It wasn't as dramatic as the other night in New York but the Sens were still forced to play catch up after Clarke MacArthur gave the Leafs a 1-0 lead.
Ottawa bounced back quickly though as rookie David Rundblad made one the most unbelievable passes I think I've ever seen live, going tape to tape from his own end to the opposite blueline to spring Colin Greening. Greening beat the Leaf goalie high on the glove side and pulled Ottawa even.
Greening is quietly putting together a very strong year and now finds himself among the rookie scoring leaders with four goals and 8 points through the first twelve games.
Game winner went to Kaspars Daugavins who snuck one by Gustavsson, a shot the Leafs goalie would love to have back. Daugavins has looked extremely comfortable during this call up and could be sticking around for awhile. MacLean raved about him in his post game news conference and has shown a lot of confidence in Daugavins in all situations.
This was also a really strong outing for Robin Lehner. He really got thrown into the fire against the Leafs and stood tall, stopping 23 of 25 shots. His post to post blocker save in the third period was as good as it gets.
And once again, Erik Karlsson was a star on the blueline. He logged 24:16 in ice time, was solid on the defensive side of things and picked up his league leading 12th assist of the season on his way to a first star performance. It's scary to think just how good this kid is going to be.
The world just seems like a better place the morning after a win over the Leafs. There was a ton of blue in the building last night but by the end it was the Sens fans making all the noise!
The Sens have this morning off and will be back on the ice ahead of their game with the Bruins on Tuesday night in Boston. Captain Daniel Alfredsson is not expected to make the trip.
I agree here, MacLean is doing a Jack Adams type job here, I mean look at our roster, its a joke and yet he has them competing night in and night out and winning games in all different scenarios...
I am starting to feel the heat a bit on my prediction for this team but I wont back away from it, yet...I still think we wont make the playoffs and hopefully we dont finish 9th or 10th, that would be such a waste.
Anyways Lehner has to be a honourable mention for highlight of the night, that save probably won us that game! wow!
i think the refs tried their damned hardest to help toronto last night with a mixture of phantom calls and non calls against the sens.
also.....Greening! what a rocket the guy unleashed on gustavsson..... ..and man rundblad is making supremem plays almost on a nightly basis now.
We beat NYR in a shoutout and the Leafs game we just squeaked out a win.
How is that handily, lol.
Also for your phantom calls and non calls, it goes both ways, Sens got away with a ton of penalties aswell. And yes, when you jacknife an opponent, it is a penalty...Sens got caught for it like 3 times, twice Karlsson.
Great to see Lehner get this massive win, his first of many more to come over the leafs. can't wait to see him as a full time senator.
Bobby was sadly quiet tonight, though he needs big line 1 minutes to produce. Surprised filatov got to play but felt he did little wrong.
Not much to say about Runblad, his play speaks for itself. By far the best pass I've seen in a few years by our red, black and gold. The swedish pair will dominate the league for years to come.
Greening is looking amazing on that line. Speeed and size that rivals many in the nhl. Hope this late draft pick keeps up the good work (can't remember if he's still considered a rookie, but I hope so).
Go sens Go
I will say in the Maclean interview they guy that said the Rundblad pass was a hail marry needs a leaf bitch slap for that, great pass.
Yeah i thought that was pretty comical... They were basically saying it was a lucky pass.. Thing is, I bet it's not the last time this season we see Rundblad pull one of those off...
i agree that from looking at the score it was not handily, however if you take the context of the games....ottawa was outright dominating NYR aside from that 5 minute PP that the refs absolutely hand-gifted to the rangers. that is also evident from the way ottawa fought back from the 4-1 deficit.
same for toronto last night. ottawa was easily the better team to start the game except for karlsson's dumb penalty and given that toronto still had more PPs and ottawa still outshot them, I would say better team overall. I felt the sens created better scoring chances and had lesser breakdowns defensively also. toronto had some really atrocious giveaways.
the non-call/phanto m call is evident from the leafs getting 6 PPs and the sens getting only 4, its not like the leafs are a super clean team.
That pass was very Redden-like (pre-substance days ... allegedly).
