I thought Duehr was pretty forgettable considering the competition was AHL calibre. He had one nice play to Lucic near the very end but that line spent most od the game hemmed in their zone. Richardson is not the answer, and Brad has to either be willing to see what he has internally or he'll be bleeding more assets at the deadline for a 4C
The covid tests with Batherson and Zaitsev seem incompetent
Quote:
No Drake, that is unfortunate. He is driving the offense currently.
Quote:
why are people bitching about the testing? if everything was done properly that means bath wouldn't have played last night which means no win and no epic 4 point night for drake.
Italian Delicatessen
Quote:
Mangialasgna owns us
Quote:
Does this team not know how to clear a puck?
Quote:
Lool Del Zotto tried his hardest not to block that shot
Quote:
Tipped by Mangiapane but awful attempt to clear by Parker Kelly yikes
Quote:
This team has issues leaving/clearing the zone.
Quote:
The patented Senators 1st period out of the way:
- Lead scoring chances
- Lead PP time
- Losing
Quote:
Did TSN just compare Calgary killing off a whopping 14 second 5 on 3 to what Ottawa did last night?
Lindholm tips a Rasmus floater
Quote:
Back to back, playing our third string goalie with 14 regulars (7-9 that are relevant to success) out. It’s hard to really say we had a chance tonight.
Quote:
Stupid Forsberg not scoring any goals, coughing up the puck left and right and leaving himself out to dry..god..smooth brains scapegoating Forsberg like hes the only one playing like sht on a 15 player depleted team.
Quote:
Forsberg has looked bad. Very bad…. But we ain’t winning with zero goals
Quote:
Gus woulda had that one too.....
Quote:
Remember when people thought Forsberg was incredible after two good games?
Quote:
I mean, it was a flutterball but Forsberg was able to track it for a while. crap....
Quote:
Forsberg is a really bad goalie
Quote:
ick....nasty knuckleball there.
Quote:
"Why have one terrible goalie when you can have two"
Pierre Dorion
Quote:
Forsberg has been below replacement level.
Quote:
Forsberg’s save percentage is abysmal. That was awful.
Chucky roofs one
Quote:
Tierney is very inefficient at taking the puck off the half wall
Quote:
Tierney is basically useless, he literally creates nothing and his defensive ability has dimished this season.
Quote:
Tierney has zero hockey IQ
Quote:
Tierney with the stupidest #### I've ever seen
Quote:
well this shatters any glim of hope I had after yesterdays game
Quote:
Left Tkachuk all alone on that goal as well
Quote:
There's got to be another random no-name D in Belleville that is better than MDZ.
Two year contract. LOL.
Quote:
Game over. That's its for me. Need to go for a walk
Quote:
Unbelievable. he is so bad
Quote:
Most of Del Zottos game is like shaking his head and apologizing to teammates
Quote:
Can't believe the lack of awareness from MDZ and Tierney on the Tkatchuk goal
Quote:
lol I feel like the Tkachuk brothers don't actually trash talk each other in the game, just everyone else
Zadorov goes coast-to-coast
Quote:
Even Zadorov can't believe it
Quote:
Jesus Christ Forsberg
Quote:
Oh my god we need to put Forsberg on waivers and get him AHL confidence
Nobody’s claiming him
Quote:
Take a drink every time Noodles says “…and you can see Forsberg doesn’t track it…”
Quote:
f*** this team sometimes
Quote:
Cmon Forsy
Quote:
Waiveeeeee his ass.
Quote:
Death, taxes, Forsberg I dunno wtf you doing bro.
Quote:
Anton Forsberg should've been put on waivers after those games against New York and Washington. He better get put on waivers after this game and Gus stay in the NHL
McClennan Voodoo
Quote:
Noodles: I'm not really superstitious anymore; Gord: OH REALLY??
Quote:
Man, 6 goals yesterday and 0 today. Shoutout to the Penguins for letting us have fun for a bit
Quote:
Sens just don't have anything today.
Quote:
It's like all our luck for a week got concentrated into the Saturday game.
A Healthy Dose of Sutter
Quote:
Sutter - It's a 1 on 1 league.
Sutter - It's a 3 - 2 league.
f***ing dweeb go back to turning cow ####.
Quote:
Coleman’s stick stuck in the Ottawa players jersey so bad he was hooked.
Sutter shaking his head in disbelief because in his world you should be allowed to hook when defending because he’s a dinosaur.
Quote:
"Gudbranson didnt know he was in an altercation for a couple seconds"
Umm, he started throwing punches first. I understand that he's mentally slow, but jesus christ.
Quote:
What a dumb penalty by Ottawa lol. Pushes Monahan into their goalie. Why isn't Markstrom playing? Didn't Vladar play in TO (He was damn good in that game).
Quote:
Big bad Flames up 3-0 on the wounded Sens
Quote:
f***ing Flames, what a bunch of fake tough guys.
