GDT: Stanley Cup playoffs

[Golden_Jet]

How would the Senators ever be able to replicate what Vegas has done?

I’d move Branny, and get a little more physicality / harder to play against RD for the third pair. That would be one change.

 

[PatrickEaves]

How would the Senators ever be able to replicate what Vegas has done?

Maybe we can trade Brann for Mark Stone.

 

[starling]

How would the Senators ever be able to replicate what Vegas has done?

1. Trade Brady and Stu for a bunch of 2/3 liners
2. Trade Sandy and Chabot for a bunch of 2nd pairing D-men
...
N. Profit!

 

[otown]

How would the Senators ever be able to replicate what Vegas has done?

It will start with new ownership willing to invest, a GM with a solid management background and a new coach with credible experience. The core is there and good management and $$$ can fill some of the holes that have existed for what seems like an eternity!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

1. Trade Brady and Stu for a bunch of 2/3 liners
2. Trade Sandy and Chabot for a bunch of 2nd pairing D-men
...
N. Profit!

while keeping Eichel and Stone and Pietrangelo and removing all dead weight. maybe

 

[bert]

1. Trade Brady and Stu for a bunch of 2/3 liners
2. Trade Sandy and Chabot for a bunch of 2nd pairing D-men
...
N. Profit!

Ironically Vegas identified its top players and surrounded them with good players. Kinda the opposite of this and kinda what Ottawa Needs to do. The sens have great top end talent, a little too much of the same thing in Giroux, Batherson and Debrincat. But they need to be better and much harder to play against everwhere else.

From that original season they kept Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Mcnabb and Cormier. Added elite talent around them go go along with a very physical big group.

 

[Back in Black]

WTF does it have to be an 8pm game....

 

[Golden_Jet]

WTF does it have to be an 8pm game....

8 pm is prime time
Appeases both coasts

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

WTF does it have to be an 8pm game....

Get to watch the Jays for an hour

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

FLA gets on the board 1st. Very important goal for them. Hoping they can win this won and make it more interesting.

I wish the Sens had identified Whitecloud a couple years back. He is solid as a rock.

 

[Icelevel]

How does tkachuk not get looked at first? Stumbles off the ice and they throw him right back out?
Edit: ok now he goes to the room.

Wth is that man?
Terrible.

 

[JungleBeat]

What’s the point of a concussion spotter if they don’t do a thing?

 

[aragorn]

Both Tkachuks are such good passers & playmakers in close quarters.

 

[Senovision]

Tkachuk ties it!
Tkaclutch!

 

[bicboi64]

C'mon Vegas, score and don't let it go to OT

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Refs really want Vegas to win this series.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Wew let's go Cats!!

 

[maclean]

It's a good start. But a Game 3 home comeback statement is pretty par for a 5-game series, let's hope they can build on this Game 4 and continue the resurgence. It would do a lot to reassure that the first two games they were just overrested.

 

[Icelevel]

Was a bit of a buzzkill going from Vegas to Florida.
I like the Vegas vibe. Go Stoner.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Vegas is clearly better but respect for how clutch Florida is.

Games 1 and 3 were excellent, just give me close games.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Back in Black]

Go Panthers Go

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

LeBrun: Golden Knights' defense a reminder to NHL GMs – in the playoffs, size matters

Vegas is built around "big, rangy defensemen," much like the recent Cup champion Lightning and Blues were.

theathletic.com

Cassidy on his D corps

“Now, here, we’re a much bigger crew and longer,” Cassidy said of his big boys on the Vegas back end. “It’s not always the physical part, but the length sometimes to get inside — that’s the system you play, your stick play or just getting into people when you’re longer and taller and heavier. That can wear people down. This year it’s been a big strength of our team.

“I think what everybody is probably looking for is the guys that are long who can still move the puck and contribute offensively but get in the way and get physical defensively. Those guys don’t grow on trees.

“Right now that’s how we’re built and it’s working for us.”

I think most people have some appreciation of this. Sens fans should who remember the Pat Quinn "built for the playoffs" quote.
You have to get there as step 1. You have to be able to do something when you do. Hopefully the Sens can fill in there roster to do both.

"There are players who help you win over the course of 82 games, and there are players who help you win in the playoffs — and obviously, if you’re lucky, you’ve got some overlap."

 

[Senscore]

Panthers fans throwing trash on the ice.


They know this is over.

 

[aragorn]

LeBrun: Golden Knights' defense a reminder to NHL GMs – in the playoffs, size matters

Vegas is built around "big, rangy defensemen," much like the recent Cup champion Lightning and Blues were.

theathletic.com

Cassidy on his D corps


I think most people have some appreciation of this. Sens fans should who remember the Pat Quinn "built for the playoffs" quote.
You have to get there as step 1. You have to be able to do something when you do. Hopefully the Sens can fill in there roster to do both.

Apparently size does matter, who knew?