Best thing of all is they are an exciting team, that is having fun together.
Karlsson's play of late has been amazing, not his offnesive side, but his play in his own end, he is using his speed and skating now to defend as well as to attack...awesome!
Rundblad is improving every day,
Cowen is showing that he may just be Chara II, but with better skating.
And the vet D-men are finally showing up to play.
Like I have been saying for months
New Motivating Coach,
solid dependable, don't break Goaltending
yound energetic forwards,
equals - exciting unpredictable hockey, with more wins than losses
Tookie...dare we say...playoffs? ?? oh ohooooo :)
Yes I know too early, but realistic none the less!
I tuned in half way through the first and my jaw dropped when I saw how well they were playing. They just kept passing it to the points (rundblad, gonchar, Karlsson) and the plays those 3 set up were magical!!!
Got a little ugly right at the end when the leafs turned up the heat, but a great game for the whole team.
Pass from Rundblad was tape to tape, and Greening was gone like a bullet from blueline in, to whistle it past Leaf goalie like a lightning strike !
Glad to see allour 3 goals were scored by young grinders
especially the winning goal by Daugavins ( his 1st NHL goal )
On to Boston , where it looks like Alfredsson will not travel for the game. Hope Butler gets into a groove, and scores his first goal of this season !!
its like saying that long bomb from Brees to Colston was lucky...BS... you cannot make a play like that, if you are not good!
great pass, and the kid makes great passes every game!
McLean is the greatest thing to happen to Greening. McLean learned to play with Hawerchuk, and play well with him, he can teach Greening exactly how to have success with Spezza and Michalek, skate like hell, throw your body, dont screw around with the puck get those two finesse playeres the puck and go to the net.
He is a very big boy, is not afraid to get dirty, and has speed to kill,
Keep it up Greening,
The pace is absolutely tremendous. Imagine the boys' stats through 82 games God willing that everyone stays healthy?
Fuck Wolski. And fuck Shanahan for turning a blind eye. Idiot.
Well its not like they are dirty either? This aint your grandads Leafs anymore, they are basically the same as the Sens, filled with young talent and playing hard.
And 6-4 PP is not that unusual, I would say its par for the course.
Apparently today is the deadline for a ruling (if any) on the Wolski hit or has their already been an announcement?
I havent seen one yet...
@NHLShanahan
Next 5 games vs Division teams lets go
BUT ... what the hell was Spezza thinking trying to score with seconds left when he shot the puck in before he got to centre causing a faceoff in our own end? That was a rookie mistake & if Daugavins or someone else would have done it the annoucers would have been all over him as a dumm move, terrible rookie mistake etc... but because it is speza nothing is said.
He has got to be smarter than that, it's not about padding your stats ahole it's about the team winning. I wasn't surprised that Maclean then sent out Winchester to take the final faceoff instead of Spezza, I'm sure it was a message.
Garrioch sez:
@SunGarrioch
Bruce Garrioch
As I reported earlier, the NHL isn't going to give any further discipline to Wolski for his on Alfredsson. Hmmm. #Sens
Ottawa RW Daniel Alfredsson and Nashville C Mike Fisher are feeling the effects of illegal checks to the head in Saturday's games. According to NHL , the league's view was that Wolski was bracing for impact when Alfredsson skated into him. On the Fisher hit, the league's view was Beauchemin's hit was a full body check with incidental head contact.
The league hates current and past Sens players ...Oh FYI and Sutton suspended for elbow to the head to Lando ..why Landeskog didnt miss a shift
EEEEEYYYYOOOORR RREEEE !
The League tailor's the incidents, to have a way of copping out, from giving suspensions that are warranted !
Epic Fail NHL !!
Why would he be braced for impact in open ice with no one around him? Wolski deliberately went out of his way to check Alfredsson, and did it with an elbow to the head...
Total letdown by Shanny...
Tookie - so I guess you weren't really "willing to bet" were ya? Too bad I would have loved a little detox from your constant negativity. We're in the middle of a 6 game win streak here - can you not just let us enjoy it?
Gotta say I lost a little respect for you that you dodged the bet once you realized you were speaking out your ass.
