The beer for tonight's game against the Flyers is Holsten Maibock 7.0%.
Sports writers are going to struggle for angles on this one (so I bet they'll go with either 'Leclaire inconsistent' or 'Ray Emery shows Sens what they're missing' for lack of better option). The Senators have been entirely faceless tonight.I can't think of one outstanding player who took the game into his hands. Usually, it's someone like Daniel Alfredsson or Jason Spezza who just says 'Fine, I'll do it'. But tonight, with those two shut down, it's up to some other players to step up.
Mike Fisher had done his part in the second period. Alex Kovalev? Jonathan Cheechoo? Milan Michalek? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Somebody had to step up to win this game for the Senators... but no one did. That's a product of a lack of aggression and creativity.
Much of that goes to Cory Clouston. TSN (as much as I hate to admit it) did a great job of illustrating how the Senators were sitting back for the whole game. Last season, Clouston was known for making the Sens a more aggressive team. Tonight? Nada.
Oh man. Starting to feel that beer. The label was right. Strong.
The easy way out would be to blame Pascal Leclaire. Though I'm certainly not impressed with his performance, if the Senators had not lost this game 5-1, they would have lost it 2-1. No offence, no wins. It's simple.
Still... I'm going to have to put this somewhere in the yellow-to-red for the Pascal Leclaire Advisory System. Tonight's game is unsettling.
Tip of the Hat:
- Beer. Just in general.
- TSN producers.
- Ray Emery - yeah, take that Sens.
- Trapezoids; other so-called 'bad angles'.
- Logos that almost look like a "P", but with feathers.
- Photoshop -- should be more beer-user-friendly.
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