The Sens are just three points clear of the Leafs but Toronto has a full three games in hands. This would be a terrific time for the Sens to snap that five game losing streak to give themselves a little bit of distance from the 8th place Leafs.
Despite last night's loss, Paul MacLean will go with the same group as he did against the Islanders. That means that Jim O'Brien will play his second straight game in place of the struggling Bobby Butler.
Here is how the Sens are expected to line up
Condra-Spezza-Michalek
Foligno-Turris-Alfredsson
Greening-Smith-Neil
Daugavins-Konopka-O'Brien
Kuba-Karlsson
Cowen-Gonchar
Phillips-Carkner
Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:00 PM with all the action available on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.
It will be an emotional night at SBP as this is the annual Do It For Daron (DIFD) game. The event will highlight for fans the issues of youth mental illness, and promote community organizations that offer mental health support services to youth and their families. There will also be fundraising activities throughout the night.
For more information on this terrific cause, check out the DIFD website right here.
Greening Spezza Smith
Milo Turris Alfie
Petersson Costa Folingo
Condra Kono Neil
play a clean gaffe free game and put those laffs to bed.
why off the ice?
You're a fucking retard... Obviously Kessel is better than Michalek
who gives a shit. right now i am hating on karlsson, cowen and gonchar big time. these guys are fucking around in the back end in the most royal fashion. not going to blame carkner for the goal though...
amen brotha amen.
cowen is literally asleep out there...seems to have lost all drive.
gonchar is back in float mode....doesnt want to do anything anymore, just wants one more season to get by.
and karlsson is now getting the same plague.
can't blv that the sens were gifted two PPs and the leafs were clearly fast asleep. but.....leave it to ottawa to fuck it up in the best fashion possible
hate it when healy said it, but its true "in typical ottawa fashion"
I think what your noticing is that people are still coming back, they are just being hypnotized by the puck. Two guys are chasing the puck carrier and leaving a guy open. This is all mental right now they just need a win to get some confidence back
agreed, but i think to get to that, they need to stop dicking around. i think the sens are just getting super lazy. they got a great run started with really intense play, then they got lazier but kept winning. but now the laziness has caught up. time to dig in. literally dig in.
Boneheads I mean
Bye bye playoffs. Better pray for there miracle comeback.
no...lucky for him he was not on the ice for the leafs first goal...which would count as GWG right now.
now how bout a fight
Yep, We need a Threat
Karlsson is the closest thing we have to an offensive threat and he is a D man
Next best threat we have is Spezza but he is nothing without a kessel type
The revolving door of bone heads isn't working with Spezza, he made it pretty clear he likes playing with Aflfie and/or with regular consistent line mates
I disagree; just another Heatley.
I'd rather Heatley come back for Michalek at this point
all we need is:
1. our defensemen to fucking wakeup already
2. that intensity that we left in the hotels in SJ after the game
3. a backup goalie who can win because our #1 guy is burnt out
No fights yet, shame
we are losing a game
trade Alfie, spezza and MM
we need this, we need that...fuck Anderson...what a bum
eheh...get a grip
fair weather fans
GO SENS GO....whatever happens!
Dumbasses
Hmmm try 6 losses going on 7 in a row...
So instead of calling others names you should think before you post next time.
love u! God bless a real sens fan, and not a faker like some of the others!!!
The Sens are back on earth, and this how the season was supposed to go. A lot of you naive fans can say "this is just one game...you're not a true sens fan". I'm sorry but that argument is invalid. A true sens fan will be able to recognize that when you are outskilled by teams including teams who are chillin in the basement( NY islanders) on a nightly basis, change is required. This team had a great run which itself was an accomplishment. But now we can recognize our team not only lacks speed but as well as the tools to match with other NHL teams.
I've been trying to voice this opinion for a while. Yes it's sad, but now we're well aware of what we lack which is the first step towards improvement.
