Playoff Ullmark

[93gilmour93]

I domt think Ullmark was bad in Game 2 or Game 3. It's the team in front of him that's not doing him any good on the Toronto goals

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Actually, the Panthers buried that team.

What buried Boston was Bergeron suffering a disc injury last RS game of the year that forced him to retire.

Panthers tied G7 last minute and then won OT. There was no burying of anyone that series.

 

[Orfieus]

Did Ullmark lose gm3? I think Matthews goal was kind of bad but Stolarz reciprocated on Tkachuk goal

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Ullmark hasn't been terrible in G2 or G3, but as trite as it sounds, Stolarz stopped the last shot he saw and Ullmark didn't. And you acquired and paid Ullmark to do so.

 

[Laus723]

What buried Boston was Bergeron suffering a disc injury last RS game of the year that forced him to retire.

Panthers tied G7 last minute and then won OT. There was no burying of anyone that series.

Buried. Haven’t been the same since.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Buried. Haven’t been the same since.

Nope, Bergeron healthy they win the series and he is still the #1C, 2023-24. Either last year or this year, Boston was going to fade in the Division with the core getting old and Cap issues forcing things. Anything else is just juvenile chest beating on your part.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Buried. Haven’t been the same since.

Their top two centers aging out and management doing nothing to replace them for over a decade had more to do with their downfall then the Cats but building a team last offseason strictly to play you guys in the playoffs certainly backfired as it usually does when teams build that way.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Goalies need to see a lot of pucks to keep focused on the game, when you go to a team like Ottawa with 4 #1 defensemen and multiple Selke candidates like Stutzle and Brady playing flawless shutdown defense it can throw off your rhythm and have a Benoit shot catch you by surprise.

 

[thebestnic]

Sens fans arguing with Habs fans over which team is worse.

Please, do continue.

Imaginary Habs fans*

 

[AvroArrow]

I was about to say. While Ullmark hasn't looked good, he's hardly the only problem. The OT winner last night was off yet another Leafs faceoff win in the offensive zone. On the whole, Toronto had, what, 32 faceoff wins to 19? At some point you need to win the draw.

And it wasn't like the Leafs powerplay was rocking. Pretty sure it was near the bottom of league over the last month or so. Naturally, that was always going to bounce back, but it isn't just Ullmark playing bad that put the Sens down 0-3

The powerplay has been on absolute fire since about Feb, I don't know the exact percent but it was something like 34% or so from Feb to end of regular season.

They took Rielly off the top unit, Marner QBs, Knies in front, Matthews/Nylander on the Wings, Tavares has been playing the slot

 

[TotalHomer]

Ottawa needed way more from Ullmark. He's been very average.

 

[NYRfan85]

The Sens have way more issues than Ullmark in the playoffs. He's been fine. It's the undisciplined play that has really killed them this series.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Did Ullmark lose gm3? I think Matthews goal was kind of bad but Stolarz reciprocated on Tkachuk goal

Can’t blame him much on the Matthews goal, other than hoping he tracks behind his head better. Reality is very few players in the entire league could pull off the pass Marner did combined with the speed. Similar to the Four Nations winning goal. McDavid gets the kudos but it was 90% Marner serving it on a platter. Go back and look at what he did in slow motion to get an idea of his skill level.

 

[Sting]

I don't understand why the focus on Ullmark. I thought he's made some phenomenal saves and very clearly facing high danger shots consistently.

The areas for the Sens that concern me as a fan are:

1. Top 6's ability to generate consistent high danger chances
2. Bottom 4 D not being good enough
3. Faceoffs

 

[Michoulicious]

Stolarz allowed a weak shot from Tkachuk on the rush, but since he won nobody's talking about that.

Both goalies have been good enough, I don't think there is a big difference in net in that serie.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

In Game 1 Ullmark was bad. Games 2 and 3 I thought he was fine. You could tell in his movement he was more confident and steady.

3 goals in the last two games were deflections or bounces that he really had no chance at, and the two OT goals were seeing-eye shots that he was completely screened on for both.

If I were a Sens fan would I be frustrated with his play and his poor playoff stats after 3 games? Absolutely. As a fan of the opposition, he hasn't been bad, but then again he also hasn't worried me that he'd be the difference in the series had he been at the top of his level of play.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Stolarz allowed a weak shot from Tkachuk on the rush, but since he won nobody's talking about that.

Both goalies have been good enough, I don't think there is a big difference in net in that serie.

You won’t hear much about Stolarz mainly because seeing him get beat on a clean shot is actually remarkable. Literally when it happened I was trying to remember the last time he’s been beaten on a clean shot he sees.

 

[1specter]

Ullmark hasn't been terrible in G2 or G3, but as trite as it sounds, Stolarz stopped the last shot he saw and Ullmark didn't. And you acquired and paid Ullmark to do so.

Reminds me a bit of the Freddy Andersen days. Sure, he was never that bad and he would have some really good games even, but he could never seem to make that extra save the other guy could, and always let in one back breaker.

 

[cyris]

In Game 1 Ullmark was bad. Games 2 and 3 I thought he was fine. You could tell in his movement he was more confident and steady.

3 goals in the last two games were deflections or bounces that he really had no chance at, and the two OT goals were seeing-eye shots that he was completely screened on for both.

If I were a Sens fan would I be frustrated with his play and his poor playoff stats after 3 games? Absolutely. As a fan of the opposition, he hasn't been bad, but then again he also hasn't worried me that he'd be the difference in the series had he been at the top of his level of play.

This is it for me. He was bad in game 1. But games 2 and 3 he was fine.
He didn’t cost them either of those games and arguably kept them in it against a better team.

 

[Strangle]

f***ing garbage

I disagree. He’s been everything I hoped for

 

[ItWasJustified]

Game 1 had some softies

Which ones? Ekman-Larsson having the whole slot for himself? Marner getting a breakaway from the red-line? Highmore deflecting the puck with his glove? Any of the three PP goals where the Senators left Leafs player open?

Anyone who blames this series on Ullmark is a complete and utter fool.

 

[TheDoldrums]

The Sens have way more issues than Ullmark in the playoffs. He's been fine. It's the undisciplined play that has really killed them this series.

they've barely taken any penalties the last two games

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

The guy that won a Cup and signed for half of Ullmark’s salary?

The f*** are you guys complaining about?

Signed for half of Ullmark’s salary?

2024-25
Hill $4.9M cap hit
Ullmark $5M cap hit

2025-26
Hill $6.25M cap hit
Ullmark $8.25M cap hit

Math ain’t mathing

 

[HockeyVirus]

It shouldn't be close honestly but it is.

Look at the projection before the season started, MTL was predicted to finish bottom 5 again this year while Ottawa near a playoff spot.

MTL the youngest team in the playoff are facing the no1 team in the East and look better then Ottawa facing the no2 team.

TBF I think the only team in the east that can actually challenge the Leafs this year is the Panthers

 

[EveryDay]

TBF I think the only team in the east that can actually challenge the Leafs this year is the Panthers

And Carolina imo.