Is this somekinf of sick joke. I thought this crap was over when Colin Campbell left.
if before the season started, someone said that after this many games, Boston would be last place in the east, while Sens and Leafs would be near the top....as well as tell me that Edmonton and Dallas would be tied for 1st in the west, while teams like Detroit and Vancouver would be 12th and 10th respectively, I most likely would have told the person they were nuts. Now....things can definately open up and move around as more games get played down the stretch, but that's where we sit now.
Oh yeah, Sens tied for 2nd in league scoring. Were also dead last in goals against. Go figure. Although without those Colorado and Philly sha-lackings, that margin wouldn't be so bad.
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/Prospect_Update-311011.pdf
way to keep us on our toes with a prospect report. How's Stone, Pageau looking up tp now. Zibby scoring in the SEL yet ?
Let's say that the 2 games we let in 7 goals= 14, would have been 3-2 (Flyers) and 2-1 ( Avs ),
we would have now 39 GF and 35 GA, in lieu of 39 for and
45 against !
Pageau has been phenomenal. 14 goals, 21 points in the first 12 games. Stone has 31 points in just 15 games.
Still early of course, but it's guys like that (and they're not even our TOP prospects) that lead me to not care a wit where we finish this year. I don't care if we have an early or late pick in the draft - if we play well enough to end up with a late pick that's best case scenario since it would mean the young guys we already have on the NHL roster are doing very well.
Things will come back down to reality soon enough :)
If I'm overplaying this I apologize. It just pisses me off how Alfie has done his best during the off season to get back into shape, does and recovers from surgery and despite his age, still fuckin is at a 0.75 point per game player which is still respectable given all the factors (ie: age, etc). Still upsetting.
Fuck Wolski & Shanahan.
Ah... a typical downer comment... thanks for sharing!
Man, the future looks bright!
Great game yet again, even if the win didn't happen I still wouldn't be upset with the result. But I'll take that win just as quick as anyone, especially against the Laughs.
It's just so great to watch our team have fun, you can see it in the way they skate, pass, they aren't scared to take chances right now. It's one thing for our top guys to be our top guys and secondary scoring lending a hand, but our D have really stepped up. Happy to hear the Fans finally appreciate Gonchar, those boo's in the 1st game really upset me as a fan, you don't hear that anymore!! Hell, even Kuba isn't getting as much flack. The whole team is buying into what MacLean is selling and I love watching it.
The last few games I've watched, if there is one thing that makes me jump out of my seat and be prepared for a goal reaction is when Karlsson winds up in preparation for a shot from the point. Seeing that stick a mile high gives me chills.
Culek is finally getting some - has points in 4 straight games.
Who can finish this quote? "If ifs and buts were candies and nuts..."
First a "F**K YOU" dedication to Sportsnet, they make TSN look like Sens fans. Don't bother to go read their garbage recap of the game last night, the headline is:
"Sens' soft goal enough to beat Leafs"
And goes on to dwell on how the Leafs fan were louder than our fans... thanks for some credit guys!
Interesting article I read on (yeah I know) HockeyBuzz two weeks ago. I read it more because of the ramifications for "should be" playoff teams like Montreal, Boston, Vancouver, Detroit that are currently out of contention. But now what with our boys clawing their way all the way up to FOURTH... "analysis" of the past three seasons, and how likely, by Halloween that teams in a playoff position stay there VS. those from the outside looking in.
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=39005&blogger_id=1
Yes! And as I mentioned a few days ago just wait until Rundblad gets his shooting game together, yikes!
be it a little expliive way of saying it...you are absolutely correct! I am pissed too
Man are you ever depressing. 30 year old virgin or what !
Look Tooks, I've read your posts before and as much you think you know NHL hockey, you don't know squat. Edmonton has a legitimate chance to make the playoffs this year. Especially with Kahbibulin playing the way he can. If guys can stay healthy, just like for the SENS, both teams will surprise.
Please give me your proline picks so I can go against and win some $$.
We better get used to playing without him
At the beginning of this year..ANY BLINDSIDE headshot will be suspendable, whether it is called a penalty or not.
