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Bejamin1 Canada. Nov 16 2010 16:13. Posts 7042

I know this is a Poker forum but a good few of us are hockey fans on here. I thought I'd start re-posting my daily hockey blog here in case anyone was interested. If you have any Sens fans feel free to link them to it.
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Flyers Soaring High - Sens in the Middle

Peter Laviolette probably has to pinch himself every time he looks up and down the Philadelphia Flyers bench. He then takes a deep breathe and reminds himself once again that in fact he's not dreaming, the Flyers are just that good. The sheer potency of the offense in Philadelphia is enough to make other teams wet their collective pants. So where does that leave the Ottawa Senators?

The Sens are an upper-middle of the pack team in the Eastern Conference. They will be competitive most nights but against the top four playoff seeds it's always going to be a tense hockey game. It's almost enough to give the average hockey fan heart palpitations as we sit in our chairs cheering them on. These games are particularly tough to watch because I find I'm never filled with a strong swell of confidence in the team. I know they're good enough to find a way to win a good share of these games but I also know who the second best team on the ice is going to be when the puck drops.

The run of hockey in 2006-07 had a very different feeling. The Sens were a team that could score at will and seemingly could bend their opponents to the breaking point on a whim. Villain after villain would be slayed by our hometown heroes on the back of an almost unstoppable top line. That line was so good it gave the whole team and the fans the confidence that the Sens were always going to come out on top after sixty minutes. It's a sense of confidence that I just don't feel anymore when I watch this hockey club.

I've always been a fan of the sentiment that there are only two really wonderful places to be in this league. The top five or the bottom five. The other twenty positions are not as enjoyable. You get neither the hope of a new star player to lift the franchise out of mediocrity nor the confidence that your team has a serious shot to contend for the Stanley Cup.

The Senators desperately need a young star forward to come in and tear things up. When Alfie hangs them up they're going to need yet another. The question of where these two forwards are going to come from is a subject of much debate. Murray has always been good with draft picks at 15th and later picking up guys like Getzlaf, Perry, and Karlsson so I'm hoping that holds true. My second great hope is that the Senators develop enough amazing defensive talent that we're able to swing a trade for a young top three forward in the near future. It will be money in the bank if this team is able to move one of it's young stud blueliners for a special forward in the near future. The last hope is that Bobby Butler can be a serious NHL player. He's currently ripping it up at the AHL level but that is no guarantee of success with the big club. If he can come up later on in the year and make an impact I will be a very happy Sens fan.

link to the original blog location is here: http://senstol.blogspot.com/

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gawdawaful Canada. Nov 16 2010 16:35. Posts 9012

meh, I'm not too sold on Murray having a good track record with mid to late 1st rounders based strictly on that list. I mean yah Perry and Getzlaf are bonafide 1st liners, semi career cornerstones. But if you consider how deep the 2003 draft is (to give you an idea only Hugh Jessiman at 12th and Shawn Belle at 30th have not logged at least 100 games, and guys like Parise went 17th, Kesler 23rd, Richards 24th - one of your Flyers!)

I think the Sens will be fine as long as they can keep the puck out of their net and have guys with slow starts get back to par (Kovalev, Fisher, Michalek, aka what should be their entire 2nd line)

btw I quickly looked at the 08 draft, same can be said here. Some very good players taken before Karlsson. Sure hes enjoyed success before some of these guys who should be ok, but I mean, fucking Tyler Myers went 12th, Colton Teubert went 13th, and Karlsson was the 7th defenseman taken in that draft. That gives you an idea how retardedly deep that year was too no? (Doughty, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Schenn were the other 4)

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Shenny Canada. Nov 16 2010 19:06. Posts 1514

SENS ARMY

devon06atX Canada. Nov 16 2010 23:47. Posts 5459

go habs go

nolan Ireland. Nov 17 2010 07:53. Posts 6205

the flyers are straight up intimidating i think their cup run really put some fire in them

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