GDT: Ottawa Senators (4-4-0) VS St. Louis Blues (5-4-0) (7PM EDT TSN5, RDSI)

[bicboi64]

Now that was an absolute blast to watch!

 

[LuckyPierre]

Attendance Is a reflection of ownership, not the fans. You have good ownership that fits your commutnity, you’ll have good attendance. Whatever profit numbers the NHL owners have - DONT CARE. f*** you and your entitled attitude to my pocket book

I just don’t think if we were leading the division that selling out would matter to anyone. Who cares? Like who actually gives a flying f*** if there were 16 000 or 18500 fans there yesterday? Great game, fun to watch, wasn’t there, I enjoyed it.

low attendance It’s a way for the media to beat up in the fans when they all the media get free tickets, and they do it because it scratches at the fragile ego of Ottawa people, because we think people on the rest of the country will think we aren’t loyal enough. Screw that weak line of thinking, if you want to go to a game, go, and if not, don’t go, you’re still a great fan.

Think it says a lot they are building smaller arenas then even 10 years ago. And much smaller.

If low attendance continues in spite of quality ownership through Andlauer, your theory goes out the window. It does become a reflection of the fan base. There is still time for the numbers to go up, and a lag was to be expected, but at some point the fanbase has to put its money where its mouth is.

Also, fans aren't all the same. Some are active investors in the team through ticket packages, corporate advertising deals, etc. Others stay home. At an individual level everyone makes choices and has their reasons. As a fanbase, however, there needs to be significant enough investment into the organization to justify icing a competitive team and producing an elevated gameday experience.

 

[jbeck5]

A few games ago a poster was going around saying that 60 min efforts do not exist.

I was adamant that they do exist, and I've seen other teams do it against us, and I've seen sens teams of old do it.

Well, this was a perfect example of a 60 minute effort. We were in the driver's seat all game and the win never was in doubt. We constantly took the play to them.

 

[jbeck5]

I don't understand your argument. What do you mean "no one cares about attendance?"

If we want the owner to spend to the cap, fans have to do their part and pack the building. What message does it send to the owner to have a three quarter full arena? Yes it's expensive, but you either want an NHL team or not.

I believe way more revenue comes from the tv viewership which dwarfs in game attendance.

We would be much better off growing our tv viewers than our in game attendance, it seems.

Obviously both is ideal, but id much rather get an extra 20% tv viewers than an extra 20% in game attendance.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Hope they keep this cooking through November

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851640381319839925

 

[jbeck5]

Fans still need to show up in better numbers,

They will once they can trust that they're not blowing hundreds of dollars to see their team lose 3-1 with minimal efforts or fights or hits.

It's going to take more than 2 weeks to build that trust. It will come once we're a good team that wins twice as much as we lose.

Right now, the odds are still high that you'll blow your money and leave the building unimpressed.

 

[jbeck5]

If low attendance continues in spite of quality ownership through Andlauer, your theory goes out the window. It does become a reflection of the fan base. There is still time for the numbers to go up, and a lag was to be expected, but at some point the fanbase has to put its money where its mouth is.

Also, fans aren't all the same. Some are active investors in the team through ticket packages, corporate advertising deals, etc. Others stay home. At an individual level everyone makes choices and has their reasons. As a fanbase, however, there needs to be significant enough investment into the organization to justify icing a competitive team and producing an elevated gameday experience.

Apparently the NFL can do it with viewership.

Maybe we can spread the idea that it's the cool thing to watch the sens game on tv. Have sens game parties with your friends. Get traditions going where all the casuals around you will start to watch every game rather than every 4th game.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Robert Thomas is injured and is by far their best player.

Buchnevich is a pretty good 2-way player, Kyrou is a mini offensive dynamo. Neighbors is young and has shown he can score goals. They just stole Holloway and Broberg who both have upside. Perunovich should also be good. Joel Hofer has shown some good stuff so far in the NHL, it wasn't his best game last night but he was also left out to dry.

They have some solid vets like Schenn, Parayko, Saad, Faulk, Joseph, Binnington.

They also have some pretty good prospects in Jimmy Snuggerud, Dalibor Dvorsky, Adam Jiricek, Otto Stenberg, Theo Lindstein and Zachary Bolduc

They just had a bad game while we played a pretty good game

I'll have to remember to check back on them - which I'll forget to do, of course, because that doesn't really sound too impressive to be honest.

