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- Oct 12, 2012
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Not sure what you mean. We lost 1 - 0, we didn't score a goal.
I meant the part where we actually played fairly good.
Not sure what you mean. We lost 1 - 0, we didn't score a goal.
I meant the part where we actually played fairly good.
Thought Bishop, DaCosta and Wiercoch were the only ones who played decent today, rest looked like they didnt want to hustle to get the anything going.
And Greening and Michalek can't get much done without Spezza, maybe it's time to call some young forward up from bingo or something to get some competition going.. wouldn't hurt..
Maybe we haven't been watching the same team. The only legit game we've deserved to win since Spezza has been injured is the game in Montreal where we won 5 - 1...and that was largely just a special teams clinic.
Washington, Carolina, Montreal, Buffalo, Carolina and now tonight. We've looked terrible in all of those games as a whole (even with Karlsson playing out of his mind) and those are all middle to low end teams at best.
Yeah I was in the middle of posting about that. We've looked good in 1 of 7 games since Spezza has been out, and it was a game that was spent mostly on the PK or PP. Nothing really indicative of our play. As the sample grows we're really going to see how bad this team is without Spezza.
Totally get that. So how is Lundin helping the transition game? Has that been a hallmark of his career as a 7th d-man for Tampa and Minny? He's never scored many points. Doesn't hit anyone. How is he helping us by simply playing a lot of minutes in below-average fashion? If he has some deft puck-handling skills then I'd love to see them. So far he looks like he handles the puck like a grenade. Wasn't that the knock on Boro?.
I know you guys mean well with this statement but I absolutely ABHOR this type of thinking. I pray that it isn't shared by Sens management.
I agree that you don't overreact to one game. But you try to win ALL the time. You never stop. You don't relax and say "Well, we're rebuilding. It's ok to lose because we'll get plenty of chances at a Cup in later years when everything's perfect. Because the rest of the league really does care that we need <fill in the blank> years until we're perfect. Also, it's fine wasting the prime years of a Spezza and a Karlsson because... well.... we're rebuilding! Lastly, no team has EVER surprised people and won a Cup when they weren't supposed to. They always follow a strict schedule that everyone agrees upon which says this is how long our rebuild will take and then we'll be great! Because as you know championships are handed to the team who's the most deserving based on the timeline of their rebuild plan."
There is no tomorrow. Win. That doesn't mean selling all your young players and giving away picks for vets. But it does mean a mindset that never EVER accepts losing. The Sens did that in their early years. They even deliberately tanked at the end of the '92/'93 season so they could pick Alexandre Daigle in the draft. Karma??
BM is not no dummy he will react..
LOL how so? If Karlsson is our best player we will never win the cup..Question for you in all the years you followed hockey when was the best d-man the best player on its team to win a cup?..Karlsson is the best d-man in hockey today and Spezz is a top 10 C then after that what?? Kids? not fair to them...Make a damn trade.
Didn't check to see if anyone said this but it's not just one game, Sens have won only 1 of their last 5.
The difference is this team had jam last year, it had character. When down a goal, A guy like Foligno would go around stirring things up, or Carkner would go out there and clean some clocks, or Cowen would smear someone, etc. Now this team is totally soft and boring to watch except when Karlsson has the puck. It's disheartening and incomprehensible that Murray would just gut all this team's jam and replace it with useless plugs like Latendresse or Lundin. I'm still scratching my head as to why Boro was sent down. Just an indication of the type of mentality we have this year I guess. This blows, it sure as hell isn't with that kind of style and mentality that we beat the odds last year and made it to game 7 against NYR.i think the most disturbing thing about this team is that i don't get the same sense as last year. you know the cardiac kids, the hard working crew no matter what, the comebacks, etc.
they seemed to be flat-lining. that is the reason why i think people are panicking more than usual.
Goalie interference? He was good at that.A guy like Foligno would go around stirring things up
He hardly played. Was a non factor except for a few games in the playoffs (though it was much appreciated)Carkner would go out there and clean some clocks
He's injured.Cowen would smear someone,
Lundin was brought in to be on the third playing, and has played a grand total of two games. Latendresse was cheap, we're a rebuilding team. If not him, it would have be no one else.Latendresse or Lundin.
Why are people so hot and bothered by bottom 6 players and 3rd pairing defensemen?I'm still scratching my head as to why Boro was sent down.
Last year's success was due to Jason Spezza being healthy.that kind of style and mentality that we beat the odds last year and made it to game 7 against NYR.