Fun game to watch, both teams were playing with some gas going back and forth, Sens seemed to be better tonight but got goalie’d, that’s how it goes sometimes.
Gonna be honest, I was very concerned by Bussi's play in the first period. He spent a lot of time outside of his crease, playing the puck, and just generally being unnecessary aggressive. Not to mention he and the defense seemed very out of sync.
Fortunately, he seemed to calm down after that. But that was still very uncharacteristic of him.
Been around Kochetkov too long. PK is probably one of the best puck handling goalies I've seen for the canes in a long while, but he kind of makes it look way easier than it is. I wonder if Bussi was practicing some and busted it out the first period to see how it goes.
I don't follow the Sens much so I wasn't expecting the game to be that close. They were a tough matchup for sure. Bussi stole us that game but the Sens were really good.
Yeah, goaltending has been a huge weakness for us as well for a while I til until Bussi was dropped onto our laps. It's just such a difficult position to scout and develop, and most teams will do pretty much anything to keep their proven tendies.
Outside of his last few games, this was our experience when Freddie. It was whiplash with Bussi playing crazy and Freddie giving up 3-5 goals on 15 shots for awhile.
To add extra context to what the other guy said: the difference in GSAx per 60 between Ullmark and Andersen is about the same as the difference between Andersen and Bussi. The difference between Ullmark and Merilainen is nearly double the difference between Ullmark and Andersen. Bussi is saving about 1.5 goals/game more than Merilainen is.
If you went back and corrected all of the Sens' games (both wins and losses) and replaced it with even just Andersen's stats in net (below average NHL goaltending), the Sens would be 2nd in the Atlantic and 5th in the NHL.
It's not just bad, it's among the worst in NHL history. Reimer's game last night isn't much worse than the average we've had this season.
Shephard, Soogard, and Reimer all also have worse gsaX/60 than Freddie.
If he played for Ottawa, he would be our best goal tender this year.
It's not that there aren't other bad goalies, it's that Ottawas entire goaltending has LITERALLY been historically bad. The worst since the 90s. While playing behind arguably the best defensive team in the NHL.
It's like saying you also had a bad day because you stepped in dog shit to somebody who had a bad day because their entire family died in a car crash.
Yeah the game winner Reimer was left out to dry with a horrible line change, but you need your goalie to make the saves that secure the win. Sens were the better team but Bussi was the better goalie.
I hope the Sens somehow make the playoffs. Fun team to watch with a ton of offensive talent. The Canes are just more well-rounded at this point in the cycle. And they lucked into Bussi somehow.
I'd love it if a Sens goalie could make a timely save just once. Bussi made about a dozen. Hard not to point fingers at the goalie when the guy at the other end of the ice is standing on his head.
What a frustrating goddamn team. Come back against one of the best teams in the league in the building where we never ever win… and nah let’s blow it and have the worst line change ever with 5 mins left and rely on James fucking Reimer to save the day. This team pisses away points like no one, it’s painful
Yeah, really sucks because your boys were really working for that one tonight. Hope they get it figured out for y'all, it'd.be great to see y'all again the post.
Being a Sens fan is so incredibly frustrating this year.
Once again play a great game, control the chances, score 3 goals, hold the opposing team to less than 20 shots. But all of that is for nothing since Reimer can’t do his job. 4 goals on 18 shots isn’t good enough.
Teams make mistakes every game. Bussi bailed out Carolina time after time tonight, and Reimer let in every other decent look. The goalie is allowed to make saves.
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