GDT: GAME 54 | Senators @ Lightning | Can't Stop, Won't Stop Edition | Tue Feb 4 2025, 7PM | TSN5, RDS

[Alex1234]

Hamonic haters are insufferable.

The Haminator is needed.

All hail Hamonic for first line

I don't hate him
Matinpalo is just better and has great chemistry with Kleven
A part from the Washington game they were real good together for a while

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Hamonic haters are insufferable.

The Haminator is needed.

All hail Hamonic for first line

You're insufferable

I understand Hamonic for the most part not being the reason between losses and wins but its such an easy change or non change to maximize your roster by putting in a better player over an inferior one regardless of position.

 

[Senscore]

I don't think this team can afford to not play the best possible lineup on a nightly basis.


Right now that's not happening.

 

[SpezDispenser]

They certainly didn't being their A game last night. Gonna need a much better response Thursday

 

[TheNewEra]

Hamonic is a warrior and can make some big defensive plays, but he has been a net negative overall for two seasons and will only get worse. Better to have him spend rest of season in press box and jump in if we have injury trouble. At this point we need the extra forward to spread the load

To give hamonic some credit he looked fine in the first game and a half he was back from injury. At worst he shouldnt be playing. At best he should only be playing every other game.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

You're insufferable

I understand Hamonic for the most part not being the reason between losses and wins but its such an easy change or non change to maximize your roster by putting in a better player over an inferior one regardless of position.

Best to ignore the trolls

 

[Tuna99]

Kucherov is just so good, one for he few players who makes offense look easy - he doesn’t hustle like McKinnon, he’s not dripsy doodle like Mcdavid he’s just smooth and super intelligent.

 

[DueDiligence]

Vasilevskiy's save on Giroux was in reality a very bad shot by CG. He had the whole left side of the net and time to shoot and he puts it bottom right. Cost the team a point.

 

[SanderSen]

In the winning streak the Sens got some good bounces on goals in tight games, Tonight they were in it despite injury and back to back, and some that would have gone in on other nights did not go in.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

This is what a Hamonic shift consists of.

In the defensive zone, puck gets dumped in, at the slightest pressure Hamonic panics and gives it away, now the other team is ragging the puck around getting chances, it comes to Hamonic again and he has time to make a play and it you think finally the pressure is going to be relived, but he panics again and gives it away. shift ends with a goal against or 5 ottawa senators barely able to skate off.

In the offensive zone, the team is zipping it around, getting chances, touch passes, great movement, it comes to the LD, the only one open and he is wide open is Hamonic and he is tapping his stick, LD is forced to pass to him, Hamonic gets it and without looking at anything blasts it on net that either goes wide or gets blocked and the opposing team gets it and possesion and momentum is lost.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Kucherov is just so good, one for he few players who makes offense look easy - he doesn’t hustle like McKinnon, he’s not dripsy doodle like Mcdavid he’s just smooth and super intelligent.

modern Gretzky. Pasta like that too.

It's easy to understand why McDavid or MacKinnon, Makar, Matthews etc are great.

But Kucherov is the most impressive imo, goes half speed as those guys, but still dominates.

 

[Senscore]

This is what a Hamonic shift consists of.

In the defensive zone, puck gets dumped in, at the slightest pressure Hamonic panics and gives it away, now the other team is ragging the puck around getting chances, it comes to Hamonic again and he has time to make a play and it you think finally the pressure is going to be relived, but he panics again and gives it away. shift ends with a goal against or 5 ottawa senators barely able to skate off.

In the offensive zone, the team is zipping it around, getting chances, touch passes, great movement, it comes to the LD, the only one open and he is wide open is Hamonic and he is tapping his stick, LD is forced to pass to him, Hamonic gets it and without looking at anything blasts it on net that either goes wide or gets blocked and the opposing team gets it and possesion and momentum is lost.

He always has at least one "f*** it I'm going in!" moment in every shift that he's not remotely talented enough to pull off and it always backfires. Either in terms of defensive coverage or trying to get pucks on net or pinching etc

If he just stuck to the system things would go a lot smoother. He'd still be relatively ineffective but at least he'd be predictable.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

This is what a Hamonic shift consists of.

In the defensive zone, puck gets dumped in, at the slightest pressure Hamonic panics and gives it away, now the other team is ragging the puck around getting chances, it comes to Hamonic again and he has time to make a play and it you think finally the pressure is going to be relived, but he panics again and gives it away. shift ends with a goal against or 5 ottawa senators barely able to skate off.

In the offensive zone, the team is zipping it around, getting chances, touch passes, great movement, it comes to the LD, the only one open and he is wide open is Hamonic and he is tapping his stick, LD is forced to pass to him, Hamonic gets it and without looking at anything blasts it on net that either goes wide or gets blocked and the opposing team gets it and possesion and momentum is lost.

Don't forget the countless icings per game and the Chris Phillips special of pointing to teammates on where to go

 

[Micklebot]

I don't hate him
Matinpalo is just better and has great chemistry with Kleven
A part from the Washington game they were real good together for a while

I personally think Matinpalo did enough to push Hamonic out, he was starting to add some offense to his already solid defensive play and has great chemistry with Kleven, so I'm disappointed that Green scratched him in favour of playing Hammer, but at the same time, the negativity around Hamonic is over the top. He's played well this season relative to what should be expected of a vet earning 1.1 mil.

I get coaches take time to build trust in a player, but you need to play the guy to allow him to earn that trust, I think we need to let Matinpalo earn that trust and get him in the lineup. Hammer is a great #7 imo, but as a 6 he has some holes in his game at this point.