Quote:
Calgary up to their 4th PP half way through this game and they haven't been carrying the play
Quote:
Mangypan with his 10th goal of the season in 14GP. I don't know Yama scores that many all season. Imagine if we were getting any production from a lesser light where its not really expected. Calgary always seems to be able to bank on some of these way over their head efforts by support players.
Calgary got this guy with a 6th round pick. Any other club could have picked him 5 times. We waste a top round pick on Yamamoto. sigh.
__________________
Until the Flames make the Western Finals again, this signature shall remain frozen.
The Following 134 Users Say Thank You to Gaskal For This Useful Post:
Huh I guess I misremembered a Cujo shutout. Maybe just a big win and one goal? Thought for sure he had one against Dallas
I checked and he didn’t, not that I didn’t think Haynes was correct.
Wasn’t there one game against SJ when Sarich had the massive hit on Marleau, where CuJo came in after Kipper got pulled and CuJo didn’t let in any further goals. Not a shoutout but similar feeling to me
I thought the scored flattered the Flames somewhat, a couple weak goals and Vladar made a couple great saves. Especially considering the depleted opponent, not the best execution. Gaudreau missed a couple tap ins and bobbled the puck most of the night (at least compared to his standards). The Backlund line didn’t accomplish anything. Still more to get out of this group.
But you can only play the team on the other side, and in this case it ended up in a solid two points.
__________________
Oliver Kylington is the greatest and best player in the world
Sutter is the best of the best. His teams aren't overly structured but they play with strategy and intensity.
In the sense of trapping in the neutral zone or "defending" the slot, no, they're not as structured as coaches like Trotz, Tippett or even Bob Hartley.
But that's exactly why he is a good coach.
He gets it.
The best way to defend is to get the puck out of the defensive zone, and keep it deep in the offensive zone.
Every shift where people complain about the Flames' lack of finish, Sutter is probably praising their offensive zone time.
IMO there are four aspects of playing the Sutter way
1) Backpressure from the forwards. Just because the puck is deep in the O zone doesn't mean your F3 should always be down there. IMO Gulutzan failed in this regard because he didn't keep his F3 high enough to cover for a failed pinch. When your high forward covers, it allows guys like (Leopold/Phaneuf/Doughty) Oliver Kylington to make plays in the offensive zone and not get burned
2) Tight gap control. Just because we don't trap in the neutral zone doesn't mean we allow easy entries. This is of course assisted by (1) but it also depends on individuals - Andersson, Hanifin, Kylington, Tanev - to trust themselves and trust each other and check aggressively. Once they can force a dump-in their partner can quickly recover. What makes the Kylington-Tanev pair especially impressive is that their dump-in recovery is virtually automatic
3) Strong breakouts. Sutter's utilized two types of breakouts here - D-to-W stretch passes to keep opponents honest, and D-to-W-to-C textbook breakouts through the middle. Our centres aren't great at the latter so sometimes it's not as effective, but because the former is so dangerous, opponents have to stay honest. What should really be noted here is that he likes his D to use their first pass. Some past coaches - Ward and Hartley, really believed in glass-and-out and it just swung the momentum entirely the wrong way. Even with guys like Zadorov on the ice, the Flames try to have their centre low enough to support a breakout that won't require glass-and-out. Glass-and-out = bad, except in absolute emergencies
4) Boxing out in front of the net. Our players don't try to block shots too much. They're always just trying to find someone closest to check, and let their goalie make the first save. IMO this is the way to defend without the puck. It's not always pretty to play this way when the opponent is really skilled but this is where 1 thru 3 come into play. And once they recover the rebounds, it's back to (3) and then back to (1)
__________________
"May those who accept their fate find happiness. May those who defy it find glory."
The Following 18 Users Say Thank You to GranteedEV For This Useful Post:
It’s hard to believe that this one goal completely decimated the Sens entire franchise
And the thing of it is - I think their re-build will ultimately fail, for the same reason many others have, not enough truly elite talent. I like Stutzle but I see him as a front line player, not a franchise player.
I don't see Brady as being elite.
They have a lot of prospect depth and good pieces - but I think they will find they are missing that franchise player to really build around.
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Jiri Hrdina For This Useful Post:
Calgary got this guy with a 6th round pick. Any other club could have picked him 5 times. We waste a top round pick on Yamamoto. sigh.
Wait until this person finds out that Mangiapane was drafted in his second year of eligibility. 210 players in the 2014 draft and 165 players in the 2015 draft were considered better NHL prospects than he was.
__________________
Turn up the good, turn down the suck!
The Following 26 Users Say Thank You to getbak For This Useful Post:
Scorp tweeted out that Mony has 8 points in his last 10 games...maybe we can give him a break as the whipping boy?
Never!
Monahan is completely washed up and useless. It is known. A game in which he scored two points obviously didn't happen, so we have to decline the W. Ottawa wins by forfeit!
__________________
WARNING: The preceding message may not have been processed in a sarcasm-free facility.
The Following User Says Thank You to Jay Random For This Useful Post:
