GDT: GAME 25 | Red Wings vs Senators | In Pizza We Trust | Thu Dec 5 2024, 7PM | TSN5, RDSI

[Agent Zuuuub]

The new lines hindered stutzle and still don’t help pinto.

Feel like it would be smart to get Pinto and Stutzle together.

Stutzle could use a shooter, and Pinto could really use a goal.

Stutzle would create chances at will for Pinto to use his shot.

 

[DrEasy]

Effort was there tonight, creativity and skill though are in short supply. Stutzle looks like he's playing a different game than the rest of the team, the disconnect is jarring.

Good to see the Chuck Norris line being the one on the scoreboard on Pizza night; that's the line we thought would be the deserving successor, and who knows it might yet be.

 

[Xspyrit]

Well, our problems at the forward position came much earlier than I expected. Of course Giroux is 36 y/o so that was a bit expected. Now imagine if Norris wasn't back to form lol, it would be a disaster

We have 3 elite/star forwards, then Norris and Giroux and a surprise in Gaudette

Tkachuk 13 goals
Gaudette 12 goals
Norris 11 goals
Stutzle 10 goals
Batherson 9 goals
Giroux 6 goals

Then no one else has more than 2 goals. We all expected more from Pinto, Greig and Perron though but my concern going forward was going to be the forward group but I thought we had 1 or 2 years before that

Who is our best forward prospect? Halliday? Montgomery?

That said, nice to see we survived another day, thanks to Norris. Have to win all these games at home, it is crucial.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Wow, we barely played the 4th line at all, 5-6 mins each (5v5), which is odd because I found Ostapchuk noticable

Ostapchuk is good. He's doing a lot of the right things out there.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Norris post game interview full of sniffling and "y'knows". Heater sent down his spirit to win them this game.

Norris deserves the *sniff* props tonight.

 

[Swisssen]

Norris post game interview full of sniffling and "y'knows". Heater sent down his spirit to win them this game.

f***ing superstar ey!

 

[Blotto71]

You aren’t winning playoff games with Chabot

 

[mysens]

I was there last night, and the atmosphere was quiet and nonexistent. The excitement has worn off in the last three weeks. The team played okay. I suppose the rumor mill of Norris being shopped around may have 'hook, line, and sinker' to any prospective trade partners.

 

[Blotto71]

Can we focus on a RD to play with Sandy first, playing him with Hamonic is criminal

I agree, but will say I though Hamonic was pretty unnoticeable vs Detroit outside of a big block on the PK and a surprisingly calm outlet pass while under pressure in the 3rd.

 

[TeamRenzo]

Don't let me down sens fans. Cheer Spezza, cheer Alfie . . . boo the living f*** out of Heatley.

Good grief, let it go.

 

[Micklebot]

I agree, but will say I though Hamonic was pretty unnoticeable vs Detroit outside of a big block on the PK and a surprisingly calm outlet pass while under pressure in the 3rd.

He's been great relative to my 7th D expectations, but he belongs on the bottom pair, this is worse than when we put Boro with Karlsson.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Back from the game. Glad to get the win. Energy in the building during the third was grim; people were quite miffed at the refs.

Also, was surprised they gave Tyler Motte a 'welcome back' on the Jumbotron and not, y'know, Tarasenko.

Always liked Motte, was a good 4th liner for us.

I was there last night, and the atmosphere was quiet and nonexistent. The excitement has worn off in the last three weeks. The team played okay. I suppose the rumor mill of Norris being shopped around may have 'hook, line, and sinker' to any prospective trade partners.

That's a normal Senators game for you. We don't make any noise unless the team does something good or scores multiple goals on the PP. It's embaressing going to a live game these days, when I went to the Oiler game a few weeks ago I was surrounded by Oiler fans chanting almost all night long.

 

[NyQuil]

I was there last night, and the atmosphere was quiet and nonexistent. The excitement has worn off in the last three weeks. The team played okay. I suppose the rumor mill of Norris being shopped around may have 'hook, line, and sinker' to any prospective trade partners.

