The Sens are coming off a shootout win over Lundqvist and the New York Rangers last night at MSG. Craig Anderson shut the door through five round and Erik Karlsson was the only shooter to score, snapping a low shot that beat Lundqvist on the glove hand side.
The win pushed Ottawa past Colorado in the standings. The Avs fell to the Leafs on home ice.
Roman Wick was return to Binghamton this morning to make room for Michalek. Curtis McElhinney will miss the games for personal reasons which means Mike Brodeur will dress as the back up tonight.
Will post the forward lines when they become available.
I know a lot of fans are concerned about draft positioning right now and I don't blame them. But the more I think about it, it really seems like there is little difference between picking at two or three. Assuming the order holds in the lottery, a third overall pick is likely to land the Sens one of Landeskog or Nugent-Hopkins.
A win-win, I'd say.
Of course that's assuming either the Oilers or Avalanche take Adam Larsson. I really don't see how the Oil can pass on Larsson. They need help on the back end and he seems like exactly the type of prospect they're missing.
If Ottawa passes the Panthers and picks outside the Top 3, then you have to think Ryan Strome becomes the target. Again, a terrific prospect and probably the player with the most upside in the entire draft.
Why are we still playing Lessard?
Optimism - 3-1 Sens
Pessimism - 4-2 Washington
At this point, as everyone keeps pointing out, we lose a game we win - we win a game we win... so no matter the outcome I will be happy. As long as Semin doesn't score. Or Ovi.
Perhaps, and this is a BIG perhaps, he will return stronger and in better shape?
Hopefully they will fuse some titanium rods to his bones while at it so he won't be so fragile....
Islanders 79 pts
Florida 75 pts (29 wins)
Ottawa 75 pts (28 wins)
Colorado 69 pts
Edmonton 61 pts
Almost certainly, he would be picked ahead of Courturier and I believe ahead of Landeskog as well. Strome may have the highest upside of anyone in the draft and thst's what we should desire, isn't it. Also, he's a C, a position that needs strengthening big time. Is Zach Smith our 2nd line C of the future?
The reason why Lessard is still here, is because he is cheap and is not helping in bingo, he is filling a spot thats it.
Would you rather have a guy like Wick, Locke or any other BINGO player play 5min a game.
Also bingo needs good players for there playoff run, they dont want to blow up that teeam as well.
I would much rather see a bunch of players from Bingo get a reasonable shot at this time of the year - Hoffman, Wick, Dzyrinski (sp?), Kasper - AND be played more than 5 minutes a game
I thought there was some excitement about Hoffman pre-season, what's happened with him?
So you would rather have two losing teams then in our system.
you have every single point total wrong, we're 3 points behind florida...
EDIT: just realized your totals are projected, my bad...
I know I took a lot of heat for suggesting this with Butler (but it's too late for him) but for Condra and Greening if they play every remaining game they both will have 26 games this season and neither will have rookie status next year. Seems like a no-brainer to find a way to keep them out of one game each the rest of the way (at least) so they can both retain their rookie status.
And I fully support the idea of giving Bingo a good shot in the playoffs. So many of these guys have made comments about how they all came up together and support each other etc - I think it would amount to a reward to say: "Go back to Bingo and reap the rewards of your hard work there earlier this year."
LOL
AHL rules state a player on an NHL roster at the trade deadline is not eligible for inclusion on a Calder Cup playoff roster. To comply with the rule, NHL teams send players down to the AHL briefly on paper at the trade deadline then immediately call them back up.
I believe the Senators made sure all the players they wanted to, qualify for the playoffs down there.
And I'm never unhappy to see M.Brodeur in a Sens jersey, even if its as a hatrack. I hope we resign him, if only because we can plug him in anywhere from Elmira to Ottawa and he'll be serviceable. Its good to have a guy with that sort of flexibility.
Bold prediction of the night; at some point we'll hear some combination of the words, "Spezza" "to" "Karlsson" and "scores!"
He's done son!
Going to the game tonight, first one since the embarrasing 5-1 loss on New Year's Day. Probably the longest I've gone without going to a game in the last 5 years...GO SENS GO!
