–Peter Regin hurt his surgically repaired shoulder last night, but there’s no word on how long he’ll be out for

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan’s “Cheapseats” article (link) wonders if Daniel Alfredsson‘s play is in decline.  I think it’s a rhetorical question–he is, but he’s still an effective player.  I think he runs into trouble when he tries to do too much, but for the most part he’s been very good this season.

-Pierre McGuire (on The Team 1200) doesn’t like Craig Anderson‘s public comments throwing his team under the bus (which I referenced yesterday), link (October 20th): “A little red flag for me goes up when Craig Anderson ’cause he says ‘hey, it can’t be us we need some help from the guys’.  I read that in the paper.  I don’t like seeing that.  And I don’t think his players like seeing that either.  If I’m Paul MacLean [whistles] in the office please we need to have a little chat.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Allen Panzeri talks about Mika Zibanejad‘s approaching deadline (link), writing “Zibanejad said he’s trying not to think about the nine-game deadline, but admits  it’s a difficult thing to do. He’s also under a little extra pressure this week  with his parents, Mehrdad and Ritva, in Ottawa along with some other relatives.”  Panzeri quotes MacLean who adds, “I think he’s an NHL player.  Now, we’re going to make a decision  based on what’s best for Mika, but I think he has played fine.”

-Joy Lindsay writes ahead of Binghamton’s game tonight against Norfolk (link), with Kurt Kleinendorst saying “I want to get better every weekend, and I think so far, we’ve done that. It’s not about winning, and it’s not about getting all tied up in losing. It’s all about the process. It’s about playing the game the right way. And you’re going to lose games, even when you play the game the right way, but you’re going to win the majority of them. That’s what I’m trying to get across to the guys. This is a process thing. Let’s not focus on wins and losses. Let’s focus on how to play.”

-The Elmira Jackals played the Florida Everblades tonight, featuring Louie Caporusso, Max Gratchev and Bobby Raymond.

October 21, 2011
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-Here are Ottawa’s expected lines:
Milan Michalek-Jason Spezza-Daniel Alfredsson
Nick Foligno-Peter Regin-Chris Neil
Colin Greening-Mika Zibanejad-Erik Condra
Zack Smith-Zenon Konopka-Stephane Da Costa
Erik Karlsson-Filip Kuba
David Rundblad-Chris Phillips
Sergei Gonchar-Jared Cowen

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan (link) quotes Paul MacLean about Stephane Da Costa‘s struggles, “We’re looking for him to play better defensively. Stephane has always been good with the puck. When we have the puck he’s always been a good player. But defensively he’s had some issues we’ve needed to clear up. He also has to learn to play defence to play in the National  Hockey League. It’s not just all about having the puck all the time. We want to make sure he’s diligent in that department, too. Plus-minus isn’t always a fair stat, but when it gets to a certain number … we want to make sure he’s learning and getting the instruction he needs to be a better defensive payer. Because you can’t play in this league unless you can play defence.”

-In another article (link) Brennan quotes MacLean about the defensive work they did at practice yesterday, “Not to say we fixed it all (Wednesday), but I think we took some strides towards it. Getting started would be a good idea for this team as well. I’m not sure if we have a mental block. Sometimes if you expect things to go badly, they go badly. I’m not sure if we have the mindset that we think we’re going to get scored on first, and then we make sure that happens. That’s one of the things that’s a concern. We’d rather come out (Thursday) and try to dictate the way the game is played at the start, and see how we can play with the lead for more than three minutes.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Allen Panzeri looks at the Sens efforts to turn things around (link), with Paul MacLean saying, “We’re going to communicate and talk with (the players), and ask what they  think, and (tell them) what we think, and have a free exchange of ideas. We’re still building a foundation for the future. Obviously, right now  it’s a little bit shaky. I’m not second-guessing it. I’m just saying we need to do it better.”  Chris Phillips added, “The skating and the effort are there, but we’re getting pushed off the puck, losing our guys, staples of the game of hockey.”  To me, losing guys in coverage and poor positioning on the penalty kill are the biggest problems for the team.

