Is Ottawa good?
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Fatass
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No, they’re not good and won’t make the playoffs. Fun to watch though because they play fire wagon hockey. Their game isn’t stout enough to make the playoffs in that division.
So as a said in a previous comment, i am remaining cautiously optimistic until after a dozen games or so before drawing any type of conclusion, but this statement is incorrect. Our defensive game has been good in the early parts of the season and even last season we were average. we had better defensive metrics than Boston. We just happened to have the worst goaltending while they had the best tandem.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Like good, should be either a team in the playoffs, or just outside, similar to Detroit this past season ?
Should be.
Their issue last year was goaltending. They went out and got a goalie, who's played 2 of their 6(?) Games and Ottawa is 4-2.
I'd say Green is helping Ottawa be better.
If DJ Smith was their coach and no Ullmark they probably don't win a game without him during this stretch where Forsberg is 3-1 I believe.
Should be.
Their issue last year was goaltending. They went out and got a goalie, who's played 2 of their 6(?) Games and Ottawa is 4-2.
I'd say Green is helping Ottawa be better.
If DJ Smith was their coach and no Ullmark they probably don't win a game without him during this stretch where Forsberg is 3-1 I believe.
I mostly agree with you, but this year, in particular, Ottawa is different. For the last five years or so, they have been out of the playoffs by American Thanksgiving. Getting off to a good start is a must for Ottawa.
With that said...jinx thread is a jinx!
BondraTime
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Have already seen line changes that has worked wonders after a rocky start for some guys
TheDoldrums
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I’m not surprised tbh. Said multiple times in the Atlantic thread that they were the one team below the ever present top 4 that could make the jump. Think they take a WC spot.
Fatass
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Disagree. The Sens are too easy to play against. That’s not a goalie problem. That’s the club not being stout.
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Should be interesting. Potentially 5 teams who could have 100 points in the Atlantic. A really good team is going to miss.
There's nothing to disagree with. The numbers show our defensive game has been good this season (so far, small sample size) and average last year but awful goaltending let us down.
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Reminds me of that Eichel era Sabres team who started the season excellent and ended it in failure once more.
Fatass
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The thread title doesn’t ask that. “Is Ottawa Good?”
No they’re not. Because they’re not stout enough defensively. It’s a very tough division. So no playoffs.
Leafs
Florida
Boston
Tampa
Wings
Sabres
Sens
Habs
That’s how I see the division ending up. Finishing 7 out of 8 isn’t good.
Oleksiak
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Green will also keep making line changes when things are working. You haven't yet seen how incompetent this moron is, but you will. He's been a massive problem everywhere he's been and simply isn't qualified to coach professionals.
Bjornar Moxnes
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I think the Sens are bubble team if there's a balance between positives and negatives. If the goaltending somehow plays fantastic, then I definitely see the Sens as a playoff team.
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They addressed their biggest weakness in the off-season in goal, and I liked the Jensen add on the right side.
By which I mean to say that yes, they're clearly a juggernaut that will dominate the division and the conference this year, and there is no chance, zero, bupkis, that anything could possibly go wrong to derail their season.
By which I mean to say that yes, they're clearly a juggernaut that will dominate the division and the conference this year, and there is no chance, zero, bupkis, that anything could possibly go wrong to derail their season.
OVO16
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We have this thread every year lmfaoooo.
One of these years it will finally hit and someone is gonna go like "I TOLD YOU SO"
One of these years it will finally hit and someone is gonna go like "I TOLD YOU SO"
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Tyler Kleven looks like a player tho. Once we get Zub back that’s a really solid group of defencemen. Sure u will still get the occasional Chabot and Hamonic blunders
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Told who so? Has anyone in this thread said that Ottawa is good?We have this thread every year lmfaoooo.
One of these years it will finally hit and someone is gonna go like "I TOLD YOU SO"
We've had some really, really rocky stretches this season. Our breakouts are markedly worse than last season so far. We're getting hemmed in and in a panicked scramble too often for my liking. In terms of actually outplaying or performing very closely to our opponents, I'd say we're 2/6. There have been some really promising performances from what was our second line coming into the season, and I have liked the way our bottom six has played. We need more from our top line and more clean execution on winning defensive zone puck battles and breaking out from our end. The team will have to do better if they want to make the playoffs.
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