With two of the teams best offensive players out, the Sens got solid performances from the supporting cast. Kyle Turris played what may have been his best game as an Ottawa Senator. He showed terrific patience with the puck all game long and was rewarded with a couple points on the afternoon.
Milan Michalek also had a strong game in the absence of Spezza and Alfie.
Michalek played the part of play maker on Sergei Gonchar's second period tally, hitting the pinching defenceman with a perfect behind the back pass. Not long after that, Michalek scored his 35th of the season to give Ottawa 3-1 lead. Foligno would stretch that lead to 4-1 before the second period ended on a goal assisted by Jesse Winchester who was playing his first game in three months.
Kyle Turris scored his second of the game in the third period toe stretch the Sens lead to 5-1.
Michalek finished the game with a goal and two assists, while Turris ended up with two goals and two assists.
At the start of this season, not one of the so called expert gave this team any chance. Projected to be a cellar dweller by just about everyone, people told us a tough year was ahead for our Sens. But all year long, Paul MacLean's team has proven people wrong and now all that hard work is finally being rewarded.
The Ottawa Senators are headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
GO SENS GO
Also congrats to Spez with the baby and hell yes to Turris for a 4 point night!
GO SENS GO !!
Lets go Sens !!
Monster game from Turris today starting too round into form !!
Cant wait for Mika next week !!!
Now its time to see who we line up against.
GO SENS GO!!!
We haven't lost since I posted that, I think it's safe now
Michalek is great, zipzap have you forgotten the pace he was setting at the beginning of the season? and you're talking about consistency? The whole team struggled in that mtl/tor/nj stretch, not just michalek
Cowen should get paired with Kuba sometimes, he could learn, plus they would be beastly. And Karlsson has to learn to play with other Dmen
I can't believe people have been mentioning trading Foligno brothers! For the amount of playing time he gets, Nick Foligno is the most productive player on the team. Colin Greening has been playing 1st line minutes all season long and he's not even close to Foligno.
BTW foligno is now tied in scoring with:
jordan staal
Andrew ladd
Jakub Voracek
Jussi Jokinen
and he's only 2 pts behind Heatley
The team really speed up and I am so impressed wth the way they responded... I wouldn't underestimate them in the playoffs.
You know something guys, let's face facts. We don't have the same team as 2007 and the road ahead is going to be nothing but a tough one at that. And easier said than done but we just gotta push, with every ounce of life that is left to go all the way. Alfie holding the cup is something that can never be topped and I swear to all of yous that if the Senators never again win the cup, I would be happy knowing that we've won it at least once during our existence. The games where most (including myself) thought we'd lose against the Pens and Flyers, we fuckin beat 'em. Those were so crucial and probably determined whether or not we'd clinch and we put it behind us with wins. Now that a spot is secured, anything can happen and everything is up for grabs. This is it guys. We gotta do this. Go Sens go.
I'm gonna do that too, but on my boss' doorstep. In broad daylight, hunched over holding a Sens car flag.
DAMN THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !! THEY DID IT BABY!
I haven't shaved since the morning that the SENS played and beat the PENS (four straight baby!!!) My wife says I look like a bum but like I told her I'm not shaving until the SENS season is over!! Hopefully that won't be until June!!
GO SENS GO!!!
I'm very glad to see the Sens beating even my prediction, so far.
However, our offensive defensen we have this year remind me a lot of the defense we had back in 06/07 (Redden, Corvo, Preissing and Meszaros) and could be the difference this year.
Also love the way Anderson is playing right now he could wind up stealing us a playoff round or two.
At this point I don't think it really matters who the Sens play, bring it on!!!
zip zap, i guess you were right, michalek did shut you up this afternoon
tookie, how do you like the sens now. They are in the playoffs. sorry what were you saying all year biatch?
And canuckik the M.D., how is andy's finger doin. I guess its holding up fine. dont quit your day job doctor.
Its a great day for sens fans baby!!!
"After finishing second-last in NHL scoring in 2010-11, it's clear the Senators have fallen long and hard from their days as a league powerhouse. The team started down the rebuild road and traded away many veterans, but still have Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson to hang their hat on. Ottawa has some tantalizing talent on its way up, namely Erik Karlsson on the blueline, but the future isn't here yet."
And ranked us as the last-place team in the Eastern Conference.
