After missing a game and yesterday’s practice, Erik Karlsson is expected to be in the line up for the Senators tonight. The Sens did a nice job without him in Pittsburgh but having Karlsson back is huge, especially against a team that forechecks as well as the Rangers do.
The Sens and Rangers have met twice this season with each team winning a game in the other’s barn. In late October, the Sens executed one of their text book third period comebacks, rallying from a 4-1 third period deficit on their way to an eventual 5-4 shootout win. The Senators didn’t look intimidated by the stage at MSG that night and I don’t expect tonight to be any different.
The Rangers have posted an incredible 13-3-2 record on home ice this season.
With Karlsson re-entering the line up, Matt Carkner will sit. Daniel Alfredsson missed yesterday’s practice but will play tonight. Here is how the Sens are expected to line up against the Rangers.
Greening-Spezza-Michalek
Condra-Turris-Alfredsson
Foligno-Smith-Neil
Daugavins-Konopka-Butler
Kuba-Karlsson
Cowen-Gonchar
Phillips-Lee
Craig Anderson gets the start in the Ottawa goal.
The Senators come into this one ranked 5th in the Eastern Conference and are six points clear of the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins who currently sit ninth. While that is a fairly significant gap, the Sens have still played more games than the teams around them in the standings so points are extremely important.
Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:00 PM with all the action available on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.
- Something interesting to watch for tonight- Wojtek Wolski may be in the line up for the Rangers if Brandon Dubinsky can't play. Last time he faced the Sens, he caught Alfie with a cheapshot that knocked the Ottawa Captain out of the line up. Don't be surprised if someone goes looking for him tonight.
I predict a 4-2 win
Go SENS Go
I read something interesting on thefourthperiod a few minutes ago and here it is:
"Karlsson's agent, Craig Oster of Newport Sports, confirmed to the Sun that although no negotiations have taken place, Karlsson camp is likely looking for something similar to the $5.25 million salary Capitals defenseman Mike Green is making in Washington."
I know a lot of us have been speculating what Karlsson might get in his new contract. I think 5.25 a season is an excellent deal for Ottawa. Hopefully they can make it long-term. 7+ years would be awesome.
100% agree this statement! TSN finally recognized the Senators as being a hot club in their preview for tonight's game.
Why are you surprised? Lee has never been anything special. He's a fringe NHLer. He's an RFA at season's end and I don't know what he's done this season or last to warrant another one-way deal.
His future with the Sens is very uncertain.
uhh clearly you missed all of last year. although our team was a piece of sh*t near the end of the year, the one Dman that actaully did his job correct was lee. although this year he doesnt look the same as last year, he is trying to do too much with the puck
I'm not convinced he is ever going to get a fair shake from a large proportion of the fans.
It might be best for both him and the organisation to amicably divorce.
On another note, is someone familiar enough with the schedule to know if we ride throughout the whole year being this ahead of other teams in game played, or is there at some point in the year that they catch up to us. I hate having everyone have so many games at hand to us :(
After a game in PHX on the Jan 24th, Sens have a stretch where they play one game in nine days.
I'm pretty sure that at the end of the regular season we will have all played the same number of games.
I'm here to help!!!
those will be 9 depressing and boring days
Karlsson/Cowen
Phillips/Gonchar
That's all I got
so add on
Borowiecki/Gryba
and Wiercioch might be in the mix too.
Lee maybe give a two-way deal or walk.
When Karlsson sat out, Carkner was dressed to replace him
(Karlsson).
So, it makes sense that Lee plays and Carkner sits !
Great for him!!!
Colin Greening also made it in the 12 Rookies !
What about the f**king all star? :-p
Any word on Cowen being selected Snoopy?
Cowen was not selected ??
Should have been, but lots of good solid defencemen ahead of him !
...why they would choose to publish such an article on the day they are set to release the actual selections is another question.