–The Ottawa Sun has an unattributed article (link) where Craig Anderson continues to blame his teammates for his mediocre performance, “You need the guys around you for support. Just like a goal scorer. He needs support from his wingers and guys around him to help him score. Same thing with goaltenders. You’re only as good as the guys in front of you.  I’ll be the first to give credit to my teammates when we play great.  (But) I can’t do it by myself. We’re working hard and we’re going to come out of this.”  I think Anderson would be better off simply saying he needs to be better and leave it at that.

-Joy Lindsay looks at Nikita Filatov‘s start in Binghamton (link), with the winger saying: “And, as I thought when I was coming here, just lots of fun because I knew the guys and it’s perfect group of guys. And I think we had tough times sometimes in the games, but we battled through and our comebacks were amazing. I just think we have to start a little bit better games, and we can be winning games more easy.  When I was going here, they wanted me to shoot the puck more and kind of try to be better without the puck, so that’s the things I’m working for.”  Kurt Kleinendorst added, “He’s a talent. We knew he was a talent. He’s obviously a talent. I like his demeanor. So far, there’s nothing that I’ve seen that is discouraging to me at all. I know that we have to work with him to be competive every single day in practice and every single night in games, and just be a little bit more structured within a system. That’s really what came down from Ottawa, as well. They love him. They know how talented he is. It’s not a matter of making him a better skater or passer or shooter, or anything like that. It’s making sure that we spend every day being consistent, being competitive, and then we just need to help find a little bit more of our system, because our system is very similar to Ottawa’s system. So if we can do that, then I think we’ve accomplished what we’re trying to accomplish.”

–Bobby Raymond has been sent down to the ECHL (Florida)

-Here are the Binghamton lines at practice (link) with Robin Lehner expected to start:
Nikita Filatov-Corey Locke-David Dziurzynski
Kaspars Daugavins-Jim O’Brien-Mark Parrish (Downing)
Derek Grant-Pat Cannone-Andre Petersson
Mike Hoffman-Wacey Hamilton-Francis Lessard (Corey Cowick)
Mark Borowiecki-Tim Conboy
Eric Gryba-Patrick Wiercioch
Shaun Heshka-Craig Schira
Bobby Raymond-Josh Godfrey

-The Senators website has posted an article about Binghamton’s season thus far (link).

October 20, 2011
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-After last night’s game there was a team meeting, which when added to Paul MacLean’s difficult practice last week are the two most obvious strategies to get the team going.  Chris Phillips said “It was a wakeup call to all of us to be more accountable. We have to figure out what our identity is and be better to a man really. We can’t be going home thinking, ‘I had my guy and everybody else is doing a bad job.’ We have to take a long, hard look at ourselves and figure out how we can be better and how each guy can help the team more.”  He refers to the Senators primary problem of defensive coverage.

-Fans should keep in mind that the combined record of the team’s Ottawa has played is 21-1-2 thus far.

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch looks at the reaction to the game (link) with Paul MacLean saying “It’s time for some self-evaluation and to look in the mirror and ask the guy there if you’re doing enough. The coaching staff is going to have to do that itself because obviously what we’re doing is translating from a practice into a game. We need to have a self-evaluation of ourselves and make sure that we’re doing the right things.”  He stood up for Alex Auld despite a terrible game, but Auld himself was direct, “I didn’t really give the guys much of an opportunity to get off to a good start. I definitely feel like they deserve better goaltending. I don’t feel like I did my job.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Ken Warren is already impatient with the rebuild (link), for which he supplies no particular reasons before talking about the game itself.

-Rod Brodie writes about David Rundblad for the Sens website (link), who talked about playing the Flyers, “It’s good for my game. When you play against very good players, it makes you learn things and it makes you a better player. It’s good for me to play against them” and playing in general, “When you get to play more and more, it’s easier. You get to feel everything and learn every situation … it’s easier to get into the game and get into the feeling of the game. Against Washington, it felt good. I got to play a lot in the second and third period and it was nice to get my first (career NHL) point, too.”

–Senshot‘s Ian Mendes thoughts on last night’s game (link) and The Silver Seven‘s Darren M’s thoughts (link).

