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Something I learned at a young age, is that if you approach playoffs with the "Cup or bust" mentality, you'll completely miss the real beauty of this magical time of year.

Playoffs are all about those "moments". Those where were you when, kind of moments. The ones that stick with you for days, weeks, even years to come. And as Ottawa Senators fans, we have been pretty spoiled the last couple of seasons.

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Monday, 16 April 2012 10:18

Alfredsson At Morning Skate

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Some exciting news for Sens fans this morning as Daniel Alfredsson is on the ice at the team's morning skate ahead of Game 3 tonight.

You can watch a live stream of the skate here. Will have a full Game Day post in a little bit.

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+1 #1 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:22

Man!!! Wish a big win tonight

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+1 #2 Kratos83 2012-04-16 09:24

a collective whew just arose in the city of Ottawa (and out here in NB as well)...hope he is clear and ready to go tonight...Game 3 will be ours...you guys all have to do me a huge favour and make a lot of noise, I expect it to be noisy the whole game...don't forget to bring the gatorade...the concessions shop should put a sale on it at the game lol.

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-1 #3 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:24

And guys..... I will be at the next game and when it will be 19:19 we should do a spezza chant, just for cheer him up a little bit it would help our team too

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0 #4 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:27

Quoting Kratos71:

a collective whew just arose in the city of Ottawa (and out here in NB as well)...hope he is clear and ready to go tonight...Game 3 will be ours...you guys all have to do me a huge favour and make a lot of noise, I expect it to be noisy the whole game...don't forget to bring the gatorade...the concessions shop should put a sale on it at the game lol.

I will be very noise!!! And I am with a gang sooo we will all chant and be very loud!!!!!!! And we will not forget the ggggggaaaatttto oooorrraaaaaddd dddddeeee!!!!!! And we should do a king Karl!!! King Karl!!! King Karl chant It would be a memorable game if we can be vvveeeerrrryyyy y loud. We will try to break the loud level!!! Come on we have to be loud!!!!

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+1 #5 Hax 2012-04-16 09:30

I hope Alfie is not taking any major risk by playing.

The guy is superhuman but even he has limits.

Hopefully MacLean would stop him from playing at risk to himself - so assuming he's really good to go:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFUCKINHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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0 #6 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:30

Chirp, here'd on "the 6th SENS" that shanahan could reduce the hagelin suspension. Is there some real in that??

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+1 #7 SensChirp 2012-04-16 09:31

Quoting racer.gendron

hotmail.com:

Chirp, here'd on "the 6th SENS" that shanahan could reduce the hagelin suspension. Is there some real in that??

Nope. Not what he said in the interview if you listen to it.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/04/16/brendan-shanahan-joins-wfan-explains-3-game-suspension-for-rangers-hagelin/

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0 #8 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:36

Quoting SensChirp:

Quoting racer.gendronhotmail.com:
Chirp, here'd on "the 6th SENS" that shanahan could reduce the hagelin suspension. Is there some real in that??

Nope. Not what he said in the interview if you listen to it.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/04/16/brendan-shanahan-joins-wfan-explains-3-game-suspension-for-rangers-hagelin/

Ohhh thanks chirp!!! I have not have a chance to watch it.

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0 #9 Hax 2012-04-16 09:37

Quoting Mastersens:

Chirp, here'd on "the 6th SENS" that shanahan could reduce the hagelin suspension. Is there some real in that??

He was quoted as saying "it's a possibility" in response to a leading question, but then he fully recanted later.

Cassie Campbell ‏ @CassieCampbell

Shanahan to me via e-mail "No truth that Hagelin suspension changes if Alfie plays tonight...3 gms regardless"

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-1 #10 TheBoss 2012-04-16 09:37

I dont know, I'd personally like Alfie to sit out the game just to be sure. It might not mean much, but an extra day of rest will help him that much more. As superhuman as these Swedes are, they're still human, and Alfie isn't 25 anymore. Our captain IS getting older, and I would really not like him to retire due to this head injury.. He's got a good year or two left for sure, he just has to be smart.. I trust PM will do what he does best though!

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0 #11 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:39

Quoting TheBoss:

I dont know, I'd personally like Alfie to sit out the game just to be sure. It might not mean much, but an extra day of rest will help him that much more. As superhuman as these Swedes are, they're still human, and Alfie isn't 25 anymore. Our captain IS getting older, and I would really not like him to retire due to this head injury.. He's got a good year or two left for sure, he just has to be smart.. I trust PM will do what he does best though!

I hope

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0 #12 Hax 2012-04-16 09:39

@Chirp - any word on which Bingo guys have been called up to be black aces? I heard that Stone is in town but haven't seen much else on it.

