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Cali Panthers Fan · 11-15-2014, 06:34 AM

I'm not going to screw around with funny pictures or anything this morning. Instead, I want everyone to watch this piece on Bryan Murray. Pay attention and learn something from it. Take the 5 minutes out of your day. We are in the middle of the "Hockey Fights Cancer" campaign, and awareness is more than half the battle. If you're over 50 and have not had a colonoscopy, go get one, now. I'll wait.

Having trouble getting it to embed. If anyone can help?
http://video.senators.nhl.com/videoc...742&catid=1416

Flames: 10-6-2; 22 points, 3rd in Pacific, 5th West, 9th League

Senators: 8-4-4; 20 points, 4th in Atlantic, 6th East, 11th League

The Senators are another team still struggling with consistency. They started the year 4-1, even beating the Lightning who have been great so far this year. since then they've been struggling, with only 3 regulation wins in their last 11. Recently, most of their games have gone to OT or shootout, with a 1-1-2 record in their last 4, meaning they're keeping the games close. A big part of that is the play of Craig Anderson, who is having an "up" year after a "down" year last year, which is what he's done over his entire career. He boasts a .942 Sv%

and a 2.05 GAA over his 10 games this year. Lehner has been no slouch either with a .913 Sv%, however, you can see the defense gives up high quality chances with Lehner's 2.96 GAA despite his solid Sv%. Anderson just seems to be stopping more of those high quality chances. The back end lacks a top end shutdown defenseman to go with Karlsson's high flying attack. Chris Phillips is a gamer, but at this stage of his career shouldn't be playing more than 2nd pairing minutes. The rest are a mish-mash of bottom 4 defenders that don't have much high end skill.

The offense has been a small issue for the Senators. Clarke MacArthur leads the team with 12 points, and even Karlsson hasn't been as dangerous as he normally is with 11 points in 16 games. Bobby Ryan hasn't done much since he signed his big contract with 9 points and just 3 goals on the year. Paul Byron, David Jones, and Josh Jooris have as many goals as Ryan. A nice surprise has been Mike Hoffman, who has 7 goals on the year playing 4th line minutes, with the help of strong play from Curtis Lazar. Hoffman has been red hot, with 6 of those goals in the last 5 games and 2 against Edmonton in his last game, including the OT winner. The Sens just don't have anyone playing at a 1st line level, but they have plenty of serviceable players that give a lot of effort. To be honest, the Sens were lucky to win that game as they had a 3-0 lead halfway through the game that they couldn't hold on to or build on. They were just fortunate enough to be playing the Oilers. Scrivens let in a ridiculously soft goal in OT, giving points away yet again. No good.

The Flames came off a solid win over the Coyotes, where they dominated the play from start to finish, save for the odd shift of Coyotes pressure. Hiller had a shaky performance, but stuck with it and came through with enough for the win. It looks like Hiller is ready for a break, and Ramo needs some more playing time, so Ramo will get the start against the Senators. Giordano extended his point streak to 8 games with a goal, continuing his red hot play of late. Monahan had a veteran Langkow-esque goal, cleaning up the garbage in front of the net and digging the puck out of 3 defenders and the goalie. Hartley on that play: "he was digging so much I thought he had a round shovel instead of a stick". Sven Baertschi had his best game as a Flame in more than a calendar year, being aggressive, forcing turnovers, and creating offense for his previously snake-bitten line mate Paul Byron. If not for a very unlucky post in the 3rd with the net empty, Byron would have had his first career hat trick. David Jones had a 2 point night with 1G and 1A, giving him 5 points in his last 5 games.

Reinhart and McGrattan are likely out tonight, Bollig and Setoguchi back in.

Flames
Glencross-Monahan-Jones
Gaudreau-Granlund-Hudler
Baertschi-Jooris-Byron
Bollig-Bouma-Setoguchi

Giordano-Brodie
Russell-Wideman
Smid-Engelland

Ramo

Senators
MacArthur-Turris-Chiasson
Michalek-Zibanejad-Ryan
Smith-Legwand-Neil
Hoffman-Lazar-Stone

Phillips-Karlsson
Cowen-Ceci
Borowiecki-Gryba

Anderson

Go Flames Go!

