In this episode of The Hockey Writers Senators Roundtable, Ottawa Senators writers Jacob Billington, Dayton Reimer, and Paul Quinney get together to analyze the opening night line combinations, defence pairings, and goaltending tandem. They also talk about starting the season without Shane Pinto and Josh Norris and then finish the show with some predictions and trivia.
0:00 Intro
0:51 Top Line: Tkachuk – Stutzle – Giroux
1:38 Defence Pair 1: Chabot – Chychrun
3:35 2nd Line: Joseph – Greig – Batherson
7:46 Defence Pair 2: Sanderson – Zub
11:13 Goaltending Tandem: Korpisalo – Forsberg
14:08 Senators Still Missing Norris & Pinto
20:20 3rd Line: Kubalik – Chartier – Tarasenko
24:58 Defence Pair 3: Brannstrom – Hamonic
27:19 4th Line: Smejkal – Kastelic – Kelly
31:05 Predictions
39:44 Trivia
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4 Comments
Zub had a broken jaw for like a quarter of the season.. he didn’t drop as much as ppl talk about.. play through injury is a skill set of its own. *cough cough karls ankles
Chartier shouldn't even be on the roster along with McEwan and Kelly. It's criminal that Smejkal, Jarventie don't have roster spots. Norris is very concerning. Add to that Pinto hasn't had any camp or played any games yet… Not a good recipe for success or instill confidence in your team. I am predicting another slow start followed by the firing of DJ Smith and Pierre Dorion. Then they'll take off and make a push for the playoffs but likely fall short again. I was really hoping new ownership would put an end to the ridiculous roster decisions every year and stop PD from making foolish decisions sidelining one of his best young players. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think I am
Look at all the dead cao space. Why were any of those players bought out when the Sens weren't even ready tk compete and there wasn't a need for the cap space. Remove Dorion's mess ups and the dead cap space and Pinto's contract is a non issue!!! Fire Dorion before he messes anything else up!!
Smejkel, and Jarventie should be on the team. Kelly and McEwen haven't shown anything. McEwen is another Dorion mess up!!!!