Pre-Game Talk: ROUND THREE | GAME SIX| Tuesday | 8:00 p.m. EST |

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

I am fairly certain we will never see Boro play for the Ottawa Senators ever again.

What makes you say that? I would assume that he is back next year as our #7.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

That just ties into the "support the team only when winning" argument. They had 3 full days (including tomorrow) for tickets to be purchased. Will be an utter embarrassment if they don't sellout tomorrow.

Why is it embaressing?

Ottawa is severely handicapped compared to other Canadian teams when it comes to selling tickets and they just came off what was the absolute worst advertisement for their product that they could ask for which was a torturous 7-0 loss.

The only people who find this embaressing should be people who don't understand the climate the Senators franchise have to operate in and are easy targets for trolling Maple Leafs and Canadiens fans who will spout the nonsense about their fanbase being better than ours because they sell out every game while completely ignoring any factual evidence about why the Senators might have trouble selling out and why sellouts are a given for the Leafs and Canadiens.

 

[aragorn]

I'm not that upset about being behind in the series. I'm just upset it's the Pens. They literally get away with murder, they hack, slash and deliberately try to injure players. It wouldn't surprise me if Brassard's injury is due to a Crosby hack in the faceoff due to Brass dominating him at the dot. He's also trying to injure Pageau after every faceoff. He did the same thing to Giroux in 2012. The league refuses to do anything about it. Then the Pens try to act like the victims whenever one of their players gets hurt on a legal play. Disgusting.

The onus is on the players to defend themselves & stop taking that crap from Crosby or any other Pen & stop crying to the refs. If they are not willing to defend themselves & go after Crosby, they shouldn't be dressed & should be sitting in the stands. Is that an oxy-moron "sitting in the stands"?

Call me crazy but I don't mind that. Harpur & Wideman played like they had no spines.

WTF? This makes no sense, why would you say this?

I am fairly certain we will never see Boro play for the Ottawa Senators ever again.

You couldn't be more wrong. And why would you even say this, he had no role in this loss to the Pens at all. But if he were there at the least he would be the one guy who would not take that embarrassing loss without a fight. These guys played like beaten cowards .

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Why is it embaressing?

Ottawa is severely handicapped compared to other Canadian teams when it comes to selling tickets and they just came off what was the absolute worst advertisement for their product that they could ask for which was a torturous 7-0 loss.

The only people who find this embaressing should be people who don't understand the climate the Senators franchise have to operate in and are easy targets for trolling Maple Leafs and Canadiens fans who will spout the nonsense about their fanbase being better than ours because they sell out every game while completely ignoring any factual evidence about why the Senators might have trouble selling out and why sellouts are a given for the Leafs and Canadiens.

So fold on the team when they got beat by the defending champions? This is an elimination game in the ECF. The players probably need the fans more than ever now. Games 3 and 4 had no problems selling out. They sold out relatively quickly IIRC. I just don't like the mentality of quitting when the going gets tough. This is the first time in a decade that the Sens have made the ECF you'd think the support would show that.

My whole rant would be moot if they did in fact sell out tomorrow but it doesn't look good thus far

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Really hoping for a win tomorrow so that the season doesn't end with a negative vibe after so many good things happening in these playoffs. Important for the franchise for this to be remembered for what it was.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

So fold on the team when they got beat by the defending champions? This is an elimination game in the ECF. The players probably need the fans more than ever now. Games 3 and 4 had no problems selling out. They sold out relatively quickly IIRC. I just don't like the mentality of quitting when the going gets tough. This is the first time in a decade that the Sens have made the ECF you'd think the support would show that.

My whole rant would be moot if they did in fact sell out tomorrow but it doesn't look good thus far

Are you going?

 

[Caeldan]

They are the same price as game 1 and 2 were

From memory, I believe the nosebleeds were 110 for games 1 and 2? They're 135 now.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Are you going?

Yes.

Will be my third playoff game this post season.

 

[Back in Black]

Hard to blame fans for not wanting to spend lots of money on seeing the team get blown out.

People forget the SENS blew the PENS out 5-1 a few games back.



P.S. Finally a pre-game show on TSN right now!!!

 

[MarkStone]

So fold on the team when they got beat by the defending champions? This is an elimination game in the ECF. The players probably need the fans more than ever now. Games 3 and 4 had no problems selling out. They sold out relatively quickly IIRC. I just don't like the mentality of quitting when the going gets tough. This is the first time in a decade that the Sens have made the ECF you'd think the support would show that.

My whole rant would be moot if they did in fact sell out tomorrow but it doesn't look good thus far

You realize that the game we didn't sell out had one of the loudest atmospheres of any building for a single game in the playoffs right? Would I like the team so sell out every seat for maximum revenue gained? Of course, but look at that game in the second round, plus Winnipeg, a sold out building is not the only way to have a rocking atmosphere.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

So fold on the team when they got beat by the defending champions? This is an elimination game in the ECF. The players probably need the fans more than ever now. Games 3 and 4 had no problems selling out. They sold out relatively quickly IIRC. I just don't like the mentality of quitting when the going gets tough. This is the first time in a decade that the Sens have made the ECF you'd think the support would show that.

My whole rant would be moot if they did in fact sell out tomorrow but it doesn't look good thus far

Nobody aside from bandwagon fans who come and go anyways are folding on the team.

The types of fans who help games sell out, especially in a city like Ottawa with a small population and minimal corporate support are the same type of fans who loosely follow in the regular season and then jump on the band wagon when things are going well.....that's not exclusive to Ottawa, that goes for almost every sport in every city. It's more evident in Ottawa when these type of fans drop off because we don't have the corporate support like other cities have that minimize the amount of single tickets initially available to each game. Not to mention, we also have a very very small population to draw from compared to other Canadian teams (I bring this up since the narrative some people seem to put fourth seems to be OMG A CANADIAN TEAM DIDN'T SELL OUT A PLAYOFF GAME ALL CANADIAN TEAMS=EQUAL PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS THE SAME), especially when you consider this is a transplant city that even prior to the franchise coming in was infested with 70 years worth of Leafs and Canadiens fans.

I don't get what you're embarrassed about the team not selling out tomorrow. Are you embarrassed that the climate of an NHL team in Ottawa makes it more evident when casual fans are too afraid or too disinterested to spend their money on the product? I would say it's more annoying than embaressing if the team doesn't sell out because it means we have to listen to weeks worth of the Ottawa=not real hockey town like good old Torontah ignorant narrative.

 

[Karl Eriksson56]

Everyone plz buy tickets ((

 

[SilverSeven]

From memory, I believe the nosebleeds were 110 for games 1 and 2? They're 135 now.

Nope. They were $120 and up, just like they are on the site right now.

 

[Karl Eriksson56]

Nope. They were $120 and up, just like they are on the site right now.

Stubhub for 60 USD right now!!

 

[2CHAINZ]

I would like a win and hard fought game 7 win or lose it and I will be happy. I will not be happy if they come out flat tomorrow.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Stubhub for 60 USD right now!!

The pricing on Stubhub is misleading because it doesn't list the ticket in CAD, and also doesn't list the fees. For a 60 USD tickets on Stubhub, you're looking at 105 CAD all in. Still a much better price than Ticketmaster where the cheapest non-resale is about 140 a ticket.

 

[pepty]

Team gambled by not releasing home game 3 tickets with the initial wave of game 1 and 2.
Also jacked prices mid round before the results of last night.

They lost the gamble.

It'll be an awesome game if they win and you can afford to go. But that's the problem... Can't continually raise prices, eventually supply/demand curve snaps back.

They are the same price as game 1 and 2 were

The seats in the 300 level which are mostly the ones that haven't sold were cheaper in the earlier series though and 3 days isn't a lot of time to sell out the stadium.

Then there is the Fury game tomorrow against Toronto FC, I expect a few Sens fans will be going to that one. Both teams lose out, it's just bad timing.

 

[Spartachat]

Toronto is a Leafs town not a hockey town. The final of the WCH had tickets for 40 bucks on stubhub that had 500 dollar face value. World Juniors were also a flop in both Toronto and Montreal.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

What makes you say that? I would assume that he is back next year as our #7.

I think both Harpur and Claesson have beaten him out.

 

[pepty]

Nope. They were $120 and up, just like they are on the site right now.

The prices on the site right now are lower than they were initially.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

You realize that the game we didn't sell out had one of the loudest atmospheres of any building for a single game in the playoffs right? Would I like the team so sell out every seat for maximum revenue gained? Of course, but look at that game in the second round, plus Winnipeg, a sold out building is not the only way to have a rocking atmosphere.

Not sure what Winnipeg has to do with this. They sold out and are loud?

I'm not talking just about atmosphere. When you have a couple thousand empty seats in an elimination game in the ECF its a bad look.

 

[aragorn]

I think both Harpur and Claesson have beaten him out.

No they haven't, he has been injured & they are injury replacement players. Neither are anywhere near as tough as Boro, although Harpur could be if this management team would allow it.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

I was gonna buy 300L tickets on Ticketmaster like I did for Game 3. But instead of spending $150+ per ticket, I went on StubHub, spent $200 and I'm in the 100L

 

[Langdon Alger]

I think both Harpur and Claesson have beaten him out.

Don't think so. The coaching staff seems to like Boro. Harpur can start next year in the AHL. If Boro is healthy he's in the lineup. I know some fans don't like that, but that's the way it is.

 

[Sun God Nika]