FTP: Sens @ Blues 01/03/2025

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First Blues win in 2025 and the next FTP!
Enjoy!

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Holloway has been pretty good the last few games, hope we cool him off and get that win.

I wouldn't be surprised if Timmy was a scratch tonight but likely no word on any lineup changes until near game-time.

We have dropped 3 of the last 4. Need to get a win here to go to 5-3 on the roadtrip

Hope we get shutout Forsberg, not 4sberg.

The out of town scoreboard has been pretty generous to us as of late. We really need to get our act together and get on another win streak. Come on Forsberg, shut up all the haters with another random shutout!

Brady was not pleased yesterday. Hopefully they come out and attack tonight.

Hamonic Kleven pairing will take a load off a lot of Sens fans

Kleven with Hamonic, that's good news

Chucky doing good work in the d zone

Was it just me or was the blues player still getting off the ice when they dropped the puck for the faceoff?

Sanderson has needlessly iced the puck way too many times this year.
Stutzle is laboring out the e

Zub with the most playing time so far on defence

These lines suck

Shocking by chabot. And you know forsberg isn't stopping anything.

That was a sexy goal

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Chabot has the worst shot in NHL history

Norris with stutzle now tho.

muffin man strikes again

Stupid from tkatchuk

Maybe this will wake them up

That felt like a weird route to try to cut off Schenn there by Chabot

Let's get a shortie

Man Forsberg got violated on that goal.

That's a weak call

Greig all the time in the world. Somehow hits the guy in front of him with his clear

ref looking straight at it

That's a brutal non call on that high stick to Greig.

What the f*** is that penalty kill I've never in my life seen such a thing

I know the guy has had wrist issues but a shot from the point should have a bit more velocity than a "crisp pass."

part of the NHLs "Pro ref for a Day" for World Junior refs.

Let's f***ing go

On the puck carrier and disrupts a two on one and they figure, nah that's not a penalty....

Zub with 18 secs more than Sanderson and 1 min 36 secs more than Chabot

Looking like another low shot outing

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Green is starting to see you can't play gaudette lol. Hopefully scratched next game

Call me crazy but even outside the insane shooting percentage I thought he was actually playing really well in the first quarter of the year. Not sure what's happened since.

Yep. We have injuries so limited options but he shouldn't play much.

Disappointed to have Yakemchuk sent back to juniors. For development purposes of course. Half the season almost already done with. Geez.

And the wheels are off

Forsberg beaten by the backhand again

Chabot - Jensen OH MY!

copy and paste ass goal

Bro make a f***ing save

Forsberg and Soogard can be shipped out of Ottawa asap

Let's hope Montreal and Pittsburgh lose, both teams closing out on us.

Forsberg He can save it all!

Does he know he's allowed to leave his crease.

Team is cooked man. Some of it on them, a lot on this crazy scheduling, but they're out of gas.

Jesus Forsberg

Pull forsberg..... and never play him again

Well you're crazy.
But that original fourth line was playing fine.
But I mean he's a bad nhler. Plain and simple. Even if he looked like yzerman he was gonna be this.

Jesus christ. If it isn't Forsberg, it's a complete lack of offense.

When jensen and chabot are on
the ice you just have to get around jensen.

What a waste of a winnable game.

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Hilarious that these guys fooled us into thinking they could make the playoffs. We are such dunces

We need goalies who belong in this league

Feel like chabot stopped skating there

Chabot with a half assed effort to get back as well.

Forsberg could've saved one of those maybe, but we have four shots and are barely doing anything. They can't expect him to pull off a shutout so they can win 1-0 lol.

Might as well not have a goal stick if you refuse to use it. I know using it is pretty well trained out of modern goalies because of rebounds, but that was a gaping 5-hole facing a 1-on-2. Could have thrown the bloody stick in the corner for all the good it did him. Wild!

Foursberg is not an NHL goalie at this point

predictable besides the odd game and Ullmark, our goaltending isn't NHL level

Never host that f***ing tournament again

K what are we doing here. People get hit

Oh no Hamonic is injured. Our season is over.

Ouch. Hammer takes a lot of physical abuse on the ice but knees man.. Iykyk

What moron gave out a multi year deal to a goalie of Forsbergs calibre. He must surely be unemployed in the NHL by now.