-Binghamton called up Josh Godfrey and Jack Downing to practice with the team.

-For those interested in wrapping up Don Cherry’s mea culpa on the weekend and giving it some context check out Sports Illustrated‘s Stu Hackel’s article (link).  Like Stu, I still remember Don’s “diatribes against Europeans and Francophones” (essentially they don’t play “our” style of game–they’re soft).  For me, Coaches Corner stopped being relevant when the CBC fired Dave Hodge in 1987 and replaced him with Ron MacLean.  Cherry became an increasing self-parody intended as much to sell Rock ’em Sock ’em videos as look at the game.  Incidentally, Grey Wyshynski (Puck Daddy) has posted Stu Grimson‘s statement (link).

October 19, 2011
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–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan explores a flight of fancy in comparing Ottawa’s young blueliners to those of the 1970s Montreal Canadiens (link).  Putting aside the hyperbole, he quotes Rundblad, “It’s easier when you get more ice time, easier to get into the game, get more confidence. I think I had just three shifts in the first period, but then Sergei went out, and of course they can’t play with three D … I think I played pretty good.”

-In the same article Paul MacLean assess the team’s play overall, “We feel if we play more like we played against Minnesota and we played (against Washington), and the third period in Detroit, and the third period in Toronto … the only game we’ve really been no good in is the Colorado game. We’ve had parts of the way we want to play in the other four games this year. So those are certainly building blocks.”  Alex Auld offers up his reason for the Johansson wrap-around goal, “It was kind of a tough play. Those plays early in the year can be tough, when you haven’t seen a lot of game action.”  He’s suggesting he gets a mulligan in his first start, which is a poor excuse for him to use.

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s James Gordon has started beating the drum to bring Nikita Filatov back (link).  To me, Filatov‘s fate is tied to Stephane Da Costa‘s, since they are the only two-way contracts on the team (I’m assuming Mika Zibanejad is sent back to Sweden).

-The Binghamton Senators won their second game in a row, defeating Albany 4-2.  I did not see the game, so I’m reliant on reports (the box score is here link, Joy Lindsay’s game comments here link).  Pat Cannone lead the way with a goal and assist, Filatov scored again and shared the best plus/minus with Bobby Raymond (+2).  Albany tough guy Tim Sestito ran Mark Borowiecki head first into the boards in the second period; Borowiecki left the game, but tweets he’s fine (link).  Binghamton’s next game is on Friday.

-Joy Lindsay has post-game comments up (link), including the following from Kurt Kleinendorst, “Well, I only had six forwards that were honest. That’s the way it works. Honestly, you can’t keep feeding ice time to guys who don’t deserve it. And if you think about, the last seven minutes of the second period, where was the puck? It was in their end. The first 13 minutes, it was in our end the whole time. That’s just … But I give the guys credit, because we basically just wiped the slate clear after two, and everyone got a chance in the third, and they all responded.”

-Prospect updates (their position in team scoring is noted in brackets for the CHL and Europe; defenseman are compared to themselves):
CHL
Jakub Culek (Rimouski, QMJHL) 9-0-3-3 (15th)
Mark Stone (Brandon, WHL) 9-6-15-21 (1st)
Stefan Noesen (Plymouth, OHL) 8-1-6-7 (6th)
Matt Puempel (Peterborough, OHL) 10-6-7-13 (1st)
Shane Prince (Ottawa 67s, OHL) 3-2-1-3 (missed time due to injury)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Gatineau, QMJHL) 8-8-6-14 (2nd)
Darren Kramer (Spokane, WHL) 7-6-4-10 (2nd)
Jordan Fransoo (Brandon, WHL) 9-0-1-1 (5th)
SEL
Jakob Silfverberg (Brynas) 12-3-4-7 (4th)
Marcus Sorensen (Skelleftea J20) 7-2-2-4 (6th)
Fredrik Claesson (Djurgarden) 12-1-0-1 (4th)
NCAA
Ben Blood (North Dakota) 4-1-1-2
Chris Wideman (Miami) 4-1-3-4
Jeff Costello (Notre Dame) 2-0-2-2
Brad Peltz (Yale) DNP
Michael Sdao (Princeton) DNP
Bryce Aneloski (Nebraska-Omaha) 4-0-4-4
Max McCormick (Ohio State) 4-1-3-4
Ryan Dzingel (Ohio State) 4-3-2-5

-The following comments were made in regards to mine about head shots (which are appreciated and are well put):

“1. Lots of fans go to the games to see star players get blown up. IMO the price of the ticket would be worth it to see Neil destroy Crosby the way he did Stoner or Little. Big hits are an exciting part of the game and is at least part of the reason why many fans pay to see the games.”

