Official Ottawa Senators Thread

[Madferret]

Well, that was a bizarre episode in Senators history.  Wonder what kind of dirt will come out now.

Gotta be a reason why Filatov sat while Butler played on the top line.

Meh - who cares.

HEY MURRAY - NO MORE RUSSIANS!

 

[Sucker Punch]

UNLESS HIS NAME IS NAIL YAKUPOV

THEN WE CAN GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT

 

[Madferret]

UNLESS HIS NAME IS NAIL YAKUPOV

THEN WE CAN GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT

NO - NO MORE RUSSIANS!

 

[Madferret]

Anderson's new throwback mask - debuting Dec 14th against Boston:

 

[Madferret]

Ottawa Senators (13-13-4) vs. Buffalo Sabres (15-12-2). Tuesday, 7 p.m., First Niagara Center

SPECIAL TEAMS

OTT: PP 17.9% No. 12; PK 80.4% No. 23.

BUF: PP 17% No. 19; PK 85.8% No. 7

SENATORS LINES

    Colin Greening-Jason Spezza-Milan Michalek
    Peter Regin-Nick Foligno-Daniel Alfredsson
    Erik Condra-Zack Smith-Chris Neil
    Bobby Butler-Jesse Winchester-Kaspars Daugavins

Defence

    Chris Phillips-Sergei Gonchar
    Jared Cowen-Erik Karlsson
    David Rundblad-Brian Lee

Goalies

    Craig Anderson
    Alex Auld

SABRES LINES

    Thomas Vanek-Paul Szczechura-Jason Pominville
    Tyler Ennis-Derek Roy-Drew Stafford
    Luke Adam-Ville Leino-Zack Kassian
    Colin Stuart-Matt Ellis-Cody McCormick

Defence

    Robyn Regehr-Andrej Sekera
    Marc-Andre Gragnani-Christian Ehrhoff
    Brayden McNabb-Jordan Leopold

Goalies

    Ryan Miller
    Jhonas Enroth

INJURIES

Ottawa

    D Filip Kuba (upper body) is expected to miss another week
    C Sergei Gonchar (upper body) is day-to-day

Buffalo

    C Jochen Hecht (lower body) is day-to-day.
    RW Corey Tropp (head injury) is out indefinitely
    LW Nathan Gerbe (concussion) is out indefinitely
    C Paul Gaustad (upper-body) is out indefinitely
    D Mike Weber (upper body ) is out indefinitely
    D Tyler Myers (wrist) is out indefinitely
    RW Brad Boyes (lower body) is out indefinitely
    RW Patrick Kaleta (lower body) is out indefinitely

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Filatov interview with Puck Daddy:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Chatting-with-Nikita-Filatov-about-leaving-for-K?urn=nhl-wp19772#remaining-content

He sure does know how to say the right things.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Filatov interview with Puck Daddy:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Chatting-with-Nikita-Filatov-about-leaving-for-K?urn=nhl-wp19772#remaining-content

He sure does know how to say the right things.

Why go back to the NHL? What's the point?

"What kind of a stupid question is that? The point is that the best league in the world is still there. I will be only 22 this summer. And I don't see any reasons to say that I have no chances to break through in the NHL. Everyone's career goes differently. Not always things come easy."

I like it.

 

[Tigger]

That's a nice response from Filatov.

 

[Derk]

That's a nice response from Filatov.

I agree. Refreshing to hear a guy speak his mind rather than drone out the usual cliches.

That and taking some responsibility for his poor play.

 

[Madferret]

I've always been a big Filatov supporter!

 

[Madferret]

Michalek with his league leading 19th...took a while but losing Heater is starting to sting less.

 

[Tigger]

Michalek with his league leading 19th...took a while but losing Heater is starting to sting less.

I'm happy for you, losing him was good no matter tho...

 

[Sucker Punch]

Michalek takes the league lead in goals, then promptly leaves the game with an upper body injury after colliding with Karlsson.  Someone call Filatov.

EDIT: Also, I'd like to thank Bryan Burke for stealing Nazem Kadri from us.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Michalek takes the league lead in goals, then promptly leaves the game with an upper body injury after colliding with Karlsson.  Someone call Filatov.

EDIT: Also, I'd like to thank Bryan Burke for stealing Nazem Kadri from us.

I know your baiting, but I'd wait a little while before I judge the move. Kadri is honing his game in the AHL which is pretty normal for a guy who's not fully developed physically. He could still be the better player, especially if Cowen has any more knee issues.

EDIT: Also a line of 6 pts, 31 GP, and -2 isn't exactly something to get too excited about.

 

[Sucker Punch]

Nah, not really baiting, just kidding around.  That comment was more about how impressed I am with Cowen, not really about Kadri.

Last I heard Kadri's doing pretty well, anyway.

 

[Madferret]

How many OT winners does Kadri have again this year? 

Michalek is fine apparently...

 

[Madferret]

Boston Bruins (19-9-1) at Ottawa Senators (14-13-4)

Special Teams

OTT: PP 17.9% No. 12; PK 80.4% No. 23

BOS: PP 18.1% No. 10; PK 86.8% No. 5

Senators

Lines

    Colin Greening-Jason Spezza-Milan Michalek
    Peter Regin-Nick Foligno-Daniel Alfredsson
    Erik Condra-Zack Smith-Chris Neil
    Kaspars Daugavins-Zenon Konopka-Jesse Winchester

Defence

    Jared Cowen-Erik Karlsson
    Chris Phillips-Matt Carkner
    David Rundblad-Brian Lee

Goalies

    Craig Anderson
    Alex Auld

Boston

Lines

    Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
    Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
    Benoit Pouliot-Chris Kelly-Rich Peverley
    Jordan Caron-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton

Defence

    Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
    Dennis Seidenberg-Joe Corvo
    Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid

Goalies

    Tim Thomas
    Tuukka Rask

Injuries

Ottawa

    D Filip Kuba (upper body) is expected to miss another week
    C Sergei Gonchar (upper body) is day-to-day

Boston

    D Zdeno Chara (left leg) is day-to-day.
    LW Daniel Paille (concussion) is out indefinitely.
    C Marc Savard (concussion) is out for the season.

 

[Erndog]

They still list Marc Savard?  Is he not retired now?

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Don't believe so.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

How many OT winners does Kadri have again this year? 

Michalek is fine apparently...

None, but he's got a better PPG average