With both the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets losing on Sunday night, the Sens chances of making the playoffs improved slightly. There’s more scoreboard watching to do tonight with the Leafs in Boston, the Devils in New York, the Sabres taking on the Lightning and Washington visiting a powerful Detroit team.
The Sens may not play tonight but the right combination of outcomes could mean another step towards a return to the playoffs this spring.
Ottawa practiced this morning and once again had three goalies on the ice. Craig Anderson is inching towards a return and could be in the line up as soon as Friday in Montreal. In the meantime, Ben Bishop will get another start against the New Jersey Devils.
Couple players were absent from practice today including Matt Gilroy and Jason Spezza who were both away for personal reasons. Spezza was attending a funeral while Gilroy was at a wake.
Jesse Winchester skated on the top line in Spezza’s absence but he still isn't ready to return to the line up. With Matt Gilroy not at practice, Matt Carkner took his spot on a pairing with Chris Phillips.
- How about the season Filip Kuba has put together? A guy that appeared to be on his last legs with the organization last season, Kuba has been a rock on the Sens blue line. Playing alongside 21 year old Erik Karlsson, Kuba has been a stabilizing force and allows Karlsson to play a more aggressive game. Heading into tonight's action, Kuba is tied with Nik Lidstrom for 4th in the NHL at +25.
- Ottawa Senators first round pick Matt Puempel will finish the season with the Binghamton Senators. Puempel has had injury troubles at times this season but is healthy and will gain some valuable experience from a brief stint in the AHL. Puempel had 33 points in 30 games with the Peterborough Petes this season.
Dude deserves respect because up until now he really has been doing it all under the radar
Hope they can re-sign him for maybe a two year; however something tells me that he wont be here next year (contract year, someone will overpay to have him join)...
Yes he could he is on ELC wouldn't mind seeing him get a chance with Turris I think those 2 could work real well together
He is pretty young no rush though I'm surprised he can play in Bingo not being 20 yet
I don't think we need to worry about that. I think he's still a couple of years away.
If we don't think we have a chance at the top level defensive UFAs this year the case just keeps getting stronger. I don't believe any of the Bingo guys are ready for a full time role yet. Money (capspace) isn't an issue and I'm sure he would re-sign for considerably less than he is making now.
My biggest argument for the signature however is how much karlsson seems to enjoy being his defensive partner. Why rock that particular boat when the gain isn't that significant.
Karlsson is probably good enough to play alongside anybody but why force him to do so if Kuba is there. I'm not suggesting a five yeard deal or something like that, but if he'll acept (ideally) a 1 yr deal I would be happy with him being around next season.
I think he was just trying to say was Butler is dead weight.
He's got a huge picture on the 20th aniversary sens bus next to some of the greatest sens so far, he's played too many games along with condra/daugavin s/smith who should probably all be rotated in and out of the lineup for proper rest.
I believe all the guys are more capable than what they are achieving this year.
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/Prospect_Update-031912.pdf
Thanks for the prospect update chirp.
Yeah I don't get that either. He was born Jan 1993 -- so he just turned 19 with only 3 yrs in the CHL... Can the Sens do that?
Bring on the new blood and let Cowen get some more playing time!
They are 6 pts and 4 teams out of 8th.. but they are only 3 pts out of 15th... But they forget that little tidbit. I just assume they think the Leafs will win all 10 games remaining and Wash, Winn, Buf, Car will lose all of theirs... Not going to happen..
I still can't bring myself to hope for the Leafs tonight (or any night)....
Will they let Gilroy walk, sign Kuba and bring up someone from Bingo? Isn't Kuba's +/- about 4th for D -- tied with Lidstrom -- or something like that?
Beat the bruins, help the Sens in their shot at winning the division and spoil your own chances at a lottery pick!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgTuzuOf1t8
Lehner played 4 games in a row, and was better than average
Bishop has played 6 games, and was simply average.
By starting Bishop vs the Devils, it leaves Lehner in Binghamton, and no more competition ??
Starting Anderson in the Montreal game, probably means that Bishop will become the backup. Where does that leave Auld ??
Although he is still a 19 year old North American player from the CHL (rule says player must be 20 years old min) however, Peterborough are eliminated (didnt qualify for playoffs), which makes him eligible to join the AHL under his ELC.
agreed, i think ive posted this before but of what ive seen bishop do this year and what we know about lehner. Bishop is very consistant every night. Lehner might not be as consistant(prob ably due to his incredibly young age for a pro goalie) but he is the "steal games" material.
djurgarden won 3-1 today, zibanejad apparently played one of his best games in a while. he ended up with an assist. making djurgarden 3-0-1 in the relegation tourny.
How many more games does Djurgarden have to play?
Bruins are already up 3-0 in the first, sheesh
after 3 seconds apparently
Damn that is embarrassing
We better come out swinging tomorrow
* 7-0 now
Too funny, none of these goalies can stop a beach ball man, lol...
They are really reeling right now, Burke wishes he had picked up a goalie in hindsight....YA THINK!