Haha, yes...that's a good one. 2 years and counting
"We said we'd like to play him 30 minutes, but we want to make sure they're all for us. We'll only play him 15 if he's going to play 15 for us and 15 for them. Right now, he's playing 27 for us, and we like that,"
Man I love our coach.
haha... I guess why should all learn to read the full article instead of skipping to the list of players. Thanks for the heads up.
The Stashe said that Lee & Carkner will (as much as possible) get equal shares of ice over the next few games. Carkner will get priority for games against physical teams and Lee will get priority against finese teams.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=76666
Can't believe that Cowen wasn't on the rookie all-star list.
Cowen probably would have been selected had Michalek not been voted in. As it is, Ottawa has a league leading 5 players participating in the All-Star weekend. It would have been very hard for the league to justify a 6th player from the Sens.
There are plenty of players who deserve to be at the game this year that weren't selected. For instance James Neal over Ovie. I don't think it is a slight on Cowen ... just politics.
i think its because they need a rep from each team and they took greening over cowen because the rookies only get to show off their skills, and greening gets to show off his speed were as cowen doesnt have too much to show other than maybe his shot.
btw anyone know who the captains are?
my assumption would be alfie and iggy
it's the only way the league can guarantee kessel won't get picked last again
i like the idea of the league nominating one captain and the other being the captain of the defending cup champs - of course this means the captain of the defending captain would be assured of a place at the ASG
And put Jason Spezza up against Zdeno Chara for hardest shot??? I still don't know how Spezza hit over 100mph lol
Team 1:
Captain: Alfie
Assistant: Hossa
Assistant: Chara
Team 2:
Captain: Iginla
Assistant: Toews
Assistant: Weber
I guess it would shape up as team Canada vs Team Euro but would make for fun dynamics
I would have much preferred if BM had have signed Cammalleri rather than Kovalev 3 yrs back... for approx. the same amt of $/yr
they need atleast 1 rep from every team, no one else on that team comes closer to deserving it.
Agreed, the media stated that BM wanted Cammalleri over Kovalev, but we all know what happened.
To get Cammalleri would probably cost us some kind of combo of a high-end prospect, a ready-to-contir ubte player, and a 1st.
So, perhaps a MZ, Condra/Foly/Smi th and a 1st, if not also a 2nd, but that may be overpaying.
No matter how you look at it, it would be overpayment for him. The guy has great speed and a wicked shot, but let's not forget that this rebuild/retool has to be developed slowly, rather than selling the farm (aka pulling a "Muckler") to get bandaid solutions to our issues. :)
That's all well and good...he still needs to play better.
I like Parise, Penner (Getting older though), and not much else.
I have always been a huge fan of Cammalleri and 3 years ago when he was a UFA, I really wanted him to sign with Ottawa, and Murray tried to bring him here. He's got great speed and a great shot, and is a big time playoff performer. He's also very good friends with Spezza.
At this point though, I don't know that Cammy would be a good fit here. He's still a very good player, but he's overpaid and somewhat injury prone. It would take an overpayment for MTL to trade him within the division and I don't think Murray would be willing to part with the necessary pieces.
He's a great player, one of my favorites, but I don't see a fit for Ottawa. He should have just signed here as a UFA instead of MTL.
What about Cowen? He should be there as well..
Great to see Hossa & Chara back in Ottawa.... Elliott too..
agreed, although I thought he did a steady job towards the end of last year.
i would like us to limit our criticism of him to his actual play rather than who he isn't - I get that he's not Marc Staal or Anze Kopitar but he's also not Marek Zagrapan or Sasha Pokulok
The only player worth pursuing on that entire list is Parise. If we can't land Parise, expect that to see the likes of Greening, Foligno, Condra, and Silfverberg filling out our top six left wings again next year.
Penner sucks. The guy injured his back reaching for pancakes. The guy is a joke. Lazy, out of shape, unmotivated, underachiever.