Although none of us should be disspointed with this team. Not one bit. We've overachieved enough for a rebuilding team. we already have 2 or 3 excellent players. However at the same time it's time to be realistic considering how much the sport has become about SKILL and SPEED.
Think we have another miracle in us?
DISAGREE. OUTSIDE OF CARKNER, THIS IS THE SAME TEAM THAT BEAT NYR, PHILLY AND SAN JOSE. ARE YOU TELLING ME THOSE TEAM S WERE LACKING SPEED ON THOSE NIGHTS?
its pretty simple:
1. LONG long road trip
2. laziness and lax behavious creeping in
3. some players obviously are not in for the long ride - gonchar
4. dire need of a backup goalie, Paul MacLean has absolutely no faith in Auld, otherwise we would have seen Auld in yesterday. Anderson is burnt out. All goals from a goalie perspective are very weak to be honest with you. This guy is BURNT OUT.
sens forwards are trying, but obviously the second guessing is now rampant among those guys because they dont know what Phillips, Cowen, Gonchar and Carkner are going to pull on them next. if you cant trust your back end, you cant do much on the front.
Yes we are coming down to reality... Anderson was really the reason we were where we were, without him we would have 10 fewer wins.
The reality is our D is absolutely god awful!
For all the good Philips had done it is being tarnished with his poor excuse of defensive play!
A few years ago we signed an over the hill D-man who was well passed his prime... he did the honourable thing and retired, his name was Jason Smith... Big Rig, please let us remember you like you once were and retire.
Gonchar... please sit his ass down, he does nothing on offence, which is what we signed him for, and is worse than ever on defense!
Finally, we are what we are, a team in transition, that is rebuilding, it was fun talking about who we need for the playoffs and what can help us going in, but even WHEN we do make the playoffs, we will not go far, and we need to let this team evolve as is, to see who stays and helps get their name on the Stanley Cup, and who is not required to help us get there.
To all you real Sens fans, remember the future is ours, to you fakers... yes Hooray for the Laffs who may squeak into the playoffs for the first time in 8 year, only to be laughed out in the first round...
Forever Go Sens Go!!!!!
Spezza-Foligno- Neil
Cuz I liked
Smith-Greening-Condra 2nd half of Isles game.
Change it up Stache!
I agree with you but will even go as far as saying the whole team is burnt out, we played so damn hard the first 40 games and lets be honest here, we overachieved our way to where we are.
It was just a matter of time before our young guys hit the infamous half season wall.
Our vets are invisible, MM9 no goals in 8+, Spezza not doing much...
We cant expect to play 20 solid minutes and keep winning games.
We need a back up or just let Auld play, who cares if we win or lose if your plan is a rebuild.
yea ofcourse they are burnt out, but i think its causing them get more lazy than really what you would say the hidden realities showing up.
i mean 35 shots has to count for something.
That is sad.
yea, true, but for me thats not why they are losing. i think its bad defensive play which probably has more to do with anderson being burnt out and the d-men just coming out flat night in night out.
and reimer is being made to look like a wall in net today.
Jim O'Brien - he will never get a break.
the mandate for Bryan Murray is crystal clear now.....get a shitload of defensemen fast, because ottawa's current shit crop is not going to help them one bit. i mean how the fuck is Matt Carkner playing in the NHL...
Go Sens Go
can't they end it sooner by sending him down....putting him on waivers......wh atever they could do.
i mean lets face it, ottawa fell asleep at times this game and it cost them.
1. sens defensemen
2. anderson
3. Dave Cameron for finally completing the fuck-up of the sens once good PP.
Quoting hq8:
What's funny are the line combinations. Condra? O'Brien on the top line, really? What's MaClean smoking? As stated in the past these line combos won't last forever. I just think it would've been a wasted year if we eventually slip out of playoff contention, get a mid round pick and then do what? If this is the year of defensemen, let us draft one then. And instead of 20, our 1st rounders from last year at 19 will join the flock.
That's fucking embarrassing what a joke come on Murray your coach needs a top 6 forward
thanks for the math Einstein!