Without a formal study it’s difficult to say what most fans want, but presumably if having players getting their heads taken off was a big draw the NHL wouldn’t continue languish in obscurity south of the border.  When you see the most successful league on the planet (the NFL) moving away from hits like these, it should be a sign of which way the wind is blowing.

“2. Players always targeted the stars. People didn’t hit Gretzky because they didn’t want to get their ass kicked by the three or four enforcers protecting him. The only difference now is that there is an instigator rule so players who would normally target the stars no longer have to worry about fighting for their actions. If you get rid of the instigator rule than you won’t have to worry about players like Cooke taking dirty hits at star players because they will get their head caved in the first time they do it.”

I think fans forget that fighting was much rarer in the pre-expansion NHL (1967) and not used as a deterrent (there are arguments it began in the 1960s, but I don’t want to get into the minutia of when–my point is that the role is not an original facet of the NHL).  I don’t think it’s at all clear that the instigator rule suddenly created these kinds of hits.  I remember hockey in the 1980s very well and enforcers protected their rats as much as they did their superstars.  It’s apparent the instigator rule will never be taken out, so that as a solution (if it is one) is a dead letter.

If we all agree there is a problem with head shots (and I think everyone agrees that there is), those who dislike the changes to the rules need to offer a viable solution.  I like the OHL approach, but perhaps some other method will evolve.  In the meantime there are still plenty of shots to the head (like the one on Colin Greening on Saturday) that will go uncalled and unpunished.

October 17, 2011
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–The Ottawa Sun’s Don Brennan writes about Erik Karlsson (link), with the blueliner saying, “I know I’m not a bad defensive player. As long as I know I’m fine back there, people can write whatever they want about me, and tell me I can only play offence or whatever. It doesn’t really bother me at all.”

-Brennan also wrote about tonight’s game (link), which includes comments by Daniel Alfredsson: “There was a lot of great things, the way we limited their chances the last two periods was outstanding. Overall it was a great game, and frustrating when we don’t put the puck in the net.  I had three or four great chances, and I can’t get it up. That’s the difference really. Too much Swedish, not enough finish.”

-In his post-game interview (link) Paul MacLean thought his team deserved a better fate.  He was happy with Spezza‘s, Regin‘s, and Konopka‘s line (Da Costa‘s goes unmentioned) and with the work the team did defensively after Gonchar‘s injury.

-Here’s The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi’s take on last night’s game (link).

-ESPN takes a look at fantasy rankings after the first week and in Victoria Matiash’s piece on blueliners (link) she includes this preamble, “Fans across North America — with the possible exception of those cheering on the Ottawa Senators — can still legitimately dream about their own beloved club winning it all before the start of next summer.”  Erik Karlsson is 37th on her list based on how she projects him (Gonchar is 20th, Kuba tied for 75th).  Tim Kavanagh (link) has Craig Anderson falling in his list of goaltenders, while Sean Allen (link) has Daniel Alfredsson on his powerplay unit (the only Ottawa forward ranked is Jason Spezza at 61st).

-Joy Lindsay has her post-game comments for Binghamton up (link).  Kurt Kleinendorst said, “I don’t think we actually played that great tonight. First period, we came out pretty good, but then we were pretty bad until start of second. We talked in the room that we can’t play this way. We came out in second and played a little better. In third, we started good again, middle was a little sloppy then. They’re a good team. They were outworking us quiet a bit in our end. It was a really tough game to play against them. But somehow, we got it done. That’s the most important thing.” And “When you win a game, it just builds mentality to come out next game, you actually believe you will win. Especially coming back from losing 4-3, 3-2. It just builds something for next game. You know you have that extra mile to go in the third period wherever you need to score a goal, and have confidence in everything. When you win, it helps. We didn’t play great, but we got it done, which shows team character. And goalies played well. Robin played awesome. All the D were blocking shots, probably like 15 blocked shots today. That shows character.”

