but it's not even troll funny. I just cannot be anything other than depressed right now.