You weren't such a mathametician when we were 8 points up.
Einstein majored in science dumbass.
Pumping from Puempel
Tazin' by Noesen
Really couldn't care less, my point is that when we Sens fans are down Tookie's Peacock feather's spread...SENSCH IRP READER!
we are still in 7th spot.....only need to start fucking winning.
LMAO....pricele ss!!
I believe coach MacClean will find a way. I also think it would be the right time to call up Lehner and ride him a bit to give Anderson some rest.
Go Sens Go
Does someone know when the Elite Swedish league is ending so we can call up Ziby?
we are in need of you help,
We need to take back our SCOTIABANK HOME!
Sens fans cannot go to our home games against the Laffs, b/c the Laffs fans who cannot afford tickets in the Air Canada center, come and to Scotiabank place and like squatters take over our residence.
It is downright embarrassing to have these losers come into Ottawa and run us out of our home.
I refuse to go b/c the last time I went, I brought my children, and would never expose them to that brash of hooliganism ever again.
They are obnoxious, and embarrassing, and even threatening, not to me, but to other good paying Sens fans who were simply cheering on their home team.
I know many Leaf fans, I call friends, that we can share the odd banter and have fun with our teams.
But many of those loser fans that go to Scotiabank place, do not go to enjoy a hockey game, but to antagonize, and promote altercations, as most of these losers could care less about the game, and more about degrading other hockey fans,and in reality do embarrass most real Leaf fans.
Many people I know, now refuse to put themselves or their families in that type of environment, and who can blame them.
We need devise a way that real hockey fans can go back to our home and enjoy the battle of Ontario like real hockey fans, and not to turn the hockey game into chance to be a hooligan, and embarrass yourself or your team.
Lets take back our HOME Chirp,
or find a way to put 18000 Sens fans into the Air Canada Centre!
Shit game tonight but I still say we win Lord Stanley before those Loser Laffs!
A) Jared Cowen.
Has struggled mightily the last 5 games or so. Mac NEEDS to do something to settle this kid down. His positioning has been bad, he's turning the puck over, his skating has been sluggish. Let's not be homers here. Cowen has been B.A.D. and needs to be either a scratch, or get back to himself in Bingo.
B) Mark Borowiecki.
Should replace Cowen. He has been good in the game he played, and imo deserves to play and take Cowen's spot.
C) Michalek.
Needs a change of scenery on a different line. Mac needs to send the message to this guy. He's been absolutely invisible.
D) Brian Lee.
Never though I would be saying this, but I can't wait for this guy to come back. Not because he's anything spectacular, because the guys on the ice have been that bad. I'd like him to change up with either Cowen or Carkner. Preferably Cowen.
D) Back up goalie.
Plain and simple, the Sens don't have a backup goalie (who's Alex Auld again?) Andy had been subject to playing game after game and the poor guy must be dog tired. I heard in the Melynk interview with the Fan that Lehner may be called up. Now may be a good time.
E) Powerplay.
Simply put, this powerplay has been the worst I have ever seen in hockey ever. It. Is. Brutal. No creativity, no good chances, nothing good goin for it. Don't know who runs the PP (Cameron, Reeds?) bit whoever is has done an absolute terrible job of it. I know Paulstachio ran the PP unit back in Detroit, why not have him do it? The Sens need to totally rebuild their PP though because it is God awful.
Other than that, tonight was an absolute embarrassment. Especially for someone surrounded by Leaf fans :S
G'Nite!
man the life boats
we are toast
move the team to the south
trade alfie
sell the gear
get the Riders back
read the Sun...it is written
FAIR WEATHER FANS as always
sorry chirp...you got a case of the cry babies
GO SENS GO
Yah quote me bitch...I BELIEVE!
You never know who is posting do you
Well said, and am sorry you had to sit through that with leaf fans... I'd rather endure root canal!