Exactly
When Lee started being more physical, I was impressed, looked like he could be a 3rd pairing guy, maybe even one day throw up a Tom Preissing type year down the road...
At this point, he's really a liability.
Alfie and Iginla being captains make sense since both are such great ambassadors to the game.
He is going to end up back in LA if they can't land Iggy at the deadline. He had his best year under Sutter and I'm sure would welcome the move.
I agree Chirp. If only he could do that with the puck on his stick.
Definitely a killer line... if for no other reason than there are 4 forwards on it... that would be really tough on the defense...
I get why Cowan is not there, he is an all star for us but he is no Karlsson as far as showmanship skill which is really what the all star game is.
That and we have a full list of players in the game.
I actually remember watching the TSN free agent frenzy and Bob Mackenzie said Ottawa was the front runner... I was SO excited. It was news I really wanted to hear, especially with all the Heatley drama going on at the time..then literally 5 minutes later they announced he signed with the Habs. I've always been a huge fan of his.
A week later we signed Kovalev and we all know how that turned out.
Unfortunately I just can't foresee a deal to be had between OTT and MTL for Cammy. Montreal would be asking for a lot, and I'm not too sure Murray would be willing to give up the picks prospects as well as taking on a 6 mill salary.
no offence intended to your family friend and i would have loved to have seen him in a senators jersey but why couldn't he refuse the money? Vokoun did, Hossa did - people take home town discounts all the time or so we are lead to believe
if he wanted to be in Ottawa rather than Montreal he would be.
haha Seriously??? There's a big difference between 2 for years 9 million and 5 years for 30 million. It's not just the money he took, it's the security in the 3 extra years in the contract. How can you fault any player for accepting that kind of deal.
Considering this all went down right in the middle of the Heatley debacle, I can't blame any player for not choosing to play for the Sens at that point in time.
Apparently Kuba, Butler, and a 2nd is way off base...so let's hear it
But saying he couldn't refuse that money rather than saying Montreal offered him a far better contract which provided him much better security doesn't do him any favours.
Maybe that was implicit in Kyler's statement but there are many players who don't sign the contract that provides them with most money - Chris Neil is one that took less to stay with the Sens for example.
I'm just saying that money isn't the only reason people sign contracts, Kyler's statement made it sound like it was in this case.
Doesn't include the All-Star game though! Should keep you sane.
Pageau and The rights to Filatov. They get two solid prospects and dump lots of salary. There are few contending teams that can offer a salary dump besides us.
Cammalleri is one of their key players. Though he'd be just a piece of the puzzle for us, his value to Montreal should not be discounted.
I would think they would require one of our 1sts from last year, a current developing roster player and maybe another pick or prospect D. Not sure the price would be worth the return, though I really like him as a player.
Maybe Puempel, Butler, Wiercioch. Sounds like a lot though for someone who is better off on a 2nd line.
He would not have come to Ottawa anyway - even if he was selected. Can you actually see him here for 4 days? Garrioch & Brennan would have a field day with him..
Silfverberg got 3assists today in a 3-1 win. putting him at 30points in 32games, good for 5th in the league and he has played many games less than those ahead of him in standings.
zibanejad didnt dress up for today's game but he did get an assist and i believe 5 shots on net (he seems to always lead the team in shots) in his first game back a couple days ago and even though zibanejad and djurgaden were the away team for that game, claesson, aberg and himself were given a nice ceremony at the pre game for what they did at the WJC.
And bad for Sens fans as this is his own way to say FU OTTAWA!
And why would we want Cammalleri? Guys is a huge douche...
Do you care to explain to us why Cammy is a douche? or is that all you got?
Are you saying thie ASG is all about Sens Reuinon? :)
Have you seen him in interviews, thinks his shit dont smell...
Not sure where I read this, probably yahoo somewhere where he was quoted saying "Yeah that was my guy, I wasnt sharp there should of had em, it was like my 5th shift of the game and were in the 2nd period" "By that time I usually have 15 good plays done"
He has the "all me" attitude...