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0 #13 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:41

Quoting Hax:

@Chirp - any word on which Bingo guys have been called up to be black aces? I heard that Stone is in town but haven't seen much else on it.

If you have saw that on the 6th SENS it doesn't mean nothing

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+1 #14 RUSHRLZ 2012-04-16 09:42

Time to take a series lead tonight! let's go crazy Ottawa!

I am still recovering from the last game... Cark's egg scrambling of that arsehole Boyle is amongst my top Sens playoff moments of all time. Very glad to hear it sounds like Alfie is not badly injured... and that the douche got three games. My stomach lurched when that hit happened.... rough, dirty game.

We had to dig pretty deep into the emotional tank for last games win. It seemed a lot harder than it should have been, but what an amazing hard-nosed win. Plenty of areas for improvement too which is the best news. I hope we have plenty left in the tank after the tumult of Saturday...

Lots of time left but here are the updated Top 5 standings from our SensChirp playoff pool.

DenisVial
Kratos71
Bradweiser
tcharger

tied for 5th:
-zs
PaskySensFan

Some pretty sly picks by Vial there including Radulov and Pascal Dupuis. Also who would have thought Vancouver would roll over and take it from LA so badly, never imagined that Quick would be good for 9 pool points already!

Our series has been heart attack inducing, but this Pens/Flyers series is pretty wild to watch as well. Who would have thought the Pens would be in this deep of a hole and that this series would be soooooooo hostile. Fireworks galore!

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0 #15 RUSHRLZ 2012-04-16 09:44

Quoting TheBoss:

I dont know, I'd personally like Alfie to sit out the game just to be sure. It might not mean much, but an extra day of rest will help him that much more. As superhuman as these Swedes are, they're still human, and Alfie isn't 25 anymore. Our captain IS getting older, and I would really not like him to retire due to this head injury.. He's got a good year or two left for sure, he just has to be smart.. I trust PM will do what he does best though!

If Alfie is experiencing any concussion-like symptoms from that hit, there is no way we would play him tonight, and that's exactly as it should be.

The fact that he is taking the full morning skate though is a great sign, hopefully he is good to suit up, we need him badly tonight.

We'll know for sure for sure pretty darn soon. Unless that is Paulrus keeps up the line-up mystique carried over from the last game. Carks + Konopka last minute additions = awesome.

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-1 #16 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:48

Quoting RUSHRLZ:

Quoting TheBoss:
I dont know, I'd personally like Alfie to sit out the game just to be sure. It might not mean much, but an extra day of rest will help him that much more. As superhuman as these Swedes are, they're still human, and Alfie isn't 25 anymore. Our captain IS getting older, and I would really not like him to retire due to this head injury.. He's got a good year or two left for sure, he just has to be smart.. I trust PM will do what he does best though!

If Alfie is experiencing any concussion-like symptoms from that hit, there is no way we would play him tonight, and that's exactly as it should be.

The fact that he is taking the full morning skate though is a great sign, hopefully he is good to suit up, we need him badly tonight.

We'll know for sure for sure pretty darn soon. Unless that is Paulrus keeps up the line-up mystique carried over from the last game. Carks + Konopka last minute additions = awesome.

Yeah but carkner can't play tonight because of his cuncussion. It would be cool if Ottawa bring up Ben blood for another thought guy for def and play konopka too

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0 #17 RUSHRLZ 2012-04-16 09:50

@Mastersens You mean suspension not concussion, yeah I am aware of that.

What I was getting at is that I like the line-up secrecy and surprises in the playoffs, seems like these mind games don't happen often enough, and I'm delighted that MacLean is using this to his advantage already. :)

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+2 #18 C 2012-04-16 09:54

Interesting note: Towels, and not stupid noise sticks. Thank you Senators organization. This is a crucial decision in the playoffs.

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0 #19 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:54

Quoting RUSHRLZ:

@Mastersens You mean suspension not concussion, yeah I am aware of that.