WELL LOOK AT US NOW BITCHEZZZZ!
Lol....sorry im very excited.
Turris with Ottawa:
46GP - 12g 16a 28pts
82GP Pace Conversion - 21g 29a 50pts
Not bad for a young player in his first year with a new team. This kid is only going to get better as he finds his strength and continues to improve his goal scoring ability. I truly hope for Ottawa's sake that he can become the 30g/30a 2nd line center Ottawa has always been lacking. His defensive game and skating are excellent. The consistent ability he shows to win puck battles has probably been the most impressive part of his game for me.
Playoff Bound, Go Sens Go!
Dean brown and the old leaf blower ftw!
Go Sens!
If we can get that out of him and just half of our up and coming forward prospects can pan out....holy SHIT we will be scary good!
Silfverberg-Spezza-Michalek
Noeson-Turris-Zibanejad
Not to mention Stone, Puempel, Pageau, Prince, Filatov,Da Costa, and Petersson who ALL have the potential to be Top-6 guys if anyone decides not to pan out. Man oh Man does the future look bright!
GO SENS GO SENS GO SENS GO SENS GO!!!
Are you out there???
Great freakin comeback season for a team that missed only one year, was supposed to Fail4Nail, and challenge only for a lottery pick and is now back in the dance.
I would like to give a huge congrats to the SeNS, and to all of us believers our there!
Now anything can happen... dare I say maybe even win a round???
Do you think we have a chance at 6th?
I love andy! If he plays like this every year id prefer to keep him all 4 years!!
Congrats boys, you proved alot of people wrong this year including myself. last year, anything that could go wrong did, this year it's been the opposite...
Huge years from:
Pretty much everyone...
if Foligno can stay consistent with his style of play the last 3 games, this team is going to put up one he'll of a fight in the post season. 2 scoring lines with two lines that bring a high energy forecheck and cycle down low.
time to perfect the power play over the final few games. They need to make the bruins pay!
http://video.senators.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=168738
Man I love it when your team makes the playoffs. No better feeling!
Once their season is done though I would imagine Lehner, Petersson, Da Costa, Zibby and the Borocop for sure will all be with the club through the playoffs. I could see Gryba and Weirioch coming up just in case as well. And if Silfverberg's team gets knocked off before our playoffs start the he will join us as well.
Dont we have to make call ups b4 playoffs start? Or can we at any ime?
All the shit I heard from Leaf fans at the start of the year when they played well out of the gate, how great a team they had.
Suck it Leaf fans and all those naysayers.
Turris has been snake bitten as others have said before, I think that is about to change, two goals tonight and playoffs on the way, would it not be sweet if he totally lights it up during playoffs and goes on a goal run.
There is always a slew of callups from the minor league teams during that time period, especially when the minor league affiliate isn't going to the playoffs.
...but here we are
We have 23 allowed now, three being press box material, once playoffs 5 press box players.
Each team is allowed 50 players and call ups for injury at any time during playoffs but I have no idea about call ups with no injury.
50 player list to be supplied before playoffs start.
I expect we will run with a full 25 players, who they are????? I expect Bishop will be one when he is better, I don't think BM has the balls to cut Auld loose so he will press box sit.
I guess you could look at Auld as a fourth goalie.
JMO
I just hope all the fans remember that this team is young, and while we may remember what it took for our boys to win in the play-offs a few years ago, these guys don't all have NHL play-off experience yet. So let's not flip out if they don't play well in the first round. Maybe theyw ill, and maybe they'll go all the way to the final and hoist lord Stanley. But if they don't, let's just remember how proud we are today, and be thrilled with what this team has accomplished this year.
Go sens go!!!
Other teams have a go to goalie but not three.
Very exciting.
Obviously, you dress Andy and Big Ben.
Someone suggested it a few articles back; How about growing a playoff 'stache in honour of MacLean? Does anyone remember how sweet Daugauvins' mustache was during Bingo's run last year?
It's been a great run so far this year. Can't believe how many fans, media and other players the Sens have impressed with making it this far. As long as the goaltending and D tightens up a bit there's no reason we shouldn't be able to get at least a few rounds of playoff hockey.
GO SENS GO ... bring on anyone!!!
Bruins won...we won't be catching them. but 6th is still a slim possibility.