11-15-2014, 06:34 AM	#1
Cali Panthers Fan Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Boca Raton, FL Exp:	Flames vs. Senators, 8 p.m., HNIC CBC I'm not going to screw around with funny pictures or anything this morning. Instead, I want everyone to watch this piece on Bryan Murray. Pay attention and learn something from it. Take the 5 minutes out of your day. We are in the middle of the "Hockey Fights Cancer" campaign, and awareness is more than half the battle. If you're over 50 and have not had a colonoscopy, go get one, now. I'll wait. Having trouble getting it to embed. If anyone can help? http://video.senators.nhl.com/videoc...742&catid=1416 Flames: 10-6-2; 22 points, 3rd in Pacific, 5th West, 9th League Senators: 8-4-4; 20 points, 4th in Atlantic, 6th East, 11th League The Senators are another team still struggling with consistency. They started the year 4-1, even beating the Lightning who have been great so far this year. since then they've been struggling, with only 3 regulation wins in their last 11. Recently, most of their games have gone to OT or shootout, with a 1-1-2 record in their last 4, meaning they're keeping the games close. A big part of that is the play of Craig Anderson, who is having an "up" year after a "down" year last year, which is what he's done over his entire career. He boasts a .942 Sv% and a 2.05 GAA over his 10 games this year. Lehner has been no slouch either with a .913 Sv%, however, you can see the defense gives up high quality chances with Lehner's 2.96 GAA despite his solid Sv%. Anderson just seems to be stopping more of those high quality chances. The back end lacks a top end shutdown defenseman to go with Karlsson's high flying attack. Chris Phillips is a gamer, but at this stage of his career shouldn't be playing more than 2nd pairing minutes. The rest are a mish-mash of bottom 4 defenders that don't have much high end skill. The offense has been a small issue for the Senators. Clarke MacArthur leads the team with 12 points, and even Karlsson hasn't been as dangerous as he normally is with 11 points in 16 games. Bobby Ryan hasn't done much since he signed his big contract with 9 points and just 3 goals on the year. Paul Byron, David Jones, and Josh Jooris have as many goals as Ryan. A nice surprise has been Mike Hoffman, who has 7 goals on the year playing 4th line minutes, with the help of strong play from Curtis Lazar. Hoffman has been red hot, with 6 of those goals in the last 5 games and 2 against Edmonton in his last game, including the OT winner. The Sens just don't have anyone playing at a 1st line level, but they have plenty of serviceable players that give a lot of effort. To be honest, the Sens were lucky to win that game as they had a 3-0 lead halfway through the game that they couldn't hold on to or build on. They were just fortunate enough to be playing the Oilers. Scrivens let in a ridiculously soft goal in OT, giving points away yet again. No good. The Flames came off a solid win over the Coyotes, where they dominated the play from start to finish, save for the odd shift of Coyotes pressure. Hiller had a shaky performance, but stuck with it and came through with enough for the win. It looks like Hiller is ready for a break, and Ramo needs some more playing time, so Ramo will get the start against the Senators. Giordano extended his point streak to 8 games with a goal, continuing his red hot play of late. Monahan had a veteran Langkow-esque goal, cleaning up the garbage in front of the net and digging the puck out of 3 defenders and the goalie. Hartley on that play: "he was digging so much I thought he had a round shovel instead of a stick". Sven Baertschi had his best game as a Flame in more than a calendar year, being aggressive, forcing turnovers, and creating offense for his previously snake-bitten line mate Paul Byron. If not for a very unlucky post in the 3rd with the net empty, Byron would have had his first career hat trick. David Jones had a 2 point night with 1G and 1A, giving him 5 points in his last 5 games. Reinhart and McGrattan are likely out tonight, Bollig and Setoguchi back in. Flames Glencross-Monahan-Jones Gaudreau-Granlund-Hudler Baertschi-Jooris-Byron Bollig-Bouma-Setoguchi Giordano-Brodie Russell-Wideman Smid-Engelland Ramo Senators MacArthur-Turris-Chiasson Michalek-Zibanejad-Ryan Smith-Legwand-Neil Hoffman-Lazar-Stone Phillips-Karlsson Cowen-Ceci Borowiecki-Gryba Anderson Go Flames Go! __________________ "You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender Last edited by Cali Panthers Fan; 11-15-2014 at 07:30 AM.