Senators ranked 19th in NHL

[mianjo]

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[RickyLafleur]

That sounds about right, Atlantic remains a solid division that will be tough to break into the top 3.

 

[Senscore]

 

[StoicSensFan]

Uh why are the Habs so low, I've been told they're going to be a wagon this season?

 

[robsenz]

19, I'm ok with that

 

[Micklebot]

I find the difference between their writeup for NJ vs the Sens pretty striking.

NJ - A 25 pts bump is totally reasonable expectation! completely overhauled their goaltending! and will be a completely different team if Hughes Hamilton and Hisher can play 75+ games! Theres also a new head Coach bump!

Ottawa - Well, if Ullmark looks like a true #1 goalie this year they should be scraping by (ignores his league leading .922 sv% over the last 5 seasons, and vezina), ignores that Norris missed more time than Hughes and Hishier combined, Pinto missed 41 to a suspension, Chabot 29, probably don't even realize that Stu was playing through a wrist injury that hampered him from game 4. Oh, and no head coach bump for us? Weird.

I'm not saying they should have us ahead of NJD, but where the two teams are more alike than different imo. Their addition of Pesce though is solid though.

 

[StoicSensFan]

I find the difference between their writeup for NJ vs the Sens pretty striking.

NJ - A 25 pts bump is totally reasonable expectation! completely overhauled their goaltending! and will be a completely different team if Hughes Hamilton and Hisher can play 75+ games! Theres also a new head Coach bump!

Ottawa - Well, if Ullmark looks like a true #1 goalie this year they should be scraping by (ignores his league leading .922 sv% over the last 5 seasons, and vezina), ignores that Norris missed more time than Hughes and Hishier combined, Pinto missed 41 to a suspension, Chabot 29, probably don't even realize that Stu was playing through a wrist injury that hampered him from game 4. Oh, and no head coach bump for us? Weird.

I'm not saying they should have us ahead of NJD, but where the two teams are more alike than different imo. Their addition of Pesce though is solid though.

NJ at 5 is nutty.

 

[Micklebot]

NJ at 5 is nutty.

To be fair, they finished 3rd in the league just two seasons ago, the certainly have some talented young players.

 

[Stylizer1]

 

[2CHAINZ]

They might be ranked 19th but they are ranked #1 in my heart

 

[Alf Silfversson]

I mean we might be ranked in the bottom half the league but....we're a team....

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I mean we might be ranked in the bottom half the league but....we're a team....

You need to pause and stare blankly off into the abyss for a good 10 seconds before you make that statement, if we're going to take you seriously.

 

[Stylizer1]

You need to pause and stare blankly off into the abyss for a good 10 seconds before you make that statement, if we're going to take you seriously.

And throw a cup making sure someone saw you.

Cause its the right thing to do.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

The Wings being ranked ahead of us should raise the ire of some.

 

[Cosmix]

I find the difference between their writeup for NJ vs the Sens pretty striking.

NJ - A 25 pts bump is totally reasonable expectation! completely overhauled their goaltending! and will be a completely different team if Hughes Hamilton and Hisher can play 75+ games! Theres also a new head Coach bump!

Ottawa - Well, if Ullmark looks like a true #1 goalie this year they should be scraping by (ignores his league leading .922 sv% over the last 5 seasons, and vezina), ignores that Norris missed more time than Hughes and Hishier combined, Pinto missed 41 to a suspension, Chabot 29, probably don't even realize that Stu was playing through a wrist injury that hampered him from game 4. Oh, and no head coach bump for us? Weird.

I'm not saying they should have us ahead of NJD, but where the two teams are more alike than different imo. Their addition of Pesce though is solid though.

Who is Ryan Dixon of Sportsnet?

Is he a "somebody" or a "nobody"?

The material he wrote looks like a Hockey Writers' quick attempt to write a short article with limited knowledge 0f the subject matter.

 

[zenator]

Uh why are the Habs so low, I've been told they're going to be a wagon this season?

They certainly are to the Toilet Seat Nation.

The fanbase with great predictions such as Gui Latandresse will be a Hall of Famer. Mathieu Garon will be a great NHL goalie for a long time. And that's just 2 people I know that are Habs fans. Then there's the insanity you see on line like Xjekraj > Sanderson, etc. etc. etc.

 

[jbeck5]

The Wings being ranked ahead of us should raise the ire of some.

They finished ahead of us and have more prospects ready to jump in and make improvements.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

If we can keep this up til February/March we will have a real shot at a couple playoff games in 2025

 

[HoweHullOrr]

They finished ahead of us and have more prospects ready to jump in and make improvements.

My post was focused on an “emotional" reaction.

 

[jbeck5]

My post was focused on an “emotional" reaction.

I cried a little inside as I said that, if that counts for anything.

 

[SENStastic]

Seems about right

 

[starling]

That's a good number

 

[Alf Silfversson]

They certainly are to the Toilet Seat Nation.

The fanbase with great predictions such as Gui Latandresse will be a Hall of Famer. Mathieu Garon will be a great NHL goalie for a long time. And that's just 2 people I know that are Habs fans. Then there's the insanity you see on line like Xjekraj > Sanderson, etc. etc. etc.

I knew several Habs fans when I lived in MTL that swore that Galchenyuk was the next Malkin. LOL.

 

[aragorn]

There are at least two or three teams ahead of them that they could surpass. They got close the last two seasons with plenty of injuries & shit goaltending/defence. If they can stay healthy some of the teams at the top are going to start floundering & they just need to win more against the teams they are suppose to beat.

 

[SweSensFan]

I find it very hard to predict but if we can stay reasonably healthy and Ullmark delivers we should make it I think.

91 points or .555 point% was enough for Washington last year (detroit had same points but missed out) it may take a few more points this year but around 95 points and .58 point% likely will be enough.