What I was getting at is that I like the line-up secrecy and surprises in the playoffs, seems like these mind games don't happen often enough, and I'm delighted that MacLean is using this to his advantage already. :)

Yeah i mean suspension, and and just saying that PM is doing a great job too

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+1 #20 ZachPraiseTheSwedes 2012-04-16 09:56

No need to worry about Alfie. He definitely sold the hit a little. Sure it hurt but he was fine right away. They most likely took him out of the game partly as a precaution and partly to get buddy suspended. If Alfie wouldn't have stayed down there's no way the ref calls a 5minute major and one thing that bothers me about shanahan this year is he seems to only hand down lengthy suspensions if the player gets injured which to me is very wrong. So good on Alfie to sell it a little. At least he wasn't pulling a Kessler swan dive

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+4 #21 Mastersens 2012-04-16 09:57

Thumbs up if you guys think alfie will e at the game and thumbs down if you think alfie will not play tonight

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+4 #22 SensChirp 2012-04-16 10:00

The Black Aces

Lehner, Borowiecki, Gryba, Wiercioch, Da Costa, Dziurzynski, Hoffman, Petersson and Zibanejad

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0 #23 Tcharger 2012-04-16 10:01

Although I agree Alfie will play he wasn't taken out and kept out of game 2 as a ploy to get a lesser player suspended ..winning that game was far more important and likely would have been easier with alfie

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0 #24 ShaunK 2012-04-16 10:03

Alfie wont play tonight IMO

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0 #25 JRMcPeeWee 2012-04-16 10:04

I thought Zibanejad was hurt at practice in Bingo

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+1 #26 C 2012-04-16 10:06

People actually think that keeping THE CAPTAIN out of the rest of a HUGE game, just to get HAGELIN suspended, was the reason he didn't come back, and that he wasn't actually injured? Give your head a shake. If Alfie could have finished that game, he would have finished that game.

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0 #27 Dirk Diggler 2012-04-16 10:06

Is Bingo now fully done?

What's Zibby's status?

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+1 #28 Hax 2012-04-16 10:08

Quoting Mastersens:

Quoting Hax:
@Chirp - any word on which Bingo guys have been called up to be black aces? I heard that Stone is in town but haven't seen much else on it.

If you have saw that on the 6th SENS it doesn't mean nothing

No I saw the news about Stone from Stone himself - on twitter.

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0 #29 Hax 2012-04-16 10:11

Quoting SensChirp:

The Black Aces

Lehner, Borowiecki, Gryba, Wiercioch, Da Costa, Dziurzynski, Hoffman, Petersson and Zibanejad

Thanks Chirp!

Zibanejad can be a black ace even though he apparently did get hurt (concussion) - he won't play though unless we're desperate and he's healthy - i.e. not before game 5 if that.

And yes riceroni - Bingo's season is over.

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0 #30 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:11

Quoting SensChirp:

The Black Aces

Lehner, Borowiecki, Gryba, Wiercioch, Da Costa, Dziurzynski, Hoffman, Petersson and Zibanejad

Quoting ShaunK:

Alfie wont play tonight IMO

Shit :(

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+1 #31 SensPuckLuck 2012-04-16 10:11

Quoting C:

People actually think that keeping THE CAPTAIN out of the rest of a HUGE game, just to get HAGELIN suspended, was the reason he didn't come back, and that he wasn't actually injured? Give your head a shake. If Alfie could have finished that game, he would have finished that game.

Who ever actually made that statement is pretty dumb or has never watched a hockey game. I have never seen a player sit out of an important game faking injury. Never.

Any news how ibby did on the weekend or if he's actually injured? What happened?

Anyone know if Silverburg is coming over?

SPL

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+1 #32 RUSHRLZ 2012-04-16 10:12

Not to act all defensive about Alfie or whether I think he would embellish anything to draw a penalty or whatever...

But in my opinion he didn't sell that hit *one bit*. Completely caught him off guard and stung him, you could see it in his face.

Praise Alfie!

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0 #33 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:14

Quoting riceroni:

Is Bingo now fully done?

What's Zibby's status?

Hered that zibby is just having some headings but he don't think that he have a cuncussion

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+2 #34 miguel 2012-04-16 10:19

have not had a chance to post since the win.

Gotta love PM, there were questions about being outcoached in game 1, but man did he ever outcoach Torts in Game 2.
Torts got schooled by the Rookie... love it.

huge KUDOS to Carks, this is a very physical game and not for the faint of heart.
Boyle was the Bully in the schoolyard in the first game, I have no issues with NY running and hitting him every chance they get, it is a smart tactic, but to continuesly punch him in the head after the whistle, was going over the line, and if we did not respond, it would surely result in a NY landslide.
So just what should be done with a bully, was done by Carkner, after Boyle runs Karlsson again, and with him knowing Carkner is on the ice, should expect a confrontation, and just like most obnoxious bully's he cowars to Carkner, proving he really is the pussy everyone knows he is. The worst thing Carkner could have done was to stop the punishment, and let the bully win again. He was in for a pound and in for a dollar, that was the chance, so give him the beating he deserved.
Talk about a momentum swing, and thanks to PM and Carks, we may go done, but we will not go down as cowards, and we will not go down without a fight!
This not only sets the tone for this year, but for years to come.