Go Sens go
What makes you think Cammalleri is lazy? I think he would thrive under Maclean, playing with Spezza. Speaking of Spezza, he's also been accused of being a lazy player many times in the past. I don't hear anyone saying that with Maclean as his coach.
I would never pay a high price for Cammalleri, but he would look awesome along side Spezz.
that being said, do i want him on my team? hell no. i think he is abit too overated, he isnt worth 6mill
hahaha wow Tookie you mean you remember that quote exactly? I'm sure that's 100% word for word what he said.
I'd love to see the actual quote but it probably doesn't even exist.
And yes I have seen his interviews and they're awesome. Unlike 99% of the other professional athletes and especially hockey players, Cammalleri actually speaks his mind and has something to say every time.
You aren't going to hear the typical hockey player quotes from Cammy like "Yeah you know uh, we just have to get back to the basics and you know uhhh, chip away at it and see if we can get one here and uhh yeah"
Great news on Greening, I had a feeling he'd find his way into the All Star and he deserves it.
I too was one of many who would have liked to see Cammy signed in Ottawa 3 years ago and was upset when it didn't happen. But I look at where we are now and I'm not so upset anymore.
Go Sens Go!!!
"On the Arnott goal, he was my guy, I wasn't sharp there," Cammalleri said. "But it was my fifth shift of the game and it was the second period. Usually I've made 15 good plays by that point."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=611212
got to get guys to the net and bury or capitalize on our chances.
Here's quote you can find it everywhere on the internet, just google Cammalleri...I wasnt that far off....douche!!
"I'm used to playing 20 minutes a night," he told NHL.com. "I'm not playing as much, so I need to get a little work here in practice to stay in shape."
In the 3-0 loss to the Blues, Cammalleri finished at minus-2 and let Jason Arnott get free to score the winner.
"On the Arnott goal, he was my guy, I wasn't sharp there," Cammalleri said. "But it was my fifth shift of the game and it was the second period. Usually I've made 15 good plays by that point."
Trading for Cammalleri would be an atrocious move for Ottawa. The guy is a selfish and arrogant overrated player.
After seeing Heatley for what he really his, a one dimension player (with a hell of a canon) but no understanding about the "team" concept, the last thing I want is a less talented copy of him.
Cammalleri is an .....
So for once you weren't talking out of your ass. I don't see anything wrong with what he said. It's 100% true. He acknowledged that he didn't stay with his man and that he could have been sharper if his legs were more into the game. He said that he wasn't playing as much as usual and he has to practice harder to prove himself to Cunneyworth. Someone tell me what the win to loss ratio of the Habs with Cunneyworth as the coach? Don't think the fans are the only ones who aren't fond of the guy.
Thank God we didnt make him our coach, and to think people wanted him here because he used to play for us....FEEWW
haha Yeah i know eh... pretty confident that if Randy was our coach instead of Paul Mac, that we wouldn't be in a playoff spot and we'd probably have a shot at Nail.
Anyways, cheers to 2 more points! (I won't watch the game, so we can win)
He has yet to prove that he's capable of being a full time NHL dman, therefore he doesn't deserve to be given a one-way deal in my opinion. I have no problem with Lee, he is what he is.
If all he's going to be for this team is a 6/7 dman then either sign him to a two-way deal so he can play in Bingo when he isn't on the bigclub, or move him out and give him the opportunity to prove himself elsewhere
As someone who hates the habs (save for Price), it's not like Randy was handed a good team. And it's not like they were playing good before Martin got fired. Crappy players with crappy attitudes and crappy GM makes for a crappy team. Coach can't score all their goals for them.
http://www.livescorehunter.tv/hockey-live-streaming-video.html
I am tired of everyone second guessing the coach when it comes to Lee. Mclean, If I am not mistaken is going to divy up the ice time between Carks and Lee depending on the need of the team over the next while.
