Pre-Game Talk: Washington vs SENS, Thursday 7:30 pm on TSN

[InTkachukWeTrust]

Get that stadium dt and I guarantee sell outs every game. Going to Kanata sucks.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Easy W

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Pretty much a must-win.

 

[Spawn1]

Maybe reinstate the in and out privilege so that smokers can come to games.
I know I have not been to a game since the SENS stopped letting people leave for a smoke.
The smoking areas outside always had tons of people……this at least adds to the lesser crowds the last couple years.

 

[maclean]

Maybe reinstate the in and out privilege so that smokers can come to games.
I know I have not been to a game since the SENS stopped letting people leave for a smoke.
The smoking areas outside always had tons of people……this at least adds to the lesser crowds the last couple years.

Huh, interesting, nothing I love at a hockey game more than having a drunken chat with the other smokers between periods. That said I also experienced an arena where there was no in/out but there was a special room where people could go to smoke, it was kind of this long echoey hallway that felt like a parking garage without the cars, and that was a much grosser experience.

Let's go sens, we know how to beat this team!

 

[Back in Black]

Get that stadium dt and I guarantee sell outs every game. Going to Kanata sucks.

Although it quite easy for me from Barrhaven to Kanata, I'd much prefer it be downtown too....

11 hours to g0

 

[UnHappyDude]

Pretty much a must-win.

It begins!!

 

[Back in Black]

Where's those fantastic GDT's folks?????

Who's gonna do the very 1st one of the 2017-18 Senators season!!!!

 

[CTC]

I looked on Ticketmaster and the opener it getting pretty close to a sell-out. The game on Saturday has loads of unsold seats though.

It is also the Thanksgiving weekend, lots of people travel and might not be available for the game, plus with the weather we have had all september I bet there are a lot of people who still need to shut down the cottage.

 

[BonkTastic]

Pretty much a must-win.

Easily the most important game of the season so far.

 

[CTC]

This will also be my first home opener. I try and get 5 games a year in but going through a separation so suddenly I'll have 2 weeks a month where its just my time...I foresee many more games in my future.

 

[CanadianHockey]

Ah, Melnyk. Taking a bit of a shot at your consumers on twitter. That'll surely solve the attendance issues.

Won't be watching this one, but Go =O= Go!

 

[tony d]

Looking forward to tonight's game. Washington is going to take a step back this year but we're also missing Karlsson. I think we play a good game but lose 3 to 2 in overtime.

 

[NyQuil]

I think our D is going to be a tire fire.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

Ah, Melnyk. Taking a bit of a shot at your consumers on twitter. That'll surely solve the attendance issues.

Won't be watching this one, but Go =O= Go!

He didn't take a shot. He simply stated the facts.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I think our D is going to be a tire fire.

Yup... I am feeling the same way. I was wondering how we look good in practice.

 

[bert]

Ah, Melnyk. Taking a bit of a shot at your consumers on twitter. That'll surely solve the attendance issues.

Won't be watching this one, but Go =O= Go!

He seriously did that? Do you have the tweet? If so what a moron, he's the reason I dont go to as many games as I used to. Well that and I live downtown, no easy way to get there if you wanna have a couple beers. Alot cheaper to watch on my 60' drinking 2 dollar pints.

I think our D is going to be a tire fire.

Going out on a limb eh.... The idea of Oduya Ceci Phaneuf Claeasson as a top 4 d in the NHL is sickening. On top of that Boro is in the lineup too. Burrows + Thompson + Oduya vs Methot, Stalberg, Paul... hmmm I wonder which trio would have a more positive impact.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

He seriously did that? What a moron, he's the reason I dont go to as many games as I used to. Well that and I live downtown, no easy way to get there if you wanna have a couple beers.

No, he did not. He was asked questions on the radio, and said that it's alarming that they can't fill the arena for the home opener after the successful season they had.

 

[BondraTime]

Man oh man, our 2nd PP unit looks so much better than our 1st. Come on...

PP1
Dzingel-Turris-Burrows
Hoff-P9

PP2
Ryan-Brown-Stone
Wideman-Brassard

 

[HavlatMach9]

Man oh man, our 2nd PP unit looks so much better than our 1st. Come on...

PP1
Dzingel-Turris-Burrows
Hoff-P9

PP2
Ryan-Brown-Stone
Wideman-Brassard

you don't like p9 on the pp ?

that pp1 had to be doing work at practice

 

[Dr John Carlson]

A nice cherry on top of finally starting the season would be to have Nathan Walker make his debut against us. Been following him since well before he was drafted and I'm oh so psyched to see him crack the Caps roster.

Walker had a good preseason and was penciled in by most Caps fans to be 4LW to start. But Barry Trotz saw differently and instead the 4th line to start will likely be Graovac - Beagle - Smith-Pelly with Walker as 13th forward. There may be a chance that Walker slots in instead of DSP,but I wouldn't count on it since DSP lead the team in goals in the preseason. Here are the likely line combos with Wilson suspended:

Burakovsky - Backstrom - Oshie
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Vrana
Connolly - Eller - Chiasson
Graovac - Beagle - DSP
Walker

Orlov - Niskanen
Orpik - Carlson
Ness - Chorney
Djoos

Holtby
Grubauer


It's a top-heavy lineup for sure. The top-6, the top D pair, and the goaltenders are elite. Everything else is putrid.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

How do you figure?

While I haven't heard anything even close definitive, I have found that the more I respect someone as a businessman and community influencer the more adamant they are that there's no shot Melnyk keeps the team through the move. He hasn't made many friends in this city and people who work for him really tend to find him unprofessional and difficult to work with (mostly re: things unrelated to the Sens).

I've ever heard idle speculation that Melnyk is more likely to stubbornly try to torpedo the move and keep the team than he is to actually see the move through. Far from a guarantee, but I get the sense that Melnyk is quickly running out of rope and that, if and when he's thrown a life-line, he'd be crazy not to accept it.

 

[NyQuil]

It's a top-heavy lineup for sure. The top-6, the top D pair, and the goaltenders are elite. Everything else is putrid.

Wait until you see our top D pair.

 

[BonkTastic]

While I haven't heard anything even close definitive, I have found that the more I respect someone as a businessman and community influencer the more adamant they are that there's no shot Melnyk keeps the team through the move. He hasn't made many friends in this city and people who work for him really tend to find him unprofessional and difficult to work with (mostly re: things unrelated to the Sens).

I've ever heard idle speculation that Melnyk is more likely to stubbornly try to torpedo the move and keep the team than he is to actually see the move through.

I've heard from some of my old friends/coworkers from when I used to work there that his partners in the Lebreton project are becoming increasingly more frustrated with him.

That's just arena banter though, like any workplace it can sometimes be hard to distinguish rumor from fact. Clearly it's not something that can't be taken with a big ol' grain of salt and worth more as entertainment value than it is as grounds for serious speculation, but assuming that there is some truth to anything I have heard through that grapevine and any truth to what you posted here, they do seem to at least be on similar ground.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Just went on ticketmaster.ca and quickly counted the remaining tickets available for today's game.

954 seats unsold as of 10 minutes ago.