I am at the game tonight, and I already have chills thinking about the ovation our boys will be recieving

Go Sens Go

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0 #35 -zs 2012-04-16 10:20

Quoting SensPuckLuck:

Quoting C:
People actually think that keeping THE CAPTAIN out of the rest of a HUGE game, just to get HAGELIN suspended, was the reason he didn't come back, and that he wasn't actually injured? Give your head a shake. If Alfie could have finished that game, he would have finished that game.

Who ever actually made that statement is pretty dumb or has never watched a hockey game. I have never seen a player sit out of an important game faking injury. Never.

Any news how ibby did on the weekend or if he's actually injured? What happened?

Anyone know if Silverburg is coming over?

SPL

Silf's team Brynas will play game 5 tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon - I believe a 1pm EST ish start.

He is up 3-1 in the series and I would assume would come over shortly after that. So to answer your question he would be over earliest Thursday I'd assume.

Based on Paul's comments yesterday, he may not see any playoff action, or at best it would be very very late 1st round or 2nd round

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0 #36 57gord 2012-04-16 10:20

Quoting Mastersens:

Quoting riceroni:
Is Bingo now fully done?

What's Zibby's status?

Hered that zibby is just having some headings but he don't think that he have a cuncussion

Didn't somebody say they saw him in a Kanata store and he told them that he was out of the Bingo lineup just due to a "bug" of some sort ?

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0 #37 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:22

Quoting 57gord:

Quoting Mastersens:
Quoting riceroni:
Is Bingo now fully done?

What's Zibby's status?

Hered that zibby is just having some headings but he don't think that he have a cuncussion

Didn't somebody say they saw him in a Kanata store and he told them that he was out of the Bingo lineup just due to a "bug" of some sort ?

And about if there is some bingo game left, there is not the last game was April 14

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0 #38 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:24

Anyone is watching women game vs USA? 4-3 for USA svabados just rob decker I think?

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+3 #39 RUSHRLZ 2012-04-16 10:25

Via Ian Mendes:

"Alfredsson has passed his baseline concussion test according to MacLean."

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-2 #40 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:27

Quoting RUSHRLZ:

Via Ian Mendes:

"Alfredsson has passed his baseline concussion test according to MacLean."

Hockey gods are helping us right now or should I say the real god is helping us right now!!! Lol

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+1 #41 Hax 2012-04-16 10:32

Alfie considers himself a game time decision.

I hope he plays but hopefully the boys are preparing to go out and win without him if they have to.

I was so hoping during game 2 that Alfie would come out for OT similar to Paul Pierce in the Celtics playoff run a few years back. But no way a guy plays in the same game where he gets a concussion - no matter if he passes the tests or not.

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0 #42 No65* 2012-04-16 10:37

If you know someone who has tickets near the penalty box, tell him to have signs ready for Boyle if he gets in the box during both games in Ottawa.

Suggestion: Boyle = Little Pussy

Any other suggestions? Let's make it cruel and funny at the same time for national TV

Go SENS Go

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+1 #43 ShaunK 2012-04-16 10:38

Quoting Mastersens:

Anyone is watching women game vs USA? 4-3 for USA svabados just rob decker I think?

lol dude that game was Saturday nught

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0 #44 Mastersens 2012-04-16 10:41

Quoting ShaunK:

Quoting Mastersens:
Anyone is watching women game vs USA? 4-3 for USA svabados just rob decker I think?

lol dude that game was Saturday nught

Lololoool I'm watching the game on rds so it's a little complicated to know what they are saying

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+1 #45 Hax 2012-04-16 10:42

Winchester looks like he'll start on the top line (though who knows with MacLean - might be another ruse).

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0 #46 Hax 2012-04-16 10:44

Quoting No65*:

If you know someone who has tickets near the penalty box, tell him to have signs ready for Boyle if he gets in the box during both games in Ottawa.

Suggestion: Boyle = Little Pussy

Any other suggestions? Let's make it cruel and funny at the same time for national TV

Go SENS Go

You think "little pussy" will get on national TV?

If someone wants their sign on TV they need to be a little more subtle than that.

And really, as much as I hate the Rangers and love the Sens, it's pretty clear that Boyle was taking the punches to get a power play for his team. Torts would have told him before the game that he's going to be targeted and not to retaliate. So I kind of respect the guy for taking a few shots from Carkner just to help his team. Had they scored on the major he would have been a hero.

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0 #47 DenisVial 2012-04-16 11:00

Quoting RUSHRLZ:

Time to take a series lead tonight! let's go crazy Ottawa!

