Sens at Land's End

I can’t be the only one who thinks of David Puddy from Seinfeld every time I hear about the Devils, can I? “El diablo!” I also say “Gotta support the team” a lot. Alright then, moving on.

Breaking the Opposition. One of Gary Galley’s keys to the game for the Devils was “Score early, opposition is fragile.” Before he’d even had a chance to say that, the Devils scored a goal 40 seconds into the first period, at which point I’m pretty sure I saw the Sens shatter into 20 little man-sized piles of shards of broken glass. Well done, Devils. Well done.

Bad to Worse. So that was a great start for our heroes. And it was all downhill from there. The Sens tied a season low with only three shots in the first period. They were down 2-0 by the first intermission. In the second, Jarkko Ruutu went in on a shorthanded two-on-one with Chris Kelly and scored a nice goal to bring the team within one. Just as it seemed they might be getting a bit of momentum going, however, Christoph Schubert to an asinine holding penalty — no really, I know how unlikely that seems but I swear he did. The Devils scored 10 seconds into their power play, and even better, it was one of those very demoralizing last minute goals. To recap, then, the Sens allowed a goal in the first minute of the first and the last minute of the second.

Remember When At Least Our Defense Was Good? Luckily, the two goals they gave up in the third were harmlessly scored during the middle part of that frame. Phew! Except, OH WAIT!! Allowing goals in the middle of the period is still bad! And the Sens have now given up four or more goals in three of their last four games. They also allowed the Devils three power play goals today. It seems like only a few days ago I was thinking about how if they weren’t scoring, at least they were keeping the puck out of the net, and if the power play sucked, well, at least the penalty kill was alright. You know why it seems like only a few days ago that I was thinking that? Because it was only a few days ago! What happened?!

You know, I’m not really happy with any player on this team right now. But there is one person in particular I’ve just had it with. I don’t mean to scapegoat anyone: suckage of this magnitude can only come from a full team lack of effort. This guy, though, has severed my last nerve. That’s why he gets a special mention in today’s instalment of …

Christmas for the Sens!

Go away, Schubert!

Christoph Schubert, you are officially dead to me. That was the very last stupid penalty I can stand to see you take in a Sens uniform. Consider this me, offering you a one-way ticket out of town. I don’t care where you go. Anywhere. Go win a Cup in Detroit, or retire and open a deli in Sudbury! Whatever! I don’t care, as long as you just. Get. Off. My. Team!