Making them think there is the slightest chance they can steal 8th LOL
and in the process they put themselves just out of the bottom 5
No playoffs, and no top 5 pick, It's perfect
i love watchin brawls!!
I think Zibanejad has been playing pretty solid the last few games. He has about 7 points in his last 9 games. Most of his assists during those stretch of games have been primary assists aswell,, so he has been showing off his playmaking skills lately.
Apparently according to Flashscores, he has been playing fourth line minutes these past 2 games. But who knows he probably got promoted today since you said he played pretty well today.
Not being pesimistic but the last 3 games have been brutal...
agree 100%
Not concerned at all. As the whole organization keeps saying this is about the process and building a foundation. A little struggle is not a bad thing down the stretch, just as a reminder that every game against every team is important. Coach Mac had a work day today at practice. Supposedly it was a physical, grunt work kind of day. I have a feeling that they will come out flying tomorrow, especially with some of the results that may happen tonight.
Can't say I wasn't cheering for the Leafs before the game tonight, but boy, isn't it just sweeeeeeeeet to see them get absolutely crushed?
Agree 200%. They really need to beat Jersey and the Habs this week.
Bishop is a solid and fantastic back up.
Missing Andersons play for sure.
(glad to see the Leafs crushed even if it hurt us a bit, just wish it was us doing the crushing)
Wash is leading Det which puts them 4 pts back if they win. Buffalo coming strong.
Ottawa has to win next 2 games... Pitts will be a tough one to win. Apparently the Team 1200 said this morning that the whole Sens team had been battling the flu... Let's hope that is past them...
Hoping NJ goes to a shootout tonight..
Toronto had 13 shots the entire game :) Carlyle must be pleased.
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Hope the flu in over as well. If we win the games we are supposed to win NYI,Mtl,Car then we can control our own destiny with two against NJD and one against Bos. We will see what we have against Pit, Phi and Wpg is tough at home but it is up to us now and I am convinced that we can play over .500 hockey.
In "theory" we should beat the Habs (tanked the season) and the Devils (they have been struggling).. but I'm most looking forward to the Pens game.. You've gotta think they're now the team to beat, and it would be nice to see how we fare against them this late in the season.
as for zibanejad's low minutes, yes in fact he has been playing lots of 4th line minutes (mainly because he is the youngest center on the team)
djurgarden is having a huge mess similar to what we had last year. a pretty good team on paper, but a HUGE coaching problem. their current coach who came in half way through the season is not the greatest. doesnt care that zib was the expected 2C of the team.. just does what he thinks is best for the team.. and obviously he was wrong seeing how djurgarden's season ended.
that being said, dont take zib's 0.5ppg stats too serious since he has been playing real low mins with terrible line mates. but when he does go on hot streaks, he is awarded with a few shifts with the top 6.
Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to seeing he and Silverberg come over here, see how they look.
I dont think that is the case, I watched a few games and Zib was either starting 2C or got promoted ingame.
The coach didnt have a "grudge" or "didnt care for" Zibanejad, he was doing what was best for the team. Zibanejad struggled vs men, its normal, he's 19 and plays more of a grinder role than a scorer.
Give him time to develop, he should stay in the SEL or if he wants to come over to AHL, thats fine but in no way should he be in the NHL as our top 6...yet
This site is starting to be a pain the in ass .. Why do I have to refresh all the time too read comments and log in every 5 mins ? And it's def not phone friendly ..
Maybe some things to work on make this a better site
What happened to your comment ??
and it's too expensive
Looking at the standings, we are only a few points ahead in position. While it's normal to be nervous, the good thing is all the teams we were fighting with are now matches in games played, with exception to Winnipeg, at 72, but are also 2 points back of Washington. So we have the 4 point cushion over 8th place, but we do need to lace them up and grab that 2 points tonight.
Jersey should be prime for the picking after the game against NY last night, so I hope Ottawa comes out hard. Also, Bishop has been pretty solid in net, only 1 regulation lose. He hasn't faced as much rubber as Ottawa normally allows, but he's come up big in many situations. His 2.10 GAA and .915 SV% is ok in my books. Keep riding him and let him gain the experience.
As for Toronto, nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. But in mind, the Toronto - Boston trade has officially been decided a landslide in Boston's favour. That will no longer be debated.
Go Sens Go!!!
I have been coming to this site for awhile, never had to relogin, I don't even know if I'd remember my password. So it's not an issue with the site, it has to be the browser you are using, or maybe you are clearing the cache automatically. But as for comments, I've always used the refresh comments list, it's never been an issue for me.
I use my iPhone all the time to read the site as well, never an issue, it always works great and it also always remembers my password. It would be nice to see Chirp get an app though ;)
X2.. I never have to put my password in either...
All message boards need to be refreshed in order to see new comments, that's nothing new...
All from my Iphone...
I put a comment it's shows then I'll refresh and I'm logged out out maybe it's just me .. Ad I'm using iPhone 2
Chirp get a app lol
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