Alfie gets hit by a blindside LATE ELBOW to the head!
There is a penalty of for elbowing.
Mr. Shanahan, please explain to me how this late blindside elbow is not suspendable.
Yet Konopka, deliberately waits to put on a hit so that he can hit him from the side, NO shot to the head, and he gets 5 min and a game!?!?!?
This is something that both Melnyk and Murray must present to the league...we have seen this garbage too much in the past and it has to stop. The players cannot say anything, and McLeaen seems to control them, otherwise the refs will penalize them for talking back.
This is what makes the NHL a bush league... the NFL does not put up with this BS stupidity!
Hopefully fans keep coming out to support the team because with a back issue and now a concussion... This will probably be our leader's last season. Wouldn't it be nice to see him next season next Pauly Mac with a HUGE stache too.
I like Kronwall...but does this money and commitment seem right for what he brings to that Red Wings team?
Makes me wonder about Karlsson as we approach the end of the year....contrac t talk wise.
Not saying Kronwall and Karlsson are the same kind of player (settle down now Tooks). It just worries me that a bar is being set to high with deals like this one, and also the Wisniewski deal in CLB (6 year for 33 mill).
ok you tell us you are a Sens fan, and who am I to argue... but we are on a 6 game winning streak, best streak in the NHL so far I do believe, and all you have to say is
"things will come down to reality soon enough"
I know fans of other teams that are making positive comments about the Sens saying...
"the cardiac kids are very exciting to watch"
"McLean is really getting the best out of this team"
"Spezza, Michalek, Karlsson are on fire"
and all you have to say, as Sens fan is that things will come back to reality soon,
you know what? Maybe they will, maybe they won't, but holy crap is it a lot of fun to watch them right now!
And almost every Sens fan is enjoying this ride right now...except for Tookie
it may be 30 degrees in July sitting on a beach... but here comes Tookie! "you know its going to snow in January "
Tooks enjoy the sun bud!!!
Karlsson will be asking for huge money, don't be surprised if he gets close to 5 million per... IMO it will be between 4 and 5...
I'm not saying this is a playoff team, we will know better after 40 games, however this team can only improve. I know this will be unpopular, especially with Tookie, but I would much rather finish in 9th and on a upswing than finish in 15th for 2 or 3 years in a row.
After spending last year between Buffalo and Columbus and collecting 3.5 mill, he is now playing on the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL at the age of 37. He's also making (as reported) 850$ a week.
That's a man that just wants to play hockey! Cause we know its not about the money.
Anyway...I know this has nothing to do with the Sens..I just thought it was a fun little article.
He can't !! He lives in his parents basement and doesn't know how to open up the blinds.
being a part of the Calder race hhmmm not so vocal now eh ?
It has nothing to do with cap space - we have tons. I would expect though it might have something to do with roster space - if he gets an infection or something and is out for some time.
To me this is more of a paperwork move and nothing to be worried about. He played very well in his call-up but let's build more depth by getting more guys ice time.
Not me - but he played 24 games last year, is he even eligible for the Calder? I seem to remember a lot of fuss last year about keeping Bulter eligible. Anyone know the cut-off/rules? EDIT: seems the magic number is 25, so Greening is eligible.
The biggest difference between these two and Karlsson is age. These big contracts are UFA equivalent deals, whereas Karlsson's will be RFA. If either were as good as Karlsson's long term potential they'd have gotten even more. It will still be significant, but so is any deal for a top Dman.
If Karlsson challenges for the Norris this year, expect something slightly cheaper then Doughty's, if he doesn't 4-5mil/year 5+years should do it.
LMAO and I dont know hockey, LOL!!
I can not believe Wolski gets nothing for that Alfredsson hit, that's pathetic....You know if that was Stamkos, Crosby, Ovi there would be a massive suspension but Wolski on Alfredsson isn't really in that big a deal for the NHL....BULLSHIT!
Karlsson will most likely get $5.5M/Year for 5 years, he's only going to get better. The contract after that one will probably be worth more...
Yes it is 25 games and he is being steadily mentioned in the rookie scoring race along with RNH and Lando!!