That's because the fans are waiting for the inevitable collapse in virtually every game and are unwilling to commit themselves emotionally.

Beating a useless team like the Wings 2-1 with 40 seconds left after dominating them for 2/3 of the game isn't going to change that.

The terrible officiating doesn't help either.

 

[jbeck5]

Boston Pizza has everything... straight from the Superstore freezer aisle conveniently warmed up for ya!

I don't have a deep fryer at home, so I'll take it!

 

[Micklebot]

I don't have a deep fryer at home, so I'll take it!

Deep fryer for tacos?

 

[Golden_Jet]

How much better is our record if we eliminate the DJ era?

Probably not as good if we eliminate the first 4 years in the 90’s.

 

[Micklebot]

That's because the fans are waiting for the inevitable collapse in virtually every game and are unwilling to commit themselves emotionally.

Beating a useless team like the Wings 2-1 with 40 seconds left after dominating them for 2/3 of the game isn't going to change that.

The terrible officiating doesn't help either.

We need to score on our chances. With the talent we have, there really is no excuse for not scoring on one of our 5 PP opportunities, we had over 8 mins of man advantage, and only managed 3 shots on net against one of the worst PK teams in the league.

The team is double clutching on it's chances, and overpassing, confidence isn't there. We need to get that ball rolling.

 

[jbeck5]

Deep fryer for tacos?

This is the post I responded to:

"Boston Pizza has everything... straight from the Superstore freezer aisle conveniently warmed up for ya!"

Does the superstore freezer aisle have tacos? Lol

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Effort was there tonight, creativity and skill though are in short supply. Stutzle looks like he's playing a different game than the rest of the team, the disconnect is jarring.

Good to see the Chuck Norris line being the one on the scoreboard on Pizza night; that's the line we thought would be the deserving successor, and who knows it might yet be.

On paper tho it’s what you’d expect to see.

 

[NyQuil]

We need to score on our chances. With the talent we have, there really is no excuse for not scoring on one of our 5 PP opportunities, we had over 8 mins of man advantage, and only managed 3 shots on net against one of the worst PK teams in the league.

I knew we weren't going to score on the PP once Miller and Johnson made such a big deal about how horrid their PK is.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Glad to see the win, but gotta say the entertainment level when watching this years team is quite low. They don't frustrate the hell out of me the way the DJ Smith teams did, but they also don't do anything that looks to me like "really good hockey".

And biggest problem, IMO, is they just don't win enough puck battles.

 

[Loach]

Glad to see the win, but gotta say the entertainment level when watching this years team is quite low. They don't frustrate the hell out of me the way the DJ Smith teams did, but they also don't do anything that looks to me like "really good hockey".

And biggest problem, IMO, is they just don't win enough puck battles.

"They need to win!" Team wins. "They didn't win the right way!" Wow. Skunkypoo

 

[The Waffler]

Glad to see the win, but gotta say the entertainment level when watching this years team is quite low. They don't frustrate the hell out of me the way the DJ Smith teams did, but they also don't do anything that looks to me like "really good hockey".

And biggest problem, IMO, is they just don't win enough puck battles.

I’ll add to that their passing is not very crisp which makes them look really sloppy with possession

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

That's because the fans are waiting for the inevitable collapse in virtually every game and are unwilling to commit themselves emotionally.

Beating a useless team like the Wings 2-1 with 40 seconds left after dominating them for 2/3 of the game isn't going to change that.

The terrible officiating doesn't help either.

Winning games, especially winning games with big goals late, will absolutely change that. Winning changes everything, it doesn't really matter how useless the other team is.

If they string together a good December then there will be energy in the arena for January.

 

[Micklebot]

This is the post I responded to:

"Boston Pizza has everything... straight from the Superstore freezer aisle conveniently warmed up for ya!"

Does the superstore freezer aisle have tacos? Lol

But that post was replying to you asking if Boston Pizza has tacos, so...