October 16, 2011
Categories: Binghamton Senators, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

The Ottawa Senators lost a game they could have won tonight.  They played hard and they played well, but couldn’t complete the comeback against Washington.  The officiating was awful in the game–soft calls and no calls.  The no-goal call against Ottawa was a joke, but I don’t blame it for the loss.  Ottawa really outplayed the capitals, with much better defensive support throughout.  For the box score go here link.  A quick look at the goals:
1. Washington, Backstrom
The cross-crease pass is missed by Phillips and Zack Smith isn’t able to come down far enough to interfere with it
2. Washington, Johansson
A wrap-around goal Auld should have had
3. Regin (Foligno, Rundblad)
A great shift by the forward line; Rundblad gets his shot through, Foligno and Neil provide the net presence, and Regin makes a great shot

My thoughts on the top performers:
Daniel Alfredsson – his best game of the season, leading the team in shots and scoring chances
Milan Michalek – another strong game where he could have had a couple of goals

Players who struggled:
Mika Zibanejad – his confidence appears to be shot and he’s been largely invisible
Stephane Da Costa – no flashes of brilliance tonight

Finally, a puzzler: Regin scores the team’s only goal but is 8th in forward ice time?

In Binghamton, the Senators won their first game of the season 5-4 in overtime.  The heroics tonight belonged to Mark Parrish who lead the team with a four-point night (for the box score link).  I did not see the game so I’m reliant on reports, but Robin Lehner got the win.  Corey Locke, Mike Hoffman, and Jim O’Brien had multi-point games.  Both David Dziurzynski and Andre Petersson were inserted into the lineup.  For Joy Lindsay’s game blog go here link.

In Elmira, the Jackals won 3-1 over Trenton.  Downing picked up an assist while Gratchev, Godfrey, and Caporusso were pointless (Stewart did not start).

October 16, 2011
Categories: Binghamton Senators, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

Today I’ll start with a look at Binghamton’s loss and then go into Sens news:

Looking for their first win of the season and bolstered by the addition of Nikita Filatov, Binghamton fell just short in OT.  The box score link and Joy Lindsay’s game log link.  Filatov lead the way with two goals and an assist while Kaspars Daugavins had a goal and assist.  Mike McKenna took the loss while Corey Cowick, Mark Parrish, and Patrick Wiercioch all finished -2.

Joy Lindsay has post-game comments (link and link).  Kurt Kleinendorst talked about Filatov‘s debute, “I thought he was excellent.  There are some things that we definitely can help him with — absolutely, no question. He’s never going to be Frankie (Francis Lessard) when it comes to finishing checks. But I know we can help him be honest on the puck. Even if he’s not going to go through his check, he’s going to at least stop on the puck, stop on his check. If we can do that one thing for him, I think that we’ve really helped him. I bet you I saw him three times bury his head and backcheck tonight. What a nice … that was good to see. It just shows you that he came with the right attitude, that he came down here to do what they’re challenging him to do.  He’s a talent. He’s definitely a talent. And so what we need to do is help him, help his game when he doesn’t have the puck, because he doesn’t need a whole lot of help with the puck. As long as he’s not turning pucks over — which players like that will do, because they’re special players, and you give them a little bit of slack. For me, I thought it was a real nice start. If we can just keep him playing like that every night with the puck, and then just help him a little bit without the puck, I think it’s mission accomplished.”

–Filatov himself said, “It’s always nice to have a goal right away in the game. It kind helps you a lot, especially because that was the first one for me on the season. I can’t say I was under pressure or something, like nervous or something about scoring a goal even though it was pretty long, just happy that it went in — finally.”  Mark Parrish also commented on his performance, “A guy with his talent, his skill, obviously Ottawa liked him enough to keep him up there, give him a nice extra look. You get a chance to get a guy like that on your team, and he can come out and produce like that, play like that, it shows a message not only to the guys on the team, but to the organization, that he’s willing to play hockey and he’s willing to come down here and work hard and do what it takes to get back up. That’s impressive. I like to see that. It’s fun to be a part of.”