Hope they keep this cooking through November

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851640381319839925

Imagine having Sanderson the Great and Stu on the same PP? Goodness friggin gracious.

 

[starling]

Hope they keep this cooking through November

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851640381319839925

I like (and hate) how each of those units has an ex-Senator on it.

 

[Relapsing]

We played a dominate game last night with few mistakes made.

Of course some people are finding something to complain and worry about (attendance).

Enjoy the victory guys. Worry another day.

 

[Masked]

Attendance Is a reflection of ownership, not the fans. You have good ownership that fits your commutnity, you’ll have good attendance.

The current attendance is reflective of ownership targeting dogs and gays instead of core hockey fans.

Or at least that's what the ghost of Eugene told me.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Apparently the NFL can do it with viewership.

Maybe we can spread the idea that it's the cool thing to watch the sens game on tv. Have sens game parties with your friends. Get traditions going where all the casuals around you will start to watch every game rather than every 4th game.

Nothing beats watching a game live at the arena.

 

[Tragedy]

I like (and hate) how each of those units has an ex-Senator on it.

Noesen never even played a game for the Sens so that's a bit of a stretch lol

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

The current attendance is reflective of ownership targeting dogs and gays instead of core hockey fans.

Or at least that's what the ghost of Eugene told me.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

This team could easily have been 6-3 or 7-2 if it wasn’t for some stupidity and that hockey terrorist Hamonic.

 

[Mookie McGee]

Been to 3 games this year, and we scored 21 goals and won all three. Has to be some kind of a record in the post Gretzky era.

 

[JD1]

It's good to see a win and avoid that 3 game losing streak that's very common for this Team

Running up the scoreboard is all good and dandy against a checked out Team. I would really like to see this Team actually win tight games against Teams like Vegas especially when leading twice in the game.
This Team needs to learn to lock it down and not give up those dreaded goals at the worst possible times! And if you still manage to lose a game like that, then I would expect them to come out with fire in the next game and win that (The Colorado game)

Does winning tight games against teams like Florida and Tampa count?

 

[JD1]

We played a dominate game last night with few mistakes made.

Of course some people are finding something to complain and worry about (attendance).

Enjoy the victory guys. Worry another day.

I made the initial attendance comment.

Frankly it was a shame. There were sections in the 300s that probably didn't have 20 people in them.

You want to call it complaining, fill your boots.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

The team hasn't made the playoffs in over 7 years and was .500 before yesterday. I'm not expecting automatic Tuesday night sellouts yet.

 

[swiftwin]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1182320824449142786

This is the reason we ended up with Stutzle, Sanderson and Greig that draft year.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Hope they keep this cooking through November

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851640381319839925

Is Sanderson one of the reasons our PP is clicking so much, or is it coaching?

As skilled as Karlsson and Chabot are, our PP was never deadly with them. Granted, Karlsson didn't have the kind of weapons we have now, but he's never been as good on PP as he is at ES.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

This is the reason we ended up with Stutzle, Sanderson and Greig that draft year.

Sanderson yea. Stutzle and Greig were from the SJ and NYI picks.

 

[swiftwin]

Sanderson yea. Stutzle and Greig were from the SJ and NYI picks.

Yeah, because we traded away Karlsson and Pageau. Which is why that lineup is so shit.

 

[SpezDispenser]

This team could easily have been 6-3 or 7-2 if it wasn’t for some stupidity and that hockey terrorist Hamonic.

This haunts me daily unfortunately.

Is Sanderson one of the reasons our PP is clicking so much, or is it coaching?

As skilled as Karlsson and Chabot are, our PP was never deadly with them. Granted, Karlsson didn't have the kind of weapons we have now, but he's never been as good on PP as he is at ES.

We've been asking the hockey lords for this for so long.

Tkachuk - beast net front presence

Stutzle - elite level forward

Norris - laser one timer + top end talent

Sanderson - the Great

Batherson - has finally come into his own - which is a big boy with soft hands

 

[BankStreetParade]

Is Sanderson one of the reasons our PP is clicking so much, or is it coaching?

As skilled as Karlsson and Chabot are, our PP was never deadly with them. Granted, Karlsson didn't have the kind of weapons we have now, but he's never been as good on PP as he is at ES.

Although Sanderson is at the point, I think Stutzle is the real PP QB. I credit him with a ton of the PP success as he's so gifted offensively.