Mr. Proteau of THN said at the beginning of the season.. that anyone who expected this team to finish higher than 15th was an idiot. This team had too many holes. Well Mr. Proteau... who is the idiot now? Stick you prediction where the sun don't shine.
They are in.. no pressure on this team. Just go play hard and have fun. Take it as far as you can.
Anderson is starting to come back into playing form...
The young players are playing with a lot of confidence instilled in them by the coaching staff.
Go Sens.. it feels great...
Let the facial hair begin!
@ ChrisT
Regarding calling up some of the AHL boys come the playoffs, like the names you mentioned but also would like to see Parrish called up as well. i think he brings some good leadership and experience that could come in handy if me meet the Bruins, somewhat like a guy like Recchi did for the Pens and the Bruins the last few years. I was looking at his career stats and his shooting % is pretty ridiculous at 17.2%. Also, really good PP numbers as well. He's been the captain down in Bingo for a number of games.
I don't know how many they are allowed.. but I believe it is more than 4.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?type=con#&navid=nav-stn-conf
Very happy they won their last 4 to secure the spot. The next 3 will be great tune-ups for the playoffs.
1:11
He could have 20 by now if he converted on half his chances. I think he will be a scoring 30+ in a year or two.
You know what is the most fun about this? We get to watch playoff hockey, and we will still draft someone better than those pee brains in toronto on draft day.
And he missed training camp and a bunch of games from holding out. I'm excited to see what our coaching staff can do with him in the off season.
It's an amazing feeling to know that we've clinched. With this team, we can play against any style of play. They want to try to out hit us? Out score us? Upstage our goalie(s)? Bring it on!
But they will get killed by Boston in the first round...
http://twitter.com/Buccigross - Senators are 10-1-0 in the 11 games in which Kyle Turris has scored goals for them and 16-2-1 when Turris has posted at least 1 point
The only guy we can't match up against is Lucic
Marchand is a pest but I think Foligno is a similar type of player but with less goal scoring
Carkner can fight Thornton. Neil can obviously fight Chara. Konopka can fight too (and probably lose).
But Lucic is a bull. He will be very hard to handle.
Spezza is going to see a lot of Chara and Seidenberg. I hope Greening can get physical and use his big body to create room. Thankfully Michalek weighs 235 and is a beast too.
Should be a good series. Thomas has had our team by the balls last few years but this is playoffs.
6 Games minimum. GO SENS GO
We've played Boston well all year, even in our losses. I'm not scared of any team at all, especially given that we will likely play more games away every series. We've been an exceptional team on the road this season and the magic only gets better during the playoffs.
Fear no one and believe.
Lucic? Who's he? Fuck him... that's one player... Cowen will sit him on his ass...
Sens in 7!!!
GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
I'm wondering the same thing... ?
I know it’s hard for the Sens to live under the shadow of the great Leaf’s organization, but Ottawa does a good job. I’ve been up to Ottawa several times to take in some cheap hockey games, and it’s the nicest provincial capital I’ve ever been to… way better than Calgary, Montreal or Vancouver. Ottawa never gets enough respect, but that can all change with some luck in the second season.
Good luck in the play… the play-arounds… the play-downs? Is that what they call it…? Ya, good luck in the playdowns!
Signed,
Every Torontonian you’ll ever meet
"Bite your tung!"
"Now, bite it again!"
The only guy we can't match up against is Lucic
Marchand is a pest but I think Foligno is a similar type of player but with less goal scoring
Carkner can fight Thornton. Neil can obviously fight Chara. Konopka can fight too (and probably lose).
But Lucic is a bull. He will be very hard to handle.
Spezza is going to see a lot of Chara and Seidenberg. I hope Greening can get physical and use his big body to create room. Thankfully Michalek weighs 235 and is a beast too.
Should be a good series. Thomas has had our team by the balls last few years but this is playoffs.
6 Games minimum. GO SENS GO
Lucic is gonna go after Karlsson and hurt him, Carkner won't see any ice time as Gilroy will fill that spot and Konopka will be eating nachos in the stands. Boston is a far more physical team. I would have rather went up against the Rangers.
Very excited to date! Amazing success during the season, deep prospect pool, and great acquisitions during the year :) But while its very true that we have lots of talent in the pipe, and BM has done a great job in putting us into this position, it is time that we take the next step in the rebuild and concentrate our efforts on the most important area of need… our first line.
