Category "Blog"

-Paul MacLean was happy with 54 minutes of his team's effort, feeling that the end of the second and beginning of the third was their primary problem last night.  He acknowledged their powerplay needs to be much better, and "We didn’t play our best. We...

-I wanted to include quotes from players going into tonight's games, but you've heard all the cliches before.  The analysis offered in the papers has been deep and meaningful, with astonishing insight like goaltending will be important.  For my part I dive into the numbers...

-Here's my playoff preview, with a more detailed look at Ottawa's series to come.  Like most of the experts I haven't picked many upsets (going by the overall standings I've only picked one in the first round; my Cup prediction takes a hit as the...

The origins of the "Yes We Can", aka #YesWeCan, Sens fan slogan and/or rallying cry is thoroughly explained in my April 2nd article.  The premise being that Obama's "Yes We Can" slogan would be an excellent choice for the Sens 2012 playoff campaign for two...

-Like everyone else I made pre-season predictions and it's time to look at how I did.  I kept my prognostication to the Eastern Conference (with publications cited alongside me, McK=McKeens, THN=The Hockey News), with their actual positions in bold: 1. Washington (McK 1st, THN 1st,...

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-Kevin Sellathamby turns off his spell check and looks at the Mike Green-Erik Karlsson comparison.  It's not something that worries me as a fan--I think Green is a more physical player, but looser defensively--but for those who are anxious for Karlsson to win the Norris...

-The Sens achieved the best possible result last night as they dropped to eighth to face the New York Rangers (beginning Thursday).  While Ottawa might have been able to beat Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins over a seven game series, it's not something they've...

-Daniel Alfredsson doesn't expect the game this afternoon to be full of fireworks, "I don’t think it will be an overly physical affair."  Paul MacLean de-emphasized the importance of the game: It’s more important to be prepared for that day. One thing I’ve learned over...

-There will be no final game drama in the NHL to decide who does or doesn't get into the playoffs--all sixteen teams were set as of last night.  Positioning jockeying remains, but there will be a large number of meaningless contests to close out the...