Your an idiot
AGREED and amen brotha. just add one more thing that the sens need: A SERIOUS ADRENALINE RUSH WHICH THEY HAD IN SAN JOSE.
I am IN! Go Sens Go
We win Lord Stanley before the Laffs... BOOK IT!
It was brutal my friend. My Facebook and cell phone were blowing up all night with messages from chirping Leaf fans.
The thing that's weird though, is that they were nowhere to be heard the previous three games... :S
I fully believe in this team, but Murray and Mac cannot get complacent. The team undoubtedly needs SOME type of change.
I feel for you, it is a stormy day in Senstown, but if they are good Leaf fans let them have their day, they earned this battle... but we will win the war... like I said we will have the last laugh, by winning Lord Stanley before they do... BOOK IT!
someone with the tag FAILFORNAIL calls someone an idiot
really?
Words cannot explain how crushing this past losing streak has been on the team. Where is the top line?
The only good thing right now is that we have just killed any thoughts of being 1 guy away.
At the beginning of the season we all said there would be some good nights and some bad nights. Well fellas welcome to the bad nights.
This team is in a bad funk... and I hope tonight was rock bottom and embarrassing enough for them.
They need to get Cowen away from Gonchar... put him back with Karlsson again... they worked well earlier this season.
Cowen is playing not to make a mistake... I really feel for him.
Bring up Lehner.. stick him in the net and force the defense to actually play defense.
This slump, I hope, will let Murray realize NOT to be a buyer at the deadline. Get some decent D on July 1st... or bring up BoroCop & Gryba... maybe they will actually hit something. No real hard checks on any Leaf player tonight.. they were too easy on them.
Don't worry the Leafs will come back to earth pretty soon. They only played 3 road games in all of January... their opponents get a tougher for them going forward.
I DEFINTIELY feel for the fans that paid their money to go.
Disgusting.
There is no such thing as a good Leaf fan..
Does this mean it's a bad or good season ??
Relax people. We're sellers Bryan Murray, Keep selling. This team is good but doesn't have the stamina yet for 82 games. They look burnt out there. This is where inexperience shows and it's the hump they have to overcome next year.
Like I said before, I am a fan of JC, but he isn't polished yet. BoroCop has been doing so in the A for the past while. He is a more able puckmover and a better skater. I would love to see him back up and scratch Cowen. Somebody needs to do something to settle the guy down.
I don't know what to do with Milan. Too inconsistent. He should start the game off with the Turris line. It's too obvious him and Spezz haven't been clicking lately.
Don't know what Mac is waiting for really. Make the changes. You have nothing to lose.
BUT I REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON THE TEAM. THEY HAVE COME TOO CLOSE, DONE TOO MUCH, AND HAVE TURNED TOO MANY HEADS. Remember the start of the season when they played exactly how they are right now? Complete 180 turn!
But change has to happen QUICK.
The sens are a fringe playoff team but I'm confident they can turn it around from here and be in the top8 at the end of the season
Right on bro! THROUGH THICK AND THIN! Time to dip deep and find their game again! GO SENS GO!!!
I fully agree. But how do they do it? Do they keep the status quo and hope it turns around with only 20 some odd games left? Or do they roll the dice and make some changes?
Imo, the Sens have nothing to lose by switching things up.
a. Cowen needs to settle down [probably too late and drastic to send him down to the AHL, maybe a one game scratch would calm the guy down in the PB].
b. Andy, for goodness sakes [I really do feel for the poor guy because he is the reason we are where we are in the first place], NEEDS A BREAK. Playin too damn much, and seein too many pucks go past him. Most of which are NOT fault.
c. Lehner could [should] be called up.
d. Gonchar needs a good talking to. Hire a Russian translator if you have to.
e. Milan needs a role change.
f. I'm sorry, but Konopka needs to sit.
g. Powerplay needs a complete 360 degree facelift. The worst I have ever seen. They need different personnel, different strategy And Cowen is NOT a natural powerplay defenceman on the point. don't know why in hell he's out there on the PP every time I see him I SMDH.
h. Big Rig could use a couple of energy drinks before games. The guy's feet are so sluggish as if he has an anvil attached to his skates.
on a less caps-lock note: Ron fucking wilson...good on him to take in the sens game last night. he realized that the sens are probably going to dick around in their own zone and he probably also realized that carkner is the slowest fuck of a defenseman in the league, well, simple cure: put the fastest and most lethal guy on the leafs against carkner.