How did he play last night ?
We are all patiently waiting for SensChirp to post the Lineup, including line combos and defense pairings !
Wiercioch held his own last night in New York,and played in front of his parents I believe.
As long as we have an exit strategy (2 way contract) in place, his natural talent is worth taking a shot at.
plus we play them next week and are 3-0 against them this year. We will easily past florida cant believe they arent last place in the NHL.
we will pick 4th instead of 3rd
You probably stand alone.
I think that would send the wrong message to Anderson - that we're giving Leclaire a shot at winning his job back. I'd rather sign someone that's a clear-cut #2 and let Lehner eventually push for Anderson's job.
I actually laughed at this. Is it that important to keep them together??!?!?! So much chemistry! Clouston might put MM on the second line to spread things out, but Michalek is EASILY our 2nd best candidate for a top line player after Spezza.
He way better than either Butler or Greening so don't be surprised if he's on line one. Both those kids have played well, but neither is first line material except that they're on he Sens...
I think it's more that we need to see what we've got in Butler and Greening. Playing guys with Spezza these days is more about getting them minutes and opportunities to show what they've got. We already know what we have in MM9, so I'd rather see Spezza playing with guys that we don't have a slot for next year just yet.
To that end, I wish we could have gotten Wick more time with Spezza to sink or swim. Svatos too. It seems clear we don't need either one next year, but why not get them a few games with Spezza to be sure?
Thanks. I actually like the new site design, just been too busy to keep up my 20 posts-per-day pace.
Bingo had to submit their roster for the playoffs... they included all of Butler, Condra, Greening... so once the season is over.. down they go.. If Bingo is in the playoffs.
When/If Alfie comes back... who goes down between Condra & Greening? Did the Sens have to identify which player was called up to replace Alfie?
Caporusso still to be signed to ELC and Bingo bound for next season. Too bad they can't get him in a few games this year.
Does anyone know the status of Petersson -- is he still injured?
Larsson so that we can either grab RNH or landeskog . I wouldn't mind Strome but if we keep playing the way we are then Strome will probably be the guy we end up getting
I love your blog, Chirp, but I'm afraid I'll be forced to stop visiting it. As I've mentionned before, I can't access your material from work when I clic on 'Read more'.. It brings me straight to the comments section. Plus, the layout is all weird. I didn't have this problem with your old format.
Can't this problem be fixed?? I'm sure I'm ot the only Federal employee who loves your site, but can't get access from my work computer.
I'll be forced to go read 'the 6th Sens' or Eklund, I'm afraid. Don't have a problem with their site.
You could fuse Adamantium to his bones and he'd still find a way to hurt himself...
Sounds a little bit like a threat! I'm not really sure what the issue is. Some government offices have access while others don't. In your case, it does not seem like you are being blocked from the site, just some compatibility issues?
Perhaps just an out of date browser? Need to know a little bit more about your situation before I can suggest solutions.
I thought the notion was to have him up by this time. I think he deserves it
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when you call a guy up as injury replacement you have to specify the injured player. For example, Wick was specifically called up as emergency replacement for MM9 - so down he goes. Can't recall if they used emergency call up for Alfie or not though.
As for who to send down, it's almost a coin flip. Maybe it depends on which guy they want to see play with Alfie?
If we add the games since we got anderson we'd be in the top 3 in conference and within the top 10 in league!
Also, it doesn't say read more. Are you sure you aren't clicking on the popup comments box? Really sounds to me like the problem you are having is with an outdated browser.
Murray stated a little while back Bryba was a guy that was going to get a few games. I have a feeling this will happen next week at some point. Wiercioch needs to get a few games too as he was the other D they mentioned bringing up
expect to see Gryba in the lineup for minimum the last 4 games of the season... vs. Laughs, Flyers, Habs and Bruins when we need the grit that much more (well except for against the habs)
Well, I agree with the theory but not the player. I think their guy is Strome but it could be Huberdeau. Methinks it's one or the other.
couldn't decide this one on 'hockey name' alone, too close to call.
the sites really looking amazing with the last couple of rounds of tweaks.