I am still recovering from the last game... Cark's egg scrambling of that arsehole Boyle is amongst my top Sens playoff moments of all time. Very glad to hear it sounds like Alfie is not badly injured... and that the douche got three games. My stomach lurched when that hit happened.... rough, dirty game.

We had to dig pretty deep into the emotional tank for last games win. It seemed a lot harder than it should have been, but what an amazing hard-nosed win. Plenty of areas for improvement too which is the best news. I hope we have plenty left in the tank after the tumult of Saturday...

Lots of time left but here are the updated Top 5 standings from our SensChirp playoff pool.

DenisVial
Kratos71
Bradweiser
tcharger

tied for 5th:
-zs
PaskySensFan

Some pretty sly picks by Vial there including Radulov and Pascal Dupuis. Also who would have thought Vancouver would roll over and take it from LA so badly, never imagined that Quick would be good for 9 pool points already!

Our series has been heart attack inducing, but this Pens/Flyers series is pretty wild to watch as well. Who would have thought the Pens would be in this deep of a hole and that this series would be soooooooo hostile. Fireworks galore!

Thanks for the standings update Rush. I had no idea my picks were doing that well. What a waste of cap space on Malkin though.

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+2 #48 Hax 2012-04-16 11:01

Quoting Mastersens:

Anyone is watching women game vs USA? 4-3 for USA svabados just rob decker I think?

Let me know who wins the super bowl - i assume it's coming up next on whatever time-travel channel you're watching.

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0 #49 Kratos83 2012-04-16 11:04

Quoting DenisVial:

Quoting RUSHRLZ:
Time to take a series lead tonight! let's go crazy Ottawa!

I am still recovering from the last game... Cark's egg scrambling of that arsehole Boyle is amongst my top Sens playoff moments of all time. Very glad to hear it sounds like Alfie is not badly injured... and that the douche got three games. My stomach lurched when that hit happened.... rough, dirty game.

We had to dig pretty deep into the emotional tank for last games win. It seemed a lot harder than it should have been, but what an amazing hard-nosed win. Plenty of areas for improvement too which is the best news. I hope we have plenty left in the tank after the tumult of Saturday...

Lots of time left but here are the updated Top 5 standings from our SensChirp playoff pool.

DenisVial
Kratos71
Bradweiser
tcharger

tied for 5th:
-zs
PaskySensFan

Some pretty sly picks by Vial there including Radulov and Pascal Dupuis. Also who would have thought Vancouver would roll over and take it from LA so badly, never imagined that Quick would be good for 9 pool points already!

Our series has been heart attack inducing, but this Pens/Flyers series is pretty wild to watch as well. Who would have thought the Pens would be in this deep of a hole and that this series would be soooooooo hostile. Fireworks galore!

Thanks for the standings update Rush. I had no idea my picks were doing that well. What a waste of cap space on Malkin though.

I hear you there on Malkin...I totally forgot about this lol, and now can't get myself logged in again at work, will try it again when I get home tonight...so pumped for tonights game...will be all goosebumps in the pre-game introductions and the anthem...any idea on the line up yet? Gilroy back in I assume? hopefully konopka stays in to police pussy boy boyle.

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-1 #50 -zs 2012-04-16 11:09

new post up

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0 #51 Hax 2012-04-16 11:10

Quoting Kratos71:

I hear you there on Malkin...I totally forgot about this lol, and now can't get myself logged in again at work, will try it again when I get home tonight...so pumped for tonights game...will be all goosebumps in the pre-game introductions and the anthem...any idea on the line up yet? Gilroy back in I assume? hopefully konopka stays in to police pussy boy boyle.

Well since Boyle can't fight and neither can anyone else on the Rags, Konopka can "police". But let's not forget that in terms of actually beating someone up Konopka falls behind Neil and probably Foligno, Cowen and Smith too. Kono's always willing and really tough but he's not really going to scare anyone.

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0 #52 SENSor 2012-04-16 11:16

1) Does anyone know if the NYR's are dressing that monster tonight (John Scott, I think?)

2) If they do, is Frank Lessard still with our organization?

3) Not to nitpick, but for tonights game they are giving out towels (better than those thundersticks, which really quietens the building), but I heard the towels will be white...Wouldn' t it make more sense to give out red towels, aw we will be in red and the Rangers will be in white? (Sorry, I know it's a small detail, but I watched the big Phoenix "white out" on the week-end and I had to laugh as it looked like the Hawks were receiving the support and the Coyotes in red looked like the enemy. Someone should tell these marketers that the home team stopped wearing the white jerseys years ago.)

Anyway, GO SENS GO!

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