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan writes about Mika Zibanejad (link), with Nick Foligno saying “Just shows how our scouting staff did a great job finding him. He’s definitely a man-child, so to speak. But he still has a lot of things to learn. I remember coming in at 19 and you’ve got lots of things to learn. He’s 18 years old. There’s a whole new world almost to him right here … it’s learning the ways of life over here and becoming a good NHL player. It’s a lot to ask, but he’s been really good. He’s asking questions, he’s learning a lot. I think he’s surrounded himself with good guys, sitting right next to Alfie. It’s only going to get better for him.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Allen Panzeri writes about the game ahead (link) and while there’s nothing new, he forebodes that the Senators season is in jeopardy unless things changes.  The season in jeopardy?  Perhaps Panzeri had dreams of the team challenging for the playoffs, but rebuilds are ugly, especially in the first couple of months.  I’ve read and heard this sentiment from other members of the Ottawa media and it makes me scratch my head.

-Panzeri’s partner at the Citizen, Wayne Scanlan (link) understands the idea behind the rebuild, but worries that fans booing the 7-1 loss somehow means they don’t understand the pains of what a rebuild means (“So much for fans being patient with the Senators’ rebuilding effort. What  happened to everyone being on board? It all sounded so good in theory. And yet,  in the final minutes of the season’s fourth game, fans cheered sarcastically  when Ottawa managed a shot on goal (there were only 16 all night).”  Scanlan is a savvy guy so I think he’s just addressing the possibility of fan impatience.

–Bobby Butler has a groin problem and won’t play tonight.

-The debate about head shots in the NHL continues to burn (here’s Sports Illustrated‘s Stu Hackel’s thoughts on Don Cherry, link) and I wanted to offer an opinion I don’t hear in Ottawa very often (I find the views of The Team 1200, The Ottawa Sun, and The Ottawa Citizen fairly homogenous).  I’d describe the opinion of the media here as follows: the game needs to be played a certain way and that includes a lot of physicality–with that comes an element of risk.  It’s a straightforward opinion and on the surface it’s not something you can argue with, but I don’t think it addresses the issue.

There are two points I want to make.  The first is very simple: the implication of the above argument is that there are an acceptable number of brain injuries in the league.  Those who advocate eliminating hits to the head already accept the fact that you cannot completely prevent them–that’s not the issue–but they want players to be able to live their lives after their short careers are over.  This point has not been meaningfully addressed at all by those who oppose headshot rules (other than to say players tacitly or implicitly accept the risk when they lace on the skates, ala Brooks Laich‘s comments).  My problem with the consistent comment of “keep your head up” or “be aware of who is on the ice” is that it’s not an argument or an answer.  The hits people want out of the game are illegal to begin with.  Awareness makes sense in any circumstance in life, but that doesn’t give others the right to take advantage of you in moments of vulnerability.

The second point is that the game isn’t played the way it was 15-20 years ago.  Star players never used to be targeted–Wayne Gretzky skated around untouched throughout the bulk of his career.  That’s no longer the case, star players (Paul Kariya, Marc Savard, David Perron, etc) are subject to the same physical punishment dished out by marginal players.  No one pays for a ticket to watch a player like Garnett Exelby blow up a star player.  To me, the paying customer is the ultimate issue in the discussion.  People will pay to see Sidney Crosby play, but they won’t buy tickets to watch Matt Cooke.

-Joy Lindsay thinks Corey Cowick and Bobby Raymond will be the scratches for tonight’s Binghamton game (link), with Robin Lehner getting the start.

-Former Senator David Hale has announced his retirement (link).

–Max Gratchev has been assigned to Elmira (link).

-The Elmira Jackals won their first game of the season 7-3 over Trenton.  Josh Godfrey had two assists, Jack Downing an assist, Louie Caporusso no points and Brian Stewart got the win.

October 15, 2011
Categories: Binghamton Senators, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: Leave a comment