Probably the best solution, I guess.
This stretch is very reminiscent of the starting 6 games at the beginning of the season. At that point, I remember the players having a players only closed door meeting, and from then on... Well we all know what happened!
That needs to happen again. Alfie has to rally his boys.
You're right. The team IS capable of playing good hockey. Just a couple of nights ago they were skating circles around Boston. Before that, they dummied the Sharks in their own barn.
Maybe the change just has to come from within.
Can't freakin wait till Tuesday. And Thursday, when the man who's responsible for me being a Sens fan comes back, Mike!
GO SENS GO
guys like Konopka, Butler, Carkner have had their nice run, but they are not helping dig in.
Hey Sandy Thanks for taking one for the team... It is not easy being at those games live... trust me it will all that much more sweeter when we can walk down Young St with our Stanley Cup Sens Sweaters!...BOO K IT!
Although I really am happy for Big Rig... I cannot help but say it is about 82 games too much in Ottawa for my liking... Retire soon so we can remember the good days... sorry but I could not resist
I wouldn't worry too much about Cowen. He's a rookie and D is the hardest NHL position to learn/adapt to/become comfortable with.
Even if we make the playoffs, that would likely mean keeping Gonchar and Kuba. Not getting a return for players who had zero or negative trade value a year ago sucks ass. It also sucks to not maximize value getting rid of old players (excluding Alfie) that aren't part of the future plan.
Im not sure what is in the water here, but Ottawa is playing hockey like the old days and look terrible.
It was the easiest 49 saves Reimer ever had. A peewee goalie would make all those saves from the perimeter. This team gets limited chances in prime scoring areas and teams are just keeping them to the outside far too easily. The Defense is beyond terrible positionally. Carkner and Cowen need to watch some film, Phillips too.
They have to get it out of there head that they are a '3rd period team'. All those come backs were exciting but went to there head because they have no jump for the first half of the game it seems.
Pretty much they have to play crazy hockey from here on out to have a shot, and hope for some slumps from the teams with games in hand.
It doesn't look good and it looks like the clock may have struck midnight for there 'hot run'....
Now he just has to teach them how to play playoff hockey. The Leafs played a great "playoff" styled game, tight d, opportune power play and quick counter attacks.
And we didn't know how to beat it.
Agreed,
Time to move any of Kuba, Gonchar, Philips, who will not be here when we are really in contention,
Lets finally see what Borowiecki, Gyrba, Weicoch can bring.
On another note, I was really bothered last night by the fact that we had all the muscle in the game yesterday, and did nothing with it. In years past if we were up by 5 goals to the Laffs, the Orr's Phaneufs's, and many past Laff meatheads would be throwing their weight on some of our more talented players.
It was 5-0 I would have really enjoyed giving them a couple more if we could pummel a few of those annoying Laffs... just sayin!
If we keep loosing hopefully Murray finds a new home for Carkner
Kuba
Konopka
Maybe Winchester or Butler.
could be an interesting month in sens nation
Something needs to be done. I really hope they make a move before the Capitals game so I can see some new freshness on the ice.
Spezza and Michalek (we will never in with these guys)
for
Nash and Brassard
So who becomes your first line center Brassard or Turris..
I dont think so!
Seriously dude? B/c Nash and Brassard have just won non-stop. Give your head a shake. Let us please not start the trade Spezza garbage again PLEASE.
I feel like if Cowen would have knocked out Kessel, or at least smoked him, it would have pumped up the team and got us going nice and early.