So that post you read but the several posts trying to accept your bet you ignore?
At least before I could respect you for your hockey knowledge and backing up what you say, but now ....
What bet? I never made one, nobody took it and if you did I didnt see it, I dont actually read all the posts on here...
Sorry if you wanted to do it, obviously I would have lost...on both counts! Shanahan owes me money!!
LOL - okay if you say so. (though "never made one" and "nobody took it" kinda contradict each other huh?)
At least you're man enough to admit you were wrong about ZK's hit. I'm still a little confused that even the talking heads in Toronto said ZK's call was too harsh and Wolski should have gotten suspended.
Go Sens Go!!
Never take Tookie to the beach, he will keep reminding us about the snow in January :)
Lets hear it Tooks...right now they are in a playoff spot!
Yes so are the Oilers, Panthers, Coyotes, Stars and Avalanche...
You think that will seriously hold up?
do you remember that old Monty Python bit where the soldier keep insisting he can still fight even after they cut off his arms and legs?
I know I'm dating myself, but it just dawned on me...that's Tookie...
Never seen it...but sounds funny!
Sens 4 the cup!!!
Just kidding, but I had predicted we'd win 5 out of those 6. Wasn't expecting the Rangers win though.
Of course, I reserve the right to do so if I'm having a particularly bad day next time I disagree with you, but I think I will be able to show some restraint...
It's better than a soldier, it's a knight, and the scene is an absolute classic from "Quest for the Holy Grail".
Yes this knight's stubbornness is quite similar to your reluctance to give this team credit where it is due, haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690
One of my favorite vintage b-comedies of all time, so many great scenes!
Have a Happy Halloween everybuddy!
Jakob Silfverberg for instance seems to be off to a decent start with 17GP - 6G, 7A, 13PTS. On pace to put up a better PPG than his previous season in the SEL. Hopefully he keeps improving.
Quoting sben:
Chirp posted this earlier:
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/Prospect_Update-311011.pdf
Random question.....Is Colin Greening considered a rookie
as far as Calder voting is concerned ?
senskarlsson says Nope!
Do you really know this or are you just making it up as you go along ?,He has only played 24 NHL games and is only 24 years of age which fits the requirements set by the NHL
So if you know ,state how you know
Rundbladsson 2011-10-05 01:54
Pretty sure he will be eligible but it's a moot point, Greening won't be competing for the Calder
That and other know it all posters is what kills sites like this ,Reading too many Travis Yost blogs and hanging on every word Boo Boo Garioch spouts between bites of his Big Mac Thank the hockey gods for senschirp and the black aces
ps' eklund knows as much as tookie a sum total of fuck all
The rule is less than 25 games so Greening is eligible.
Wow
It's impossible not to fall in love with the new Flying Sens this year. If Colorado did it 2 years ago to make the playoffs when they were slated for the last place in the west, I don't know why the sens couldn't keep the pace and fight for the 8th spot if they can avoid injuries.
Now I know why they went with the O on the new jersey. I can't step stop saying "OOOOOOOOOOOOO shit, here they go again with a majical comeback!"
Go SENS Go
God you are such a douche.
Your team gets beat and you can't handle it
Your not kidding anyone, go join a leafs forum troll
I think Washington Capitals has the best streak so far, at 7 games.
Hoping for Sens to break that record!
GO! SENS! GO!
I wonder if they are kicking themselves for picking Kadri over Cowen?
Bullshit... Wolski went out of his way to make that hit..
I dont think Greening is ever going to be a high end offensive player but I think 40-50 points is doable.
I see him as a similar player to Mike Knuble with much better speed.
How can a young defensemen learn if he is not allowed to make mistakes?
He is totally being mis-managed by Wilson & the Leafs. Same with Cody Franson... the Leafs 'stole' him from Nashville in that trade (that's what everyone said) and they are scratching him.
Are the Leafs that desperate to make the playoffs that they are not giving these young D a chance? Lack of development of your prospects leads to mediocrity in the future. Leafs still trying to go the free agent route in trying to win.
i hope neil absolutely lays out gaborik and richards next game against the rangers.
