the fact that haley played a game when we had less than 9 injured players is a joke. were watson, gudbranson, paquette, and josh brown seriously not enough muscle to take on... nathan beaulieu? and like... adam lowry? who tf is scary on winnipeg

white playing 2 games to date when he should be a top 9 regular is a joke. anisimov may have had a good camp but he’s been garbage and i don’t like him. i like paquette but he’s been garbage and doesn’t deserve a permanent spot when we have this much depth and youth. chlapik should get a shot, logan brown should get a shot, white should be a fixture, haley should never play again. i haven’t hated the bottom 3 most of the time (reilly, wolanin, coburn, j brown) but none of them has been amazing either as far as i can tell. with this much depth and a taxi squad, zub should get a shot and brannstrom should get a shot. hell i wouldn’t hate seeing aspirot get a shot, just change something up, promote youth and accountability, don’t promote mean and old because you can. these guys were brought in to support the kids not to be used as an excuse to bench them. if dj smith won’t do it dorion needs to have a chat with him. this is a crucial year for us and the kids need to be developed properly, which nobody can do from the press box

For real... Hell Nick Paul fought Nate Beaulieu last year lmao. And did better than Haley did too.

As far as the Defense, i think we've seen a significant enough gap between Coburn and Reilly and Wolanin, that there's basically no reason for him to be in the lineup if both of those guys are healthy. J.Brown has looked solid as the 3rd RHD, but he and Coburn just get shelled together. J.Bro can be a strong defender, but he needs someone who can exit the Zone.

As for Paquette, I think that experiment was coming to an end, even prior to the injury that took him out of the game. He played just 5:30 through two periods and didn't play in the 3rd, so he was on pace for like 8 minutes, which would be a huge cut from the 11-13 minutes he's been at so far this year. I expect Chlapik will draw in, and if Paquette misses any significant time, i have a feeling that will end up being a permanent replacement. I'm also guessing we aren't that far off of White being a regular in the lineup again.

It was tough to watch, and was worse as the game went on. I tweeted out a couple of the unusual line combinations, just baffled by them. Stepan, Brown, and Haley as the 2nd line near the end of the first period was one of them.

Brown didn’t have a great game. A couple of weak shots on goal, and inconsistent play. I’m not picking on him, I’m just saying his play was below what we expect from him.

There was a PK later in the game, and I’m wondering why Haley is out there because he’s all over the place, running around chasing too far out and completely out of position, more than aggressive, but rather overly ineffective aggressive, and then I realized it’s 28 not 38. A good player trying to do too much because of the play around him. One guy can’t turn the tide when there’s so much lack of skill on the team to support him. Haley, Anisimov, Watson, Paquette, Coburn, and even Stepan at times, are showing their lack of skill or age, and that’s 1/3 of the skaters.

Sens fans are frustrated, and each lose shortens the extremely long leash of the coach. Nothing we can do but watch, and hope.

Just do

Brady norris bath
Tim stepan dad
Brown tierney white
Paul chlapik watson

Chabot zaitsev
Wolanin gudbranson
Reilly brown

And get it over with