I don't think the Sens have to do much at all, except maybe go after a 2nd line left winger (no offence to Condra at all!).
Chemistry is set. Let them make it to the promised land, or not. No need to change anything at all, except minor tweaking. Players have bonded and believe in each other. no need to add some asshole who demands ice time to upset the apple cart.
NO change to the defence at all please.
KJ
Almost done #Sens #NHL #BellHDscreen pic.twitter.com/4ECsYEiD
https://twitter.com/#!/stuntmanstu/status/157479799139483648/photo/1
scoreboard is looking sweet!
Doug Mac can't pronounce his name properly.
He does everything the way it's supposed to.
Good game so far.
These two have traditionally always been tight, but the Sens can win it.
Don't give a shit bout that first in the East shit.
http://www.firstrow.tv/watch/101709/1/watch-new-york-rangers-vs-ottawa-senators.html
http://www.firstrow.tv/watch/101709/1/watch-new-york-rangers-vs-ottawa-senators.html
turris has looked on-the-brink today.
No injury.
TSN is speculating he was just traded mid-game.
Just thought some of you may like to know.
You can basically credit our good play as of late to me missing the games on purpose.
B McKenzie is reporting Cammy has been sent to the hotel to
await further instructions.
We are INCREDIBLY lucky. And Anderson has been absolutely spectacular.
The Sens defensively have been pretty lax all game long. Too many shot on Andy.
Oh well, we're winning :)
seriously dude? dunno what game you are watching but the rangers have yet to get a quality chance to me, most of their shots are perimeter chances and anderson is gobbling it up. and if you dont blv me, just ask john tortorella, he has the mixer on with his lines and has benched both richards and anisimov for extended periods. not to mention rangers got 3 or 4 powerplays. sens just scored on their second PP.
I do agree theyre shots havent been high pecentage, but defensively the Sens havent been great. They need to be better, especially if they plan to compete in the playoffs.
That being said, it's been an excellent road game against a team that has one five straight.
Personally the Rangers aint that great.
nice to see the usual suspects step up tonight especially Andy.
'NUFF SAID. and yea enough underrating too lol....although i don't mind it haha
Let the Cammalleri rumors begin!
See you in the playoffs.
From the Ottawa Senators.
Great game boys!!
GO SENS GO
Maybe Van. Ballard sits out tonite.
That's what I'm thinking as well.
Anywho, great win by the Sens tonight. Sounds like a great effort all around.
I'm with you on that one. Bourque is Calgary's only player they can move who is worth more than a few pucks.
I'm predicting a 4-2 win for the Senators Saturday night! And hope to see Ottawa move up to 7th on the ESPN power rankings.
If they keep dominating this way I wouldn't be surprised to see them make it up to 3rd by the end of the month.
Great win tonight. Don't give too shits bout the Habs. Gonna beat em in two days.
GO SENS GO
"The Calgary Flames announced today that they have acquired former Flame centre Michael Cammalleri, goaltender Karri Ramo and a 5th round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for forwards Rene Bourque, Patrick Holland and a 2nd pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft."
Right on my bad I thought TSN said straight up. Calgary gives up a second too..... they are just a disaster. I cannot believe that franchise is picking up salary and trading away picks
Still a horrible trade for Montreal. They're officially the biggest joke in the NHL. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense for Calgary because they should be rebuilding, but this deal could push them into a final playoff spot.
,Montreal proves how classless they really are,
Dion Phaneuf rated most overrated in the league,
but my favorite happening today....
Max "The Rat" Lapierre finally gets his teeth punched in
This my friends is a great freakin day hahahahahaha
GOSENSGO
mike cammalleri may have bought gauthier some time though.
The puppet masters have told Feaster to do anything to get them in the playoffs. Calgary wins the trade, but if they miss the playoffs, they have missed the opportunity to unload a lot of free agents for picks/prospects .
