Silver Nuggets: Donovan misses practice, Pens post-game reactions
by DarrenM on Nov 20, 2009 11:57 AM EST
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Here's a collection of Ottawa Senators stories that have made the rounds in the last 24 hours:
- Shean Donovan didn't skate at practice, nor did Daniel Alfredsson. Alfie is likely just skippin' practice (as usual), but we'll keep you posted on Donovan's status as more details leak. Donovan left the game last night after a knee-on-knee collision with Matt Cooke. (Twitter)
- Lines at practice: Michalek-Spezza; Foligno-Fisher-Shannon; Ruutu-Kelly-Neil; Cheechoo-Regin-Winchester. I'd expect the lines at tomorrow night's game against the Sabres to be very similar.
- The Citizen hopes that the Ottawa Senators are able to convince Alfie to stay with the Sens organization in some sort of capacity. (Citizen)
- Senators president Cyril Leeder blames inconsistent and confusing ticket prices for the somewhat poor turnout to start the season. Other factors include the Sens' slide in performance over the past three years, lack of season ticket buyers, and the frequency of home games to start the season. (Province)
- Jared Cowen, Ottawa's first round pick at this year's Draft, was named alternate captain of Team WHL during the Subway Super Series against Russia. (Our Sports)
- Sens prospect Mike Hoffman now has 11 goals in 15 games for the QMJHL's St. John's Sea Dogs. (Telegraph)
- Reactions to last night's 6-2 victory over the Pens: Citizen, Another Ottawa Senators Blog, Black Aces.
- UPDATE (from Peter): Personal hero Dean McAmmond played his first NHL game of the season last night, and in the process worked his way up from the fourth line to the first and had an assist in the New Jersey Devils loss. He is on a 63-point pace.
- UPDATE: A good feature at NHL.com on Bryan Murray's perspective on how the team has done as it reaches the quarter point of the season. (NHL)
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Sounds like Murray....
Wants to shop Brian Elliott a little bit.
by oldmonk on Nov 20, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think he means at the end of Elliott’s contract, which is when he might hope Lehner could be ready. I don’t think it’s a good idea to get rid of Elliott when Leclaire still has off-games and doesn’t have a long history of playing through entire seasons.
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by DarrenM on Nov 20, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That would make a whole lot more sense.
Seems like some people are going nuts over how good Lehner will be. Let’s just hope we get the same return from our 2nd rounder off of SJ!
by oldmonk on Nov 20, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m trying to contain my excitement as much as possible, because you really can’t tell how good a goalie is until he actually plays in the NHL. He’s looked good so far, though.
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by DarrenM on Nov 20, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lehner is definitely intriguing
As for Elliott, I hope he’s not shopped before the end of this season. If people are interested in the off-season, it might be good to look into a trade, but I’m happy with our goaltending situation as it stands right now. Why mess with a good thing?
Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Murray told Elliott he’d try to get him a shot somewhere as a number one if Leclaire played as well as was expected.
by PeterR on Nov 20, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Senators president Cyril Leeder blames inconsistent and confusing ticket prices for the somewhat poor turnout to start the season. Other factors include the Sens’ slide in performance over the past three years, lack of season ticket buyers, and the frequency of home games to start the season
I’d like to think the economic downturn here in Ottawa has had a lot to do with it as well, although if they would move the game time up to 8:00 pm it might bring more people like me in that don’t get off work until 5:00 and isn’t home until 5:30 or sometimes 6:00.
It's never about the eventual destination, but rather the long journey and its challenging obstacles that are presented and what it takes to overcome them, that makes the taste of success all the more worthwhile!!!
by hawks61 on Nov 20, 2009 8:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Oh and by the way
Nice to see Matty boy beat up the net (his real first NHL goal) instead of someone else’s face. Great win though by the Sens 6-2 and the Hawks win 7-1. Pretty good night to be hockey fan for myself.
It's never about the eventual destination, but rather the long journey and its challenging obstacles that are presented and what it takes to overcome them, that makes the taste of success all the more worthwhile!!!
by hawks61 on Nov 20, 2009 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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