Rate me down if you want, but the reality is most our prospects have 2nd line potential… not first line. The only players who belong (or have the potential to belong) on the first line is Spezza and Zibanejad.
Our next tier of players/prospects…
Puempel (2nd backup 1st), Prince (2nd backup 1st), Filatov (2nd backup 1st), Michalek (2nd), Turris (2nd), Foligno (2nd), Silfverberg (2nd), Noeson (2nd), Petersson (2nd), Pageau (2nd), Greening (3rd backup 2nd), Stone (3rd backup 2nd), Da Costa (3/4th, backup 2nd)
I know that Filatov is going down fast, but you can’t ignore his potential, so I’m still keeping him on the list.
My point is… we don’t have the need of our first rounder in the next draft (as it will probably land us another guy with 2nd line potential) and we have more than enough prospects to at least move up in the draft and grab a much needed player who has the potential to be a 1st line LW… Filip Forsberg. We can easily offer our first rounder Noeson/Petersso n (surplus of 2nd LW’ers – have to deal one of them) plus something else to get it done. Trust me the last thing we need is another 2nd liner in the fold… unless of course it’s a good RW.
Think about it
Forsberg-Spezza-Zibanejad
Puempel/ Michalek -Turris-???
The ??? is reserved for the 2nd line RW… Currently our cupboard is full of natural LW’ers and we need to get a natural RW to go into our 2nd line… again more then enough prospects to make equal quality trade to finish up our top 6.
I am a man of my word, the Sens did what I could not even imagine, hell of a season by them. I had fun playing the bad guy, hopefully I was able to help, in turning a shattered and shy fan base into a united front!
But hey I'll take one (or several) for the team if it means its fans will stand up for its HOME TEAM!
GO SENS GO!
queue the Weiserhood slow clap from all of us....mission accomplished Tookie...good on ya for being a man of your word...now bring on the playoffs...whoe ver we face, doesn't matter...we just have to BELIEVE!!!!!!!!
Yep getting into the dance is a great accomplishment, wether your are 1st or 8th, anything can happen. Odds are against the Sens and the other lower seeds but its nothing we havent seen all season...
Boston is one tough first round match up, they are built for playoff success. Sure they were struggling a bit down the stretch but I believe come Game 1 in Boston those struggles will be a thing of the past. Containing Lucic & Marchand will be a key to everygame and solving the riddle that has plagued us for so long...Thomas...
As for the Sens, out top guys need to show up, cliché I know but its the truth, we have many young kids in their first NHL playoffs, its gonna be daunting task for them, espcially in Boston. Anderson NEEDS to outplay Thomas in this series. I hope fans are ready to see some playoffs hockey, u know the Bruins are gonna be overly physical and calls wont be made. Karlsson is going to get abused, and I can just see it now, fans complaining about refs not making calls.
Just want to get your mindset into playoff mode now, we have to outfight the Bruins and they will not bully us no more!
Awesome post. Love this line, "in turning a shattered and shy fan base into a united front!".
Tip of the cap to you Tookie.
Good job Tookie...
Congrats bro
I sit way in the back... I got my tickets already, face value is $50 each.. but I think online they will be closer to $75
Grats on the Pool win!
SC you gonna do a Playoff version?
I'd like to do a playoff one but I've got a bit of a backlog of prizes I owe haha. Need to make sure I can look after the current winners first!
Yup I suppose we could do that. Anybody know of the best site for organizing this kind of thing?
One site I used this year(and lived once I got used to it) for a pool was Fantrax. Amzing for keeper pools
@Tcharger - Thanks for the kudos! It was a good battle and you got unlucky at the end with injuries. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that helped me achieve this dream... blah... blah... blah...
@ I Dont Know Anything About Hockey,
Nice to see you honoured your bet with miguel!
Your take on Sens playing Boston is dead on. We need to
shock the hell out of Thomas, and these tough Bruins, can then be conquered.
Games will be like the old days of battles ( Habs-Bruins)
and maybe Anderson will upstage Thomas ??
GO SENS GO !!!!!!!!!!!!
A summary for those who are unaware of this wager, for those who know, you may want to skip this,
This is why I love to banter with Tookie!
He is beyond arumentative... and he really does love to provoke, but they are usually backed by facts.
Last Aug/Sept there was much heated debate on the rebuild.
