Are you kidding me!?   

You'd think the guy that got you to the playoffs would have earned the right to run with it, after all, the playoffs are nothing but a bonus round!

I agree ^^.     Not only because Hammond was the key factor in getting us there but also because, having heard it repeatedly, the players seem to "play harder" in front of him and have more confidence when he is in net.  It's not like they've been overwhelmed by Montreal.  Which, again, makes me wonder if he is nursing some sort of injury that would be worse than the rust that Anderson no doubt has to shake off!!   

'Tis I.  How are you doing, BB?  Bet those kids of yours are getting big!  I've got the draft lottery on here and right now, before it happens, I call BS if the Leafs get the #1 pick!

Cheers!

Have faith, Sens Fans!  The guys will get 'er done tomorrow! GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!

Yesterday MacLean claimed that the only three Senators doing their jobs were Anderson, Lehner and Smith.

I have jumped off any bandwagon yet but I certainly hope that the improvements start NOW and not later.  Bad habits become harder to break the longer they continue.   

Since he returned, Zibanejad would appear to have "understood the memo" that was sending him to Bingo.  I have liked his play the last couple of games.

Hopefully the team is well-prepared heading into Chicago tonight or else they will be badly embarrassed!

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!

LOVE it!!   

  with momr.

I agree with all that Billy said in his last three posts, so I won't repeat anything he said!   

And I agree with Jason too....ideally Detroit does  not even make the playoffs (and they came awfully darn close to that this past shortened season) but playing them in the first round works for me too!

As a hospital worker, I am biased against anything Mike Harris.

And as someone in education, Mike Harris was "the devil" when he was power.  The very fact that Hudak constantly reminds everyone that he "learned at the knee of Mike Harris" is something that, frankly, he should distance himself from.  As much as his base likes to hear it, many others cringe whenever they hear it.

The winning of only one byelection since the last provincial election in 2011 - even though it was in Toronto this past week - is nothing to brag about from the Leader of the official opposition at Queen's Park.  As "the premier in waiting" (same title he had previous to the 2011 elections) it's a pretty poor showing overall and should have, by now, shaken the confidence of his party that Hudak is simply not going to get it done, whenever the next provincial election takes place.

I hear you, Sasquatch, about just buying your Alfie jersey recently.  I didn't but I know many who did and combined with all the others 'out there', there's no doubt that Alfie jerseys outnumbered any other on the team by a large margin.  But like Jason said...go with it!! 

First to Doddy46....your comment about Eugene Melnyk "offing his ex-wife" is HUGELY inappropriate.  I understand a sense of humour.....THAT comment is simply not amusing in any way, shape or form.

A couple of thoughts about several comments made in previous posts by previous posters:

I agree with some that I am not totally buying Alfie's "story" but he's a veteran, likely just signed with his last team and I will respect whatever his reasoning is for sticking to his "chasing the Stanley Cup dream" with Detroit and not here.

I am not, however, going to start dissing the guy and saying that he was not a good leader when he was here since, for me, that's just sour grapes.  Hockey is a business.  There is less and less loyalty anywhere these days and that includes hockey.  Besides, Mark Messier obviously thought Alfie was a pretty good leader when he chose to give his leadership award this year to him.

I am a little tired of hearing about the $1M Alfie made for last season.  Reality is that was what he was paid out last year (for half a year so he 'lost' about half of it) but it was a frontloaded contract and the cap hit was (I think) $4.5M.  He actually got the main amount of that money a few years ago and, hence, did not "lose" as much during the lockout.  My point being, I'm not going to shed any tears for what he actually put in the bank during the lockout-shortened season.

As far as Eugene being a cheapskate......most millionaires are and THAT'S why they have money!  I agree that he has been more intent on sticking to a budget with the Senators now than when he first took over the team and there are no more free concerts for season ticket holders with the Eagles, etc.  The extravagance that he showed initially has really settled down.  But sh*t happens and clearly he is no longer a billionaire for a variety of reasons and yet he has apparently lost money on the Senators the last couple of years but people think he should just keep throwing more and more money at them?  I understand that "it takes money to make money" and all that but, as a Senators fan, I'm not having a big problem with how the team is rebuilding and moving forward.  While I certainly would have preferred to have Alfie continue on as Captain and retire as a lifelong Senator, I'm going to go with what I have heard - from Alfie and others - and move on.  Speculation is just too damned stressful!

As far as Alfie picking up that puck from his last goal scored......it was his 100th (or 200th?) playoff point he scored with the franchise.  Tons of players take "milestone" pucks.  Why would anyone think Alfie would be different in that regard?