GAME DAY: Washington Capitals @ Ottawa Senators - 7:30pm EST - Mon. Nov. 23rd, 2009 PLUS post game thoughts

Kovalev is not on the ice.

Leclaire is out on the ice.

Lines at practice today:

Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson
Foligno-Fisher-Neil
Ruutu-Kelly-Cheechoo
Regin-Winchester-Shannon

shabbs wrote:Leclaire is out on the ice.

Is he in with the team as part of the full practice?

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

shabbs wrote:Leclaire is out on the ice.

Is he in with the team as part of the full practice?

No idea. I'll see if I can find out.

Bass Destruction wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

shabbs wrote:Leclaire is out on the ice.

Is he in with the team as part of the full practice?

No idea. I'll see if I can find out.

You're an 84 rating, you better do a little more than just try!!! Drive to Ottawa and find out damnit!

HA HA! If only that rep rating was worth something outside of this board...

Kovalev is still in Russia... so he won't be in the line-up tonight.

shabbs wrote:

Bass Destruction wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

shabbs wrote:Leclaire is out on the ice.

Is he in with the team as part of the full practice?

No idea. I'll see if I can find out.

You're an 84 rating, you better do a little more than just try!!! Drive to Ottawa and find out damnit!

HA HA! If only that rep rating was worth something outside of this board...

Is there anything outside this board?

Personally I'm more worried about Leclaire's status then Kovalev.

SeawaySensFan wrote:According to James Gordon, Ottawa $hitizen, Leclaire is a game time decision.

If that's the case then they would be calling someone up just in case right? I mean if he's a game time decision they need to have their butts covered in case he's not healthy enough to go.

If he's good enough to backup he should be good enough to start. I've never understood that when goalies say they aren't good to go to start the game but they're OK to sit as backup.

Elliott starts tonight.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:If he's good enough to backup he should be good enough to start. I've never understood that when goalies say they aren't good to go to start the game but they're OK to sit as backup.

Yeah, but it does happen. I really don't have a problem with Elliott starting anyway.

I don't have a problem with Elliott starting either and if Leclaire is backing up then hopefully that means he's good to go vs. New Jersey and beyond.

It does sound like they're leaning towards Leclaire backing up. Elliott starts for sure though.

Citizen preview:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/honours+Fisher+while+linemate+Kovalev+remains/2256336/story.html

Fisher was NHL 3rd star of the week and will be honoured tonight.

News about Volchie from Ian Mendes:

Anton Volchenkov skated with team today for the first time. He told us that weekend game vs Boston might be realistic return date.

Yes, Leclaire will backup Elliott tonight:

http://twitter.com/NHL_Sens/status/5980832727

GO SENS GO!!!

Crisis averted. Good excuse to get Elliott a game against an elite team. Should be a good test for all concerned.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:If he's good enough to backup he should be good enough to start. I've never understood that when goalies say they aren't good to go to start the game but they're OK to sit as backup.

Would you want to start against a pissed off Ovie who lost to the worst team in the NHL. Oh and I need to send a huge thank you to Ovie for losing to the leafs...as much as I hate them (and I do) having them win once in a while simply validates the moves the Blowhard made. It will keep him from making any more thinking, "ahh here we go, it's about to all turn around". Only to realize that it isn't and they still suck.

Some audio from today:

Clouston post-practice presser from today:
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/091123_Clouston.mp3

Leclaire talking to the media after practice today:
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/Audio/091123_Leclaire-ENG.mp3

Game Notes for tonight (PDF):
http://senators.nhl.com/v2/ext/PDFs/091123_Ott-vs-Was.pdf

Bass Destruction wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Bass Destruction wrote:

shabbs wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

shabbs wrote:Leclaire is out on the ice.

Is he in with the team as part of the full practice?

No idea. I'll see if I can find out.

You're an 84 rating, you better do a little more than just try!!! Drive to Ottawa and find out damnit!

HA HA! If only that rep rating was worth something outside of this board...

It works with the ladies! Much like my 3 doesn't impress anyone here, it doesn't impress any girls in the 'real' world either. There must be a correlation!!

Is the higher number better or worse?

Leclaire plays the waiting game...

http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=507158

Lots of tickets still left...

http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=507159

Ovechkin seems to like the Sens...

Ovechkin vs Ottawa...16 gms - 15g-9a - 24pts

Let's change that tonight.

The higher your reputation number the better. There are little plus signs to the right of each message. If you deem it worthy you give it a little plus. If you start a topic and someone responds with a very helpful message you can click a little Thanks button in their message.

If some one votes a plus on your post you get one Reputation point. If someone thanks you you get 5.

shabbs wrote:Ovechkin seems to like the Sens...

Ovechkin vs Ottawa...16 gms - 15g-9a - 24pts

Let's change that tonight.

I agree shabbs. Lets frustrate the heck out of him.

SeawaySensFan wrote:When I say stuff like "Pens in 5" completely out of context does that merit a "+"?

No but it could deserve a "-"

I see Varlamov is expected to start tonight... still no official confirmation.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:The higher your reputation number the better. There are little plus signs to the right of each message. If you deem it worthy you give it a little plus. If you start a topic and someone responds with a very helpful message you can click a little Thanks button in their message.

If some one votes a plus on your post you get one Reputation point. If someone thanks you you get 5.

A) I'm not sure enough memebers even know how to vote + or - on a post.

B) How does one thank...is it a written thing that the mods search for the text and adjust the point accordingly?

Devo wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:The higher your reputation number the better. There are little plus signs to the right of each message. If you deem it worthy you give it a little plus. If you start a topic and someone responds with a very helpful message you can click a little Thanks button in their message.

If some one votes a plus on your post you get one Reputation point. If someone thanks you you get 5.

A) I'm not sure enough memebers even know how to vote + or - on a post.

B) How does one thank...is it a written thing that the mods search for the text and adjust the point accordingly?

IF you post a topic then the Thanks button appears in replies, right next to the Quote button.

OK. Prediction time.

Ottawa wins 5-4. AO gets a goal on the PP. Fisher gets a goal and 2 assists.

Gotta good feeling about tonight's game. The boys are rolling and the caps are slumping with some key injuries. I predict we'll pull out a 6-4 win.

Some SensTV pieces:

Player pre-game interviews:
http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=767&id=52249

Gord Wilson's game preview:
http://senators.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=767&id=52250

4-3 Sens win tonight! GO SENS GO

That'll be 4 straight wins and 9 of a possible 10 points on this 5 game home stand. Good enough to get the Sens to shoot up the TSN power rankings by 1 spot at best LOL.

best part is all this without one of our top d-men and our #1 goalie playing suspect hockey (until the buffalo game).