Sens at Land's End

I don’t have too much to say about today’s game. It wasn’t pretty, but it’s impossible to judge the team based on one game. They don’t know each other well yet. While I’d have liked to see a better effort, it’s difficult to get too concerned right now, especially when I think back to the Sens who set the world on fire for the first 20 games in 2007-2008 and then curled up and died.

Personally, I feel as rusty as the players looked. I was unable to see any pre-season games, so I didn’t know several of the new players’ numbers. When they showed the players during the anthems I realized I’d never even seen a picture of Matt Carkner. I saw Jonathan Cheechoo wearing number 41 and wondered why he had to switch from 14 because I’d forgotten about Chris Campoli. Yes, I’m out of practice.