LOL. Did I Hear that right TSN? AND POTENTIALLY DOWN ONE OF THEIR TOP DEFENCEMEN ?!?!

When it rains it pours team looks like dog s*** in JAN at this rate we may only win a game or 2 if we are lucky

Montreal will be one point behind us after tonight with the same amount of games played.

Forsberg was Ok until he injured both his knees

Tough break for hammer. Felt like the Sens were picking it up a bit in the 2nd half of the period, but then the old breakdown and a goalie that cant bail us out and bada bing bada boom. Still, gotta keep plugging in the 2nd

Montreal probably a better team besides goaltending

I disagree but they're winning games.

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Forsberg was awesome until he got hurt. I still 100% support that contract at the time.

He was always a journeyman goaltender

How many wins does Ottawa have when they allow the first goal like 2 all year ? Mentally weak when they fall behind change the channel and enjoy your evening not watching this pretender

So many players on this team have just disappeared

Well playoffs was a nice dream....if we dont get Ullmark back soon and wake up guys like Norris, Stutzle, Giroux its over

But he was an adequate backup. Ottawa's problem was giving him a 3 year deal.

The Chabot comments on here is everything I expected from him. Foutte l'ai dehors deja.

19 shots in last 4 periods of play.
Not even 5 shots a period.
Not nearly good enough.

doesnt big walt scout for st louis?
IMO they know how to keep us to the outside atm

It ain't over yet.

It's true

Kinda feels like it is.

I think the outcome of the rest of this game will depend on the line shuffling from Green.

Statistically, if we get scored on first we lose so yeah that's a pretty safe bet

4 Blues prospects on Czechia too. Be nice to get some revenge here

That was my point. A multi year deal to a journeyman goaltender is not usually a recipe for success

The deal was borderline starter money, not a smart offer

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Hamonic is legit Wolverine.
I've never seen a player go down with brutal looking injuries, only to come back.

Bennington unfortunately realized you are allowed the come out and challenge the shooter ...

Sanderson actually beat the guy at the blue line. And then seemingly panicked and let it go. This team needs someone dynamic back there

Blues are aggressive we can't get any zone time. Our forecheck is non existant.
Binnington gas been doing a great job back there settling pucks and setting up the Blues D for breakouts

I look forward to when Cousins is no longer on this team

I say Pierre Dorion has a better healing factor than Hamonic. He has taken beatings after beatings to only come back for more.

For gosh sake, let's f***ing go

Every one looks gassed

Cousins is the least of our problems

He has been quite good as of late.

That Yegendorf/Rashid commercial makes my skin crawl. f***ing parasites.

Volchenkov makes Hamonic look like a wuss.

How is that a loose pick battle and not just straight up interference?

Well 8 games in on the road trip and the 3rd back to back is starting to show.

Chabot is hysterical man. Like the guy just flexes that stick and the puck goes nowhere

I think someone needs to tie up Chabot and slap him until he understands that's he needs to shoot/release the puck quicker.

Blues have been getting away with a lot of little interference

Need to get the puck to the corners not behind the net

Hockey clinic from the Blues tonight

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They haven't done anything g

There we go with that Bell smoker's voice one again.

It's the "dark period". We need an "enlightened period"!

Looks like Tom Seguras wife, sounds like my Grandma after rippin cigs for 8 hours straight at bingo

Kinda feels like this team forgot how to skate.

Nice, too bad we aren't competing in the Justice League...

They just had like 3 days off between games, they looked cooked yesterday too...don't think that's an excuse

Ottawa looks travel tired.

Refs absolutely refusing to make a call

They can't get through our neutral zone either.

Gotta stop sandbagging Stutzle with Gaudette.

We gotta stop these cross ice passes in the neutral zone

They do but clearly they're playing a structured defensive game.

Has Green pulled a goalie yet this year?

Pull Forsberg, he can't make a save

This team is on f***in life support

Pull him

Wow that's annoying as shit. f*** off

Dejected bench

Page number: 8

You could safely land a 747 through Forsbergs 5hole man, jfc

We have 1.5 goalies across two professional clubs

Forsberg wtf, make a damn save you bum...waive him

I don't know why this team keeps giving forsberg chances. He has been God awful.

