Qu’est-ce qui s’est démarqué lors de la victoire 5-1 des Sénateurs contre les Ducks? Où voyez-vous Ottawa finir dans la Conférence Est ? La critique du jeu de Linus Ullmark en début de saison était-elle justifiée ? L’analyste d’ESPN NHL, Kevin Weekes, se joint à Jay Onrait pour discuter de tout ce qui concerne les Sénateurs d’Ottawa.
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His early season play was absolutely deserving of criticism. He wasn’t playing up to expectations, nor up to that contract he was given. His GSAX was deeply negative. His current play, however, has been excellent.
Low vibration post. Gutter crap. Focus on his last 5 starts! Focus on the here and now.
Why does no one talk about how Anaheim has wasted the prime years of john gibson and will probably do the same to dostal…they get these amazing goalies but their defense is atrocious and they cant outscore their problems even though they have these offensively gifted forwards…
Ulmark had one, maybe 2 decent seasons with minimum workload. He's not a true starter!!!!
It’s the ducks… they rolled over for him
He’s been unreal lately
Overlooked in all the Ullmark criticism is how god awful Ottawa's defense was playing. A lot of slumping of a team that definitely has playoff potential in the current Atlantic. People act like goalies don't need to learn how a defense plays.
The guy comes to a new team with a new system. Adapting on and off the ice takes time. He can´t be expected to save everything, especially everything a lousy D lets through.
I think things were blown way out of proportion with Ullmark at the start of the season. It didn’t help that he missed two and a half weeks with a groin injury. Then on top of that he was on a new team, getting used to his teammates and a new system, adjusting to living in Canada for the first time. It’s very common for a player coming to a new team to need time to get comfortable and in a good rythm.
Now he’s looking fantastic and exactly like the guy Ottawa expected to get when they acquired him. He’s a stud. He’s elite. He’s a top 10 goaltender.
Teams should be afraid! Come January when the Sens get rid of their November blues and done Celebrating Christmas, they coming in hard and if they do like the last 2 years where they get .600 in the last months of the year, they'll be in a hunt for a spot.
sure hes deserving of criticism, but was it blown out of proportion? yes.
was it also probably somewhat enhanced by sens fans hailing him as jesus the saviour and simultaneously harping on november starts + coming off injury? yeah thats probably not a good strategy! its 82 games. some dumbasses were saying put him on waivers. my god people are stupid as bricks
Yes, the criticism was FOR SURE warranted, Ullmark single handedly lost the sens 4-5 games near the start of the season.
Henri Nikkanen is a player for free , Ottawa should give a shot.