GDT: Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens Oct 12 at the Bell Center

[NyQuil]

He plays like that this season and he is not getting another contract

I'd be more concerned about Giroux if he was the only guy not doing much.

 

[Boud]

The way to beat Montreal is through north-south play.

Batherson thought he could pirouette through the team.

Tkachuk coasting around.

Giroux showing up for the last half of the last period.

MacEwan got Hutson to cough up the puck just by skating really fast near him.

They beat us by playing man on man agressive hockey. A lot of teams play north-south, we couldn't generate a thing.

The exited their zone easily with 0 problem. They took advantage of defensive breakdowns and they were good on special teams.

 

[Flamingo]

cmon ullmark was the only one playing today.

Hard to blame Ullmark for that loss.

Yeah the Caufield 2-0 goal was not great but that was an elite shot and he looked like he was going to pass. Credit to Caulfield.

IMO, he looked really off-balance. Ended up on his belly a lot.

 

[Senscore]

The Mods: Who are they and what do they do?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Green haters waited until 2 games in and the 1st loss to step up and show their wares.

Hamonic... well he didn't fare any better tonight. Not doing Kleven any good playing with him; puts him in bad spots.
Chabot and Tkachuk have to be better. These guys are supposed to be leaders. Switch Perron and Tkachuk for a couple of games to wake him up.
Norris is still finding his way back. Not bad not good. Put Greig at C move Norris down to the 4th line or sit him out for Gaudette see how he likes it.
Gregor had a good game moving up .. I guess he read all the emo pre game

Pinto's line was the best line again.. the 4th line was probably next.

I want to see some adjustments

 

[SensFactor]

I said it before this season, this team needs more size and grit on the back end. We dont have a punishing D core. Chabot just continues to regress each year and Hamonic is washed. Kleven is a rookie. We need some more experience and grit.

 

[StoicSensFan]

Florida just got beat 5-2 by Buffalo

Sh** happens

Are we bad?

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The Mods: Who are they and what do they do?

Achetzen is too busy socializing with the other mods to pay attention I assume. Socialite boomer gonna socialite boomer.

Respect for Micklebot, he's legit.

 

[Korpse]

He plays like that this season and he is not getting another contract

I wouldn’t go that far I think there’s always room for a player like Giroux as long as he wants it but the ice time could drop relatively dramatically.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

You probably don’t want to hear this but Brady Tkachuk is a high end thinker.

 

[KevinRedkey]

It hasn't played out the way I thought or hoped, but 1-1 after playing Montreal and Florida isn't as bad as many of you are making it out to be.

 

[Tundraman]

Florida just got beat 5-2 by Buffalo

Sh** happens

We tired them out for them

 

[Do Make Say Think]

IMO, he looked really off-balance. Ended up on his belly a lot.

He is just learning what it is to be a goalie in Ottawa.

 

[NyQuil]

I wouldn’t go that far I think there’s always room for a player like Giroux as long as he wants it but the ice time could drop relatively dramatically.

It's a question of when he goes from playing like a core player to playing like a supporting player (a la Tarasenko or Perron).

I need a bigger sample but he hasn't been great since about the halfway point of last season.

 

[Rodzilla]

Was at the game

Wont panic after 2 games as we won 9 straight againt them

All I am gonna say is if your top players play like this you wont win much

Brady and the top guns were ass

 

[Burrowsaurus]

You probably don’t want to hear this but Brady Tkachuk is a high end thinker.

I feel like he would have learned to play defence by now if this were the case.

Been 6 years he still looks lost on 2/3s of the ice.

I don’t think we have a lot of great IQ guys in the team. Probably why we’re better with stricter coaches telling the guys what to do.m more.

 

[NyQuil]

I feel like he would have learned to play defence by now if this were the case.

I don’t think we have a lot of great IQ guys in the team. Probably why we’re better with stricter coaches telling the guys what to do.m more.

I'd worry more about IQ if we were hustling our asses off and nothing was coming of it.

We played like that until the Tkachuk penalty, and then deflated like the team last year when the PP goal went in.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I'd worry more about IQ if we were hustling our asses off and nothing was coming of it.

We played like that until the Tkachuk penalty, and then deflated like the team last year when the PP goal went in.

I don’t question this teams effort. I didn’t question it under DJ either. Tonight we got out worked that’s generally not the issue. We pretty much ALWAYS get out smarted tho.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Florida just got beat 5-2 by Buffalo

Sh** happens

No Barkov No Tkachuk No Bob

 

[Korpse]

It's a question of when he goes from playing like a core player to playing like a supporting player (a la Tarasenko or Perron).

I need a bigger sample but he hasn't been great since about the halfway point of last season.

I’d agree. I don’t want to write him off but it’s a thought in the back of my mind. He’s gonna have his moments becuase he is that type of player but the consistency might not be there.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

AchtzehnBaby guarding the Sens forum tonight

 

[GCK]

This is going to be my new “but we scored on the power play against the flyers” from last year.

You do you.

 

[StutzlingAway]

I said it before this season, this team needs more size and grit on the back end. We dont have a punishing D core. Chabot just continues to regress each year and Hamonic is washed. Kleven is a rookie. We need some more experience and grit.

Spot on, outside of Sanderson & Zub and hopefully Kleven eventually, who are you comfortable having on your team, let alone being in the league a few years from now. A difficult conversation needs to be had about Chabot. I was watching the game with a few neutral fans and they kept pointing out how 72 keeps turning it over and making bad plays.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Spot on, outside of Sanderson & Zub and hopefully Kleven eventually, who are you comfortable having on your team, let alone being in the league a few years from now. A difficult conversation needs to be had about Chabot. I was watching the game with a few neutral fans and they kept pointing out how 72 keeps turning it over and making bad plays.

We need to be able to move the puck

 

[KevinRedkey]

It's a question of when he goes from playing like a core player to playing like a supporting player (a la Tarasenko or Perron).

I need a bigger sample but he hasn't been great since about the halfway point of last season.

He only has 12 points in his last 29 games. He had 52 in the 55 games before that.

He may simply be beginning to show his age.