Fair enough, but I ask you this... Do you believe that's the best deal they could have received for Cammalleri? It seemed like a pretty sudden move. Just like when Halak was traded to St Louis, this trade just doesn't seem like enough to me.
I love it though. I enjoy watching that organization go down in flames.
Let the good times roll.
Really surprised by the low cost for Cammalleri, but good move for Calgary.
we don't need all of our lines to show up, its Montreal.
p.s When alfie retires, no doubt Spezza deserves to be the captain.
Alfie retire? Nah... He's going to play until the day he dies... I hope :)
Correction: The Ottawa Senators ARE the hottest team in the NHL.
When a team that was slated to finish 15th in the conference is in a playoff spot half way through the season, on a 7-0-1 record in a tough mid season stretch and taking down all the big dogs, then the writing is pretty much on the wall.
Go Sens!!!
because Montreal made a trade they don't have to give Ottawa
props or any extended hilite time
No I don't think it's the best deal for Montreal at all really. Probably better to wait it out to the deadline and hope Cammy improves his play. That could have boosted his value significantly.
Still a potentially high 2nd, average prospect, and a decent goal scorer with size capable of hitting 50 points for half the price isn't a terrible deal. That extra 3.0M could help Montreal improve the team in other ways come summer.
Montreal is probably still a few years away from admitting they need to blow it up and rebuild. Until that happens they'll probably patch the leaky ship like Ottawa did for a few years with stop-gap UFA's like Kovalev.
Cory Clouston would have changed the lines 100 times by now with the oddest combinations hoping a spark would come after 1 game. That is all he did
had to sit through the loss when mtl visited us. payback time please.
Ironically now Ottawa isn't really in the position to deal Kuba. Unless I suppose some team that wants to dump salary steps up and offers a similar D-Man with 2-3 years left on his deal + a decent pick or prospect in exchange for Kuba. That might be a good fit for Ottawa if Murray can make it happen. Hard to make the team worse in any way though knowing how old Alfie is and how few shots he has left - as much of a long-shot as it will be this year.
count me in the camp of people that thought Kuba would bounce back. he really seemed to be a much better player over the final 20 last year but people had already made up their mind.
I would have no issues moving Kuba at the deadline but based on Murays recent comments, I can't see them moving a guy that has overcome being booed in the season opener to play as our #2 D.
Who knows... Carolina won the cup in a year where every other team shit the bed and so did the Habs. Clearly this team will be doubted until they are knocked out but alot of other teams seem to be removing themselves through injuries, bad goaltending and poor management.
Can't help but wonder if Murray smells blood in the water.
in general terms, perhaps not. But on this particular team, it appears that they are...
Daugavis can't be ignored either. He's this team's x-factor.
I also thought Turris had a very very good game. Shame he didnt get on the scoresheet because he was flying out there.
And what more can be said about the play of Spezza and Karlsson
i am definitely not missing his costly turnovers costing us momentum, leads and games.
Doesn't seem like PG is too smart. What has he actually done since taking over in MTL?
Alfie needs to be buried in the middle of the rink at the ScotiaBank place.
It's amazing to see him come back defensively as well. His instincts in both ends of the rink are incredible. On the odd man rush late in the 2nd (i think) he came back and took away the pass to help out Gonchar. Terrific game by Turris.
As for the game... What more can be said about Karlsson? the kid is a phenom. Watching him outmuscle and outwork Boyle (6'7'' 240lbs) in the corner was something else. Not only did he strip him of the puck and then make a nice outlet pass, but he actually hammered in the corner in the process. His ability to jump infront of players, lift their stick, and skate away is next level. And Spezza? Well, let's just say I'm glad I had his back all these years and defended him on every board.
Alfie needs to be buried in the middle of the rink at the ScotiaBank place.
He needs to be cryogenically frozen when he retires so we can wake him up for every playoff run.