Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

[Jasmine]

Was at the game. That was the most boring game Ive seen live. The place was so quiet, we could hear the players scream on the ice. From the nose bleed section...

Sens had a good start, scored in the 1st minute...but it went downhill from there. They just couldn't get the puck out of their zone. A lot of East/West pass attempts...but not very succesfull in the process.

And the refs called everything they could against the Sens. Not saying the calls were not warranted but its like the other teams never make any mistakes against the Sens...and you can only give so many chances to the Bolts before they start capitalizing on it...

When Stamkos scored the goal that made it 3-2, he had possession of the puck when he skated in the Sens zone..and he put them all to sleep with a few strides...went around the net..and nobody was covering him..or could keep up with him. Reminded me of a play from Crosby on Spezza a few years back.

Anyways, they better pick up their game if they want to achieve something...anything.

[thedaigle1]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

Saw the Stamkos goal and it looked exactly like the Nyquist goal last week. TB got 9 powerplays so either Ottawa gave it away or the refs botched it.

Sens have a bunch of soft teams coming up so, yes, picking up their game is in order.

[Jasmine]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

Karlsson got 4 mins near the end of the game.. 2 mins for hooking..and 2 mins for unsporstmanlike. Pretty sure he was telling the ref to fuck off. I know I would have. loll

[Alfie11]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

I see while I was gone I missed a Bobby Ryan hat trick and OT winner, and two goals where the opposing team skated around our zone at will?

[Josh]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

I see while I was gone I missed a Bobby Ryan hat trick and OT winner, and two goals where the opposing team skated around our zone at will?

That's basically a perfect summary of the last few games :/

[Alfie11]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

I see while I was gone I missed a Bobby Ryan hat trick and OT winner, and two goals where the opposing team skated around our zone at will?

That's basically a perfect summary of the last few games :/

:lol:

I don't mean to be pessimistic, but with our struggles its hard to see the Sens making the playoffs this year. And McDavid looked good with Lazar :lol:

[Josh]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

I think Playoffs are definitely out of the question at this point.

[Alfie11]

Re: Game 38: VS Tampa Bay

Definitely

I think, at the end of the day, it boils down to the Sens simply not being good enough. Coming off a couple seasons where, literally, everything went right, the management and fans were fooled. We don't have a bad team, just a middle-of-the-pack team.

MacArthur and Turris aren't bad players, but they're being asked to do a lot more than they're capable of. We replaced Spezza with Chiasson, which is a massive downgrade (not Murray's fault). Chiasson screams a potential elite third liner, can fill in the top six when needed, and play some power play time. Karlsson hasn't had a great year, but Cowen/Phillips/Boro should not be playing with him at this point.