What in the world is Norris doing.

Our bottom six carried us through the win streak. If they're not on, we're done. Top 6 is useless.

ya I think Forsberg should get waived once Ully comes back, I feel way better with Levi.

Anton 4rsber5

really no excuses for the guys o have no legs tonight

Sanderson just defers to whoever his partner is how can you create with him back there. Doesn't want to do anything except pass to to his oartner

They've been travelling for how long for how far now? You're bound to get tired.

The eye roll and head tossed back while saying "of course" is something I deeply resonate with

I think we are stuck with Forsberg until the end of the season. I would rather watch Meri play than him. When Ullmark comes back, we should try to get rid of him.

Forsberg's 5 hole was literally 3 feet across. That was not a great shot.

Zub needs to get his timing back. Too many poor plays.

They all went back to Ottawa during the 6 days off.
So it's the 4th game now.

The only organization that would take him is a Dorion managed one

It's the second half of a back to back, they gave Levi the better team.
Playing a 22 yr old rookie in back to back games isn't something you do

Just waive Forsberg and save 300k on the cap if we send him down and keep Meri.

The job of a sieve is to let certain sized material through it.

3 goals on 12 shots , . 750% SV

Forsy is cooked. Goodbye, my good friend...
Can still end the road trip over .500 with a W in Detroit.
I wish Ullmark steps in and plays. It would be amazing for team vibes and momentum

I'd rather have a tired rookie than a useless f***in pinecone tbh

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Do we fail to hit 15 shots again, y/n

Star Wars night is the dumbest night in the league. I wish players would boycott playing on those night.

Top 6 has no idea how to score 5 on 5. We need an even strength coach.

Norris has been extremely bad this game.

Norris is gonna get scratched soon my goodness the guy can be truly ass

Forsberg is dressed as AT-ST for Star wars night in St Louis given how big his five hole has been.

Crazy we have two goalies proven to be useless trash in such a short period of time. Hope this is his last game in a Sens jersey, no point trying to save these bums who as useful as tampons in a senior care home.

We have exactly 2 top 6 wingers. And one is the most inconsistent player we have who is playing like shit

Pittsburgh ties their game lol

What happened to Hamonic for him to slide into the zone on one knee?

Apparently all it took to completely kill this team was two days off in Texas

Well it was an enjoyable 10 game stretch. See you all in 2035 when the rebuild is done.

Going to be 1-4 over the last 5 soon. Giving the ground from that nice win streak right back.

Ooooh, Chababy!

We have a goal!

down by 2 in the third . . . there's a chance !

Jesus we needed that BADLY

Looked offside.

Oh no offside?

oh no. Of course its gunna be offside lol

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This looks like a shutout type of game..just brutal

One of those nights

Likely offside if they challenged

Ugh, absolutely offside.

Offside by Reinhardt

Damn we just can't catch a break can we....

Just cannot catch a break right now.
Edit: It's insanely deflating to watch that.

Unfortunately two nights in a row.
If Sogaard wasn't a complete sieve we could have gotten a win in Winnipeg and then this wouldn't hurt as much

Maybe someone could knock Norris back to his senses

January doldrums are here.

Team played better when they were getting traded in the media. Now they are back to coasting after it died down.

We found Adrianopolous.

January is the new November

I need to see more action from Staios here.
This goaltending problem isn't going away when (if????) Ullmark comes back.

Page number: 11

Merilainen has been good, just waive Forsberg

Brady has become that clown makeup meme by giving the media that quote and then following it up with this game

He's one of the only guys with any push.

Gimme Levi in the 3rd
Shake it up a bit.

The entire team look like clowns

Going to chalk this up as another loss. Boys if we lose to the Wings on Tuesday I think we're going to embark on a long losing streak.

heart over hype

We already have problems with Forsberg; however, I think Merilainen would likely benefit from another season in the AHL.
The most important question now is: Should I stay up to watch the rest of this game or go to bed!

Pens lose in OT, tie us in points but we have games in hand tiebreaker.

Any update on Ullmark?

Eating nachos in the press box...

Hey, they actually called something

Didn't come on the trip, he's at home all nice n cozy

I really don't know where we are going to find 2 more top six wingers for next year.