Some (Tookie) thought this would be a 3-4 year rebuild, and that we should focus on being a lottery pick this year.
Some Believers thought that with an injection of young players, who turned the Sens around last year, a New inspired coach, and most of all a #1 goalie for the first time in a very long time, dare we say, we could challenge for a playoff spot.
After many days of debating, this is where our friendly wager began,
Reality was that the playoffs were very far fetched to say the least, we agreed to this frienldy wager, on the Sens making the playoffs, if they did not, I would have to take on the new name, and if they lost he would take on the new name.
And throughout the year, Tookie never backed down, or tried to hide from this wager...
So yes Tookie can be very difficult to deal with, and loves to antaganize, however my friend you really are a man of your word!
Welcome to "Idontknowanyth ingabouthockey"
Stay thirsty Belivers!!
Respect.
We certainly will have our work cut out for us, but I am also willing to bet that the Bruins would have rather been playing someone other than these Sens.
It will take a montrous effort to make the SC champs lose their first series in a couple of years, but our kids love the challenge, and they really love being given no chance to win, this could be the perfect reciepe for our Sens!
Regardless, as some have mentioned, this has been a hugely successful season, and most if not all are already very proud of what we have accomplished
Go Sens Go!!!!
where's the results posted?
Kudos to you IDontKnowAnythi ngAboutHockey. As much as you masterfully forged all the rest of us into a "united front", I hope some of us rubbed off on you as well. With the right work ethic and leadership the sky is the limit for our Sens this year and in any future years as well. Keep the Faith.
Along with everyone else I've been pondering the #1 reason for our success this year. Individual players, goaltending, leadership what have you... Reflecting on the season so far and how far we've come across the board, as an organization and as individual players having massive resurgence years if not career bests for some... gotta hand the MVP award to PAUL MACLEAN for finding a way to bring out the best in everyone from young prospect for grizzled vet, instilling hard work and inciting leadership and forging these guys into a TEAM.
I'm 100% on board for the playoff stache.
Things couldn't be going better for us, now we turned a negative into a positive and used the absence of Spezza and Alfie to ignite our secondary scoring, something that may very well be the difference maker for us in the playoffs.
Can't describe how excited I am for the playoffs. I will be elated but not surprised when we knock off our first couple of opponents.
http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/77453
It was great to see the boys get a win in convincing fashion without Alfie and Spezza. Hopefully the baby is a sleeper so she doesn't keep Spezza up at nights! lol!
I love how a few years back all the so called experts were quick to say that the Canadiens would be finishing high in the east following their AHL Cup winning season...and yet this year with the Sens coming off their cup winning AHL season, the media didn't give them a hope in hell!
I don't know how many people will agree but I think that we can make a serious run.
We have shown time and again this year that we can compete with anyone. If we stick to our game plan and play Sens hockey.
I BELIEVE WE CAN BEAT THE BRUINS,PENS, RANGERS or anyone else....and if we don't its no problem because nobody thought we would be where we are, we are a young team with loads of talent...Go Sens Go!!!!
I believe "Yes we can" is more appropriate.
It won't get him off his game but it will get people making noise which is what we need.
http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/77453 That is the original one, not sure where the secondary one is...never really heard much about it.
http://senators.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=77595
We get a 10% discount on the gate price for our extra tickets, so you can extrapolate from there.
I believe that the normal cost + ~10$ of fees apply for each ticket.
That said, Boston is a team that beat us all year so far. Thursday is going to be awesome!
And for the record, I call Ottawa advancing to the second round. Ottawa has been winning at just the right time.
Heatley - 79GP - 22G 28A - 50PTS = 0.63 pts/game
Michalek - 74GP - 35G 25A - 60PTS = 0.81 pts/game
Turris - 46 GP - 12G 16A - 28PTS = 0.61 pts/game
Now it seems the Sharks/Wild are breaking even with their trade, but thank you to BM for shipping Heatley away for 9MM.
Also, thank you for picking up Turris, who will only get stronger!
GO SENS GO!!
http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings/_/season/2012/week/27
not too shabby for a basement team in the east.
I agree this would be a dirty little move by the fans, Thomas would probably call us classless!
It would definitely get him off his game.
http://www.sensnation.com/2012/04/yeswecan/
Go grab the image that SensNation created. Basically an Alfie version of the Obama "Yes We Can" poster.