Does anyone else have a problem when typing in the edit box and the last 2 chars or so of a line as youre typing don't show up? I'm using FF4.
I, for one, wouldn't mind a wider commment section
either way its a quick fix, hopefully chirp is reading..
CHIIIIIRP!!
maybe that got his attention
edit: Wow Johne, we're really wracking up some minuses
Ever think "you're racking up the minuses" because you are talking about stuff that you should be posting in the site feedback forum? It is not being abused. It is clearly marking comments for people that are not to be read as they are useless information for them. Is that not what it should be for?
I'll post even more comments about the site because it IS comments on the website. Whats useless to you clearly isn't useless to everyone. Tookie still leaves a bad taste in your mouth even on the new site.
Its time to fire Clouston NOW!!!! Understandibly, he's only interested in his record as a coach and it is doing a bigdisservice to the team in terms of evaluating the talent and the drafting position. These games don't mean shit. The team should be focused on evaluating talent instead of looking to win.
Meh, I'm ok with either place. Johne and conor smyther have both been extremely helpful during the transition and I'm all ears when it comes to their feedback.
We do have a minus bandit that is ruining it for the rest of us though. From what I can tell he gets up around 9:30 and goes to bed around 11:30 because comments outside of that range are usually exempt.
I just hope he is hitting refresh lots and making time to click on the ads!
Greening-Spezza-Butler
Condra-Shannon-Michalek
Foligno-Smith-Neil
Svatos-Winchester-Lessard
Phillips-Lee
Hale-Karlsson
Kuba-Wiercioch
Anderson
Brodeur
There seem to be problems in old posts. But today seems well balanced. If people going to start whining because they are getting minuses its time to get rid of it. If no then maybe give us instruction on what we can and can not minus? If it that strict. No one wanna get banned.
Yea Clouston mentioned this earlier today. Will travel with the team this weekend.
Plus the things you agree with or good points you think are made. Minus the comments you think are wrong or ridiculous. If you feel like you are minusing more than plusing, maybe reduce how often you rate or maybe even just rate only the positive comments and forget about the rest.
According to Scott MacArther Alfredsson is actually looking at Sunday to return apparently. I think that is a bit too soon but you never know we will see in a few days.
You actually see this alot on TSN, heaven forbid the day this site's comment section resemble's TSNs lol. Full of Maple Leaf douchers.
It has not been that way today. Yet you still complain?
It works fine for me from my Gov't office. Only at lunch time of course.....
http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4d8d1d9023c33
Oh it did. Just a heads up though, those refs are going to give the Caps a freebie for that debacle.
It should have been a 4-minute penalty against Hale. Even though it was clearly accidental.
At a severe paycut (if he's willing), I think he'd be a great backup.
Sure guys. GET BACK TO WORK!!!
Mike Fisher
20gp 1g 3a 4pts -4
Chris Kelly
15gp 0g 2a 2pts -2
Jarrko Ruutu
15gp 1g 1a 2pts 0
Alexei Kovalev
12gp 1g 1a 2pts +1
Chris Campoli
10gp 1a 3a 4pts +3
Brian Elliott
9gp 2w 5L 1otL 3.73GAA 89.0%
As a direct result, we've killed 67 of our last 70 penalties.
This game, for sure. Nice to see the effort tonight.
Also, Craig Anderson is insane. That is all.
no polls on the new site?
I couldn't add a poll in the forums the other day. That's why I needed you to delete that thread.
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This guy makes me so angry.
Defensively, yeah. I suppose. He hasn't done his usual giveaways.
But offensively, he still can't hit the net.
Baby steps...
wasnt Lehner suppose to be out for the season.
just got a shutout in bingo.
Except of course when it is Chara laying the hit. Then the other team just complains to the ref and calls 911.
Thumbs up if you honestly thought we would make the playoffs at the beginning of the year with this bunch...because I sure did.
This area was exactly the problem area on the team,
excluding Chris Campoli of course, who is nowin Top4 on Hawks defense.
By moving the above players out, Bryan Murray has turned
this team 180 degrees , and we can now enjoy balance of season.
Was at Caps game, and can remind Tookie that we are now beating any top team by working hard !