I was just thinking that. Let him get his game back in the A

Nice fan there by Stutzle

Decent pp. Let's build on that

Wtf make the clear call

Hell of an egregious missed call

am I the only one noticing that we are always only 2 guys or 3 guys pushing on breakouts?

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What's the point? We can't score on the PP...

Look what broberg just did at the blue line. Sanderson would never

We at least looked like we had some life on the PP, might also make St Louis more aware they can't just keep clutching and grabbing all game long with no consequences as well

Can't exit the zone can't get zone time

Lol what an absolute mess

Pp has been running at 25% in the last 5 games

Props to Forsberg releasing pucks to get this abomination over

at least we hold our wildcard for another night. Need a big game in Detroit.

My memory admittedly is short. All I know if we didn't do squat yesterday and today and both times we're playing like dog shit

Lol the Blues are legit toying us

Yeah, it was crap against Dallas but looked good today.

Sanderson is terrified to generate any sort of offense with his skating

Third or fourth time tonight I have observed that the Blues seem like they are on the PP in our end when they are not. Total dominance and zero effective defensive play. Absolute trash - nothing going for the Sens. This is a truly pathetic performance for sure - totally disjointed!

What the f*** is this for real?

Feels like we touched the puck for 5 mins this entire game

Zub is bad luck. Trade him for Brannstrom

Having a bit of a setback year and his confidence is shot.

embarrassing how bad the skating has been by Ottawa.

Wait until you see the passing

This is bad. This is really bad.

So Leevi in on Tuesday?

The blues run a crazy amount of interference

4-0

Of f***ing course.... Saad!

Lmao what an embarassing game by this team.
Zero execution.
Zero cohesion.
Zero effort.
Big fat zeros tonight.

Page number: 13

FOURsberg

Lots of incidental interference//clutch and grab with louis not getting called
**edit 4sberg

Of course he was going to shoot, Forsberg.

There's the FOURSberg

Forsberg can't help himself. Won't cover a puck, always plays it. Batherson trying too hard, misses an open pass then doesn't see an open Stutzle.

Waive Forsberg tonight.

f***ing another missed call and immediately a goal the other way, f this game

You certainly can't go back to forsberg after this. Dude is toast

I didn't know the NHL wives were contractually obliged to pick up the hats!

Forsberg has been horrible but we weren't even close to scoring a goal tonight besides the Chabot offside goal.
Even with Ullmark this is a loss.

840 save percentage.
He was able to con one of the worst GMs in modern NHL history for over 8 million in earnings.

Damn I should have asked Dorion for a job too

I'll take that or ebug!

Forsberg has been bad but it's not his fault we're losing, we can't generate any offense.

thanks to Nick Foligno and the Hawks goalie for keeping the Habs at bay for a night. Every time I flipped to it the Habs were completely all over them.

Habs lost.
Doesn't really change much but f*** those clowns I hope they have a miserable evening too.

33 shots last 2 games.
Lmao let's forget these games asap.

frustrating game. Hopefully they can put it behind them and get back at it.

Can't blame him for the loss when we don't score a goal but he was legit terrible

Schenn acted like he was gutted with a knife from that love tap from Timmy

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Would take him any day on this team.

Simply going to need Ullmark back healthy stat or we are going to be free falling in January.

It is an excuse on the tail end of a nine game road trip with three back to backs included lol.
Doesn't mean they couldn't have mustered up more energy to at least lose in a more competitive way though.

Team has been playing poorly for a while now. Not generating any offense. Don't have the legs to play the aggressive style that got their season turned around.

Sanderson and Batherson were invisible.
Brady and Greig had some jump, Chabot made some things happen but after that there wasn't much.
Refs allowed a lot of clutch and grab and interference, and we weren't able to fight through it.

Stu is fighting the flu. Wonder if it's running through the team

Sure Forsberg wasn't great but we're not winning any game with zero goals. Need to finish this road trip off with a win.

Road to the basement

It's not even a loss that's disappointing, its that we get shutout and only put up 20 shots on goal. The team can play so much better than that and not get blanked by the Blues smh

I hope it's the flu because if not................... my god

Clearly is. We haven't played a game like that all year. Let alone two in a row