First, Wolski doesnt get a hearing.
Second, there isnt even an article (that I've seen yet) explaining why. Or even one mentioning that he isnt getting a hearing
Third, the 'Hey Ref' section on TSN is about Konopka's hit. Like what the fuck? THAT is the hit that he's going to discuss in his article?
Is this for real? Is the NHL really going to sweep that hit under the rug? I know we're Sens fans so we're a little biased towards it but it's not like I'm calling for a 10 gamer. But the fact that Shanny isnt even going to dignify it with a statement blows my mind
Oh well...first hurdle/injury of the winter to either overcome and continue to prove me wrong and impress me...or one step on the way to fail for nail.
Brendan Smith of the Red Wings was suspended 5 games for a head shot in the pre-season.
I can't for the life of me understand how there was no further discipline for Wolski. Alfie deserves a bit more respect than that. At least a friggin fine for cryin out loud
I hear ya but to be fair the hey ref article more or less says the same thing everyone on hear is saying. Alfie hit was way worse than Kenopka's but Kenopka got the harsher penalty.
That said, this is the only mention of the Wolski head shot you can find on that site. My god, imagine that happened to Kessel?
only everyone including the pathetic toronto media called it a headshot and shannahan says nothing? his credibility is done.
Shanahan is becoming a parody of himself.
Purely based on above conclusion of Muckalt, the NHL should
hire him to replace Brendan Shanahan ,who has lost his credibility, after ruling with an iron fist in Pre-Season
sentences !!
WHAT THE FUCK.
Hey ref mentions the Alfie hit and how it should have been a penalty, atleast 5 and how the NHL is inconsistent. The head shot rule is a weak rule and so on... I think its a decent article... hes only working with the questions hes given, dont blame Kerry, blame tsn
Rundblad is getting better every game. Kuba and Gonchar are regaining value, which seemed impossible only months ago. Spezza, Karlsson and Michalek are racking up points and playing the best hockey of their respective careers (the latter of the three finally unrestricted by injury/recovery . Last but not least, the games are exceptionally entertaining.
Two types of fans really changed their tunes:
1) Spezza and Michalek just don't have 'chemistry' together
2) Clouston was fucking up Gonchar/Karlsso n on the PP.
Where'd you guys go?
I admit, I thought both of those statements were true. I guess I was wrong. What's your point?
Those were true at the time...
Would like to discuss who will take Alfie's spot on the 2nd line...
Sens are scheduled to skate at 11:30 AM in Boston this morning. Will have something up a little bit before then.
Sounds good!
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=39334&blogger_id=99
Puck bunnies are the best, hey Tooks !
Amen to that!
Yup,I was one of the guys that said Spezza and michalek had no chemestry for the last few seasons. Sure glad this is changing...coul d be because of the new coaching gameplan or because they've played so much together. not sure, just glad its better.
Not entirely sure what you're getting at though, are you implying they had chemestry the last few seasons?
I also didn't like a lot of clouston's decisions, i'm not a professional coach and just "assumed" he knew what he was doing...so I never complained much about that.
He has raw skills, speed, size, and takes up plenty of space in front of the net. He is hard to cover, and must be respected, giving the finesse boys a little more time to ply their trade.
And if you give either Spezza or Michalek, a little bit of time, and Greening can pick up some garbage here and there, it is the perfect mix.
And there is not better coach than McLean to mentor him, he made a career of playing with some super stars in Hawerchuk, and it looks like Greening is listening very well to the one who had plenty of experience in that simalar role.
Go Sens Go!!!
Nick Foligno – Stephane Da Costa – Bobby Butler
Nikita Filatov – Zack Smith– Chris Neil
Jesse Winchester - Zenon Konopka – Erik Condra
Filip Kuba – Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen – Sergei Gonchar
Chris Phillips – David Rundblad
Craig Anderson
Thx SS
Wow that 2nd line scares me, no experience but full of energy, will be interesting to see how they react in the hostile environment of Boston!
I wonder which line will be the lucky ones to draw the Lucic Krejci Horton line, ouch, some big bodies!!
Whats good for us is Boston is playing like absolute shit!!!