RAY of Light
Well I will start with thoughts from the Calgary game in which I had a whole row of flames fans in my section, ANNOYING, but not like HABS FANS or LEAFS FANS, who have driven me up the wall before. I am all for fans cheering for there teams, but not being real jerks about it, like being inconsiderate to others around you.
Anyways, a good solid effort wasn’t enough to beat the Calgary KIPPERS. This was the most physical Sens team I have ever seen. They were out hitting and outworking them and I thought Ottawa and EMERY deserved to win. Speaking of Ray, he has looked good, REALLY GOOD and I would like to see this guy given the ball, not because Gerber has been lacking but because he deserves it. The fans love him and he worked hard in the off season. What about Gerber? I’m not to sure. He has to find his game and earn his spot. It’s only been a couple of games but he just hasn’t looked comfortable aside from the first game. Every time I think about the goalie situation, I get so confused.
BIG 3: Spezza, Heater, Aflie
Spezza has looked pretty good for the most part, still does his back passes etc once and awhile but otherwise looks as though he has improved on D, and his physical play.
Heater has been totally lost, slow and out of place, but I know he will find himself and net 30-40 goals this year.
Alfie hasn’t been moving well at all. Actually, he really has done nothing for me, YET. I still believe in this guy as a workhorse and a heck of a hockey player, but he needs to get it going. I’m still lost what he was thinking in the last 10 seconds of the 2nd period in Montreal….????....If he doesn’t get going, even though Muckler said he would be a SEN for life, you will hear about a lot of trade RUMOURS, because he HAS to be the guy and I still think he is, hopefully he wont disappoint me/us.
Other Notes:
Redden has picked it up since Buffalo and looks better and so does the entire Defense.
Volchenkov has looked really good. Somebody said to me that he was terrible out there, but I strongly disagree. The last two seasons he has not been impressive and lacked completely, but this year he has found that physical presence and has been quite effective. I was really hard on him in the off-season but he has shown a lot of people that he can play with this team and I hope he keeps it up.
Corvo will be back for Colorado vs. Ottawa, they will certainly look better with him there. He is SO underrated and everyone will soon see that. I am so excited to see him play.
Powerplay = Powerless
This team has been brutal on the PP and will turn it around. They are squeezing there sticks way too tight and looking to pass it too much, HOWEVER, being at the games thus far, I get SICK and TIRED of hearing some of the brainless fans that yell SHOOT all the time. A powerplay enables you to set up in the offensive zone and everyone just yells shoot like that is the answer when if they forced it even further, the shot would be blocked or easily saved. Sometimes they wait too long to shoot, but they have always been like that and believe it or not, they know what they are doing.
Murray:
Not saying this because they won, because I would say it even if they lost but he made a great decision in selecting his shooters. Vermette, Fisher were great choices and I have to say I was surprised by McAmmond, but I like the picks. Alfie and Heatley just haven’t been scoring and you have to go with whats working and he did that. I am a naysayer with some of Murray’s decision, but I liked his selections tonight.
That’s it for now,
Remember, better to slump now than late in the season. All good teams need time to gel and they will come together.
PS> How bout my dark horse team, Minnesota Wild. I put money on them to win the Western Conference, they look good!!!
Leave a comment,
- SI
Anyways, a good solid effort wasn’t enough to beat the Calgary KIPPERS. This was the most physical Sens team I have ever seen. They were out hitting and outworking them and I thought Ottawa and EMERY deserved to win. Speaking of Ray, he has looked good, REALLY GOOD and I would like to see this guy given the ball, not because Gerber has been lacking but because he deserves it. The fans love him and he worked hard in the off season. What about Gerber? I’m not to sure. He has to find his game and earn his spot. It’s only been a couple of games but he just hasn’t looked comfortable aside from the first game. Every time I think about the goalie situation, I get so confused.
BIG 3: Spezza, Heater, Aflie
Spezza has looked pretty good for the most part, still does his back passes etc once and awhile but otherwise looks as though he has improved on D, and his physical play.
Heater has been totally lost, slow and out of place, but I know he will find himself and net 30-40 goals this year.
Alfie hasn’t been moving well at all. Actually, he really has done nothing for me, YET. I still believe in this guy as a workhorse and a heck of a hockey player, but he needs to get it going. I’m still lost what he was thinking in the last 10 seconds of the 2nd period in Montreal….????....If he doesn’t get going, even though Muckler said he would be a SEN for life, you will hear about a lot of trade RUMOURS, because he HAS to be the guy and I still think he is, hopefully he wont disappoint me/us.
Other Notes:
Redden has picked it up since Buffalo and looks better and so does the entire Defense.
Volchenkov has looked really good. Somebody said to me that he was terrible out there, but I strongly disagree. The last two seasons he has not been impressive and lacked completely, but this year he has found that physical presence and has been quite effective. I was really hard on him in the off-season but he has shown a lot of people that he can play with this team and I hope he keeps it up.
Corvo will be back for Colorado vs. Ottawa, they will certainly look better with him there. He is SO underrated and everyone will soon see that. I am so excited to see him play.
Powerplay = Powerless
This team has been brutal on the PP and will turn it around. They are squeezing there sticks way too tight and looking to pass it too much, HOWEVER, being at the games thus far, I get SICK and TIRED of hearing some of the brainless fans that yell SHOOT all the time. A powerplay enables you to set up in the offensive zone and everyone just yells shoot like that is the answer when if they forced it even further, the shot would be blocked or easily saved. Sometimes they wait too long to shoot, but they have always been like that and believe it or not, they know what they are doing.
Murray:
Not saying this because they won, because I would say it even if they lost but he made a great decision in selecting his shooters. Vermette, Fisher were great choices and I have to say I was surprised by McAmmond, but I like the picks. Alfie and Heatley just haven’t been scoring and you have to go with whats working and he did that. I am a naysayer with some of Murray’s decision, but I liked his selections tonight.
That’s it for now,
Remember, better to slump now than late in the season. All good teams need time to gel and they will come together.
PS> How bout my dark horse team, Minnesota Wild. I put money on them to win the Western Conference, they look good!!!
Leave a comment,
- SI
posted by sensinsider at 10:10 PM
4 Comments:
I couldn't agree more with you on the shootout choices. I was expecting to see a Eaves or Kaigrodov rather than Dean McAmmond though. I don't understand what has happened to Heatly, Alfie, Spezza and Redden. They just look lazy out there. Heatley is waiting for a play to come to him, rather than make the play himself. It hurts to see Hossa ripping it up in Atlanta right now for sure. Is there any chance that Alfie could be stripped of the 'C'? There has been a lot of talk of this in columns and between fans.
It is only 4 games into the season and I'd much rather the pressure be off playoff time than it be on.
Great insight and keep the blog rolling!
Thanks for the kind words.
Alfie will be captain as long as he is a SEN. Redden has picked it up and Spezza is playing well. Heatley and Alfie have yet to really play a full 60 minutes. At times they look good and sometimes they look like an AHLer. They will come around, these guys are skilled players who have proven that they are not one-season-wonders, hopefully it will be soon.
As for Hossa, he certainly is a better player than Heatley, and I said that when they made the trade. Hossa can do it all and I really love watching him play. With that said, Heatley know how to play and will be a force for years to come, he just needs to release his grip off his stick slightly.
Thanks.
SI
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