Print a bunch in color if you can and bring them to the game to pass out to less cool fans.
I like this idea. Sens Fans, we have to do our part to get Thomas off his game. 100% agree
A few fans wearing those Obama Halloween masks at the start of the game would be FUNNY as well
http://www.buycostumes.com/Deluxe-Barack-Obama-Adult-Mask/60549/ProductDetail.aspx
Damn RR ^^ beat me to it...
Carkner just needs to dress, no need for him to go seek out Lucic. Carkner prevents so much just by being in the lineup and/or on the ice.
True and I agree, dont start a gong show, its not Ottawa's game. If Boston decides to run around and start taking liberties, Carkner and Neil/Konopka can step up to the plate.
Problem is if WE start the gong show, we have major players to lose, if they take out Spezza or Alfie, we cant take out anyone as relevant, Bruins dont have a superstar...
We shouldnt intice them to play THEIR game, make them play our game.
White is so 5 years ago, most teams do white.
Stick to red, everyone has a red shirt or jersey.
Or black, all black crowd, haha, Blackout!
Yeah but the idea was to create a "white house" for Thomas to finally get his white house visit.
But agree it's tough to do white shirts/jerseys.
(Good on ya Tooks for living up to the bet with class.)
I hope Karlsson is mentally prepared for the playoffs - he's going to have someone in his face all game long, way worse than the stuff that's been getting to him recently.
I think he's got it in him and it's actually GREAT for his development to have to go through this, but it's going to be a huge challenge. As great a partner as Kuba has been he might miss Sutton a little bit.
But agree with the prevailing sentiments here - Sens just need to play their game, no need to try and initiate anything with Boston or to "prove" anything. Heck Neil beat up Chara a couple of games ago (well, technically won the fight anyway) - the Bruins should already know they can't bully us.
it would be cool if every section did a different colour
in the 100's like a red section, white section and black section... everyone else wear red i guess. its probably too hard to coridinate so sticking to one colour is probably best.
i'm so pumped to hear our crowd go wild for our team! our players will hear it from us instead of leaf and hab fans! Go Sens!
As long as everyone wears at least on of the Sens colors. I got so frustrated with some fans during the Pittsburgh series a couple of years ago - people not wearing anything to identify them as Sens fans.
I ended up buying a ton of cheap Sens shirts from a bargain bin and handing them out in the stands.
We need the super-fan guy (Cameron Hughes) there for the playoffs too. He was hilarious and actually got people making noise.
That being said, if EK65 is injured in the first round, how do we get those deadly break out passes that he just loves putting on his teammate's sticks?
Him and Spezza will be marked men, I hope Paulrus can out coach Bill from King of the Hill, and hopefully our supporting staff can play lights out on the 3rd, 4th lines.
It's all but set guys - the real season is starting, and Ottawa is in the thick of it! GO SENS GO!!!111!!!!!
I think Carkner plays the whole series. Gilroy had a decent game yesterday but hasn't really shown me enough to say we absolutely have to play him over Carkner. Carkner has looked okay.
Do you put in a guy who is okay, or a guy who is okay that can use Lucic's face as a human punching bag?
I too am a little concerned about that last game, Boston may be looking to use that as a statement game.
I can never forget what the Laffs did a few years back when they took out Fisher and Alfie in that final meaningless game.
It will be interesting to say the least, but we are in the dance, and who knows, once in, we all have a chance of leaving with the Girl!
I think if he could consistently put up 50 point seasons he would be great on our 3rd line and when injuries occur step up to the 2nd.
When you consider that we will be adding Zibanejad and Silfverberg who I believe could put up 30 to 50 points right away if given/earned consistent ice time with offensive players (aka Spezza, Turris, Alfie), we will be scary deep with 2-way point producing players. Similar to the Foligno type.
On top of all that it would be reasonable to expect a rise in points from players like Turris, Greening and Z. smith.
I'm sooo psyched to watch playoff hockey but I just can't help but think of what next year will be like. And even consider a UFA signing(maybe Parise) or maybe a trade(one of St louis' RFA's). We could instantly become a serious player in the east
Kudos to you Tookie on following through with the bet. People may not always agree with your opinions but you are a man of your word. You should start a secondary bet based on how far you think the Sens will go in the playoffs to win your name back.