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Scott, maybe you could let Don and Ron know that Huskins isn't from Kanata. He's from Almonte, a town about 35 km west of Kanata and the home of James Naismith, founder of basketball.

Beside's the referee's in the series, the thing I am most dissapointed with is having to listen to the Toronto Maple Leaf commentator call the Sens Games. It's painful enough having to listen to him when the Sens play the Leafs let alone the playoff's!!

The sens don't have a chance now..
i knew that ducks would win after they beat the canucks as easy as they did
and when U play hockey or watch it long enough U know how player's deal with things and when captian of the sens , the leader hits a guy with the puck and he did do it to hurt him but when his team see's something like that the fustration rubs off on the other player's and if the sens want to win they don't need to handle stuff like that with the media and the sens are not done yet they can win this thing but everyone of the guys have to step it up not just the go to guys everybody and they need to play smart and not choke like they have in past years but when it all comes down to it the ducks will take atvatage of what they have and will end it fast

I have to ask only one thing.How much does it cost to buy your Stanley Cup ? I see 4 Referees on the ice every game but they seem to disappear after each faceoff.Slashes,elbows and gloves in the face all ignored.I note Pronger's elbow not one of them apparently seen it.I also think Alfredson's shot at end of period 2 warranted unsportsmanlike penalty at least. I think if you want ratings to improve and hockey to be taken seriously get refs with eyes.

**fast facts** we stand on guard for thee...CAN someone pass these facts on to Don Cherry for tonights game?????

***ANAHEIMS ALL CANADIAN STARTING LINE UP***

Goal Defence forwards

giqure pronger mcdonald
beauchemin kunitz
niedermayer getlaf
odonnell penner
jackman perry
huskins niedermayer
dipenta moen
thornton
may
IF YOU WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH DEFENCE, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN HERE!!!!!

Really, if Anaheim wins the Stanley Cup will spend more time in Canada than if the Sens win. If you want to support Canadian Hockey....how about supporting the Canadian players that are playing in Anaheim.

My, my, Sens' fans. Whatever happened to Alfie-MVP? If Tucker had done something similar, he would be hailed as a great competitor who was frustrated. When the Rocket went berserk in Boston (no penalty or suspension to Hal Laycoe by the way), what was the fans' reaction in Montreal? A riot. In Ottawa, especially the media today, there is a pandering to outside criticism and no support to a player who has given everything he has to the franchise and the city. Not to condone what he did, intentional or not, but back off the hype and the excessive coverage. This would not happen in Toronto or Montreal.

The fact is that the Sens are losing to a bigger, better team right now (and they are not winning many faceoffs either!!). Period.

The Ducks are just a better team then Ottawa. There's no excuse that can explain why the Sens are down. I think they've played very hard and very well at times but just haven't been able to maintain it for long stretches of time. Even though they've been clearly outplayed for 3 or 4 games, had they been a bit better around the net they could have probably taken at least 1 other game. I predict the series will end tonight with a 2-1 or 3-1 victory for Anaheim. The Sens put up a good fight. The Ducks were able to keep their best players in check and completely eliminate one of them (Spezza, who has been the worst player in the series). They also occasionally made some of the Sens D-men look foolish a number of times, such as Redden and Mazzeros.

I agrees, sit Spezza down and call someone else in. He's been horrible, reaching for pucks and making passes to noone. He's afrais to take hit!!!! Without his playmaking prowess, Heatley won't score and neither will Alfreddson. I say move Fisher on that line to take care of Paulsson and move Spezza down. Either way lets face it....The series is over. They can't come back from that. We'll see the cup hoisted in Anaheim tonight!

When the going get tough the tough get going. Spezza is a great open ice guy but he does not hit. He needs to be put only on the powerplay and the bench otherwise. His refusal to hit and skate quickly to check is why the senators are losing by one goal instead of winning. His Jersy is always around when a goal is scored against us.

If you have been watching the Ottawa Seantors all year as I have, you would realize that Alfredsson could not have hit Neidermayer from that far away even if he wanted to. On most slap shots from inside the blue line this year, he has missed the net, so how in the heck could he hit a player from that far way. He was probably just aiming for the net again.

Give me a break Carol... who apologizes for a hit they made on someone... who apologizes for a trip... this is pro sports and a contact game... These things happen. And you are expected to walk away and shake it off. Did Colby Armstrong from the Penguins apologize to Patrick Eaves after he knocked him out and gave him a concussion? No. You don't goat over the guy and say "Hey, I am sorry for hitting you." Was it intent to injure? No. Cuz its part of the game. He did feel bad, but he shrugged it off and played the rest of the game.

Regardless of whether he intentionally did it or not, you'll never get an apology, and you'll never be able to prove what he was thinking.

no one in their right mind could believe Daniel Alfredsson didnt hit Niedermayer on purpose, not only did he pause after his wind up, he looked up for a brief second to see where Niedermayer was located on the ice then delivered the shot directly at him in the dying seconds. If that doesnt merit ATLEAST a 1 game suspension, theres something very wrong. But he doesnt care about the Stanley cup, he'll collect his paycheck and in a couple of days he will be off to Sweden for the summer and forget about the sens fans that actually think he is a good captain. what a disgrace

Right after the first game, the Sens knew the Ducks were going to hit everything. Although it's only one player, McGratton should have been in the lineup in game 2. He's your enforcer, he's a hitter, he's what Ottawa needs to give them a spark. Sure they have Neil, but he's given them one good game in 4. As of right now too, I'd scratch Speeza because he's doing more harm then good (have you ever seen anyone more afraid of being hit in your life?), give Neil a shot on the top line for some checking purposed, and move McGratton onto Neil's line. Even though Heatley hasn't played well either, he hasn't been nearly as bad as Speeza (Can anyone remember the last important face-off he's won too?). That's just my two cents.

You're absolutely right in your comments.

The Sens were beaten to the puck, with one or two exceptions weren't physical, and just didn't appear to have the desire to win while Anaheim did.

While I think the Ducks play a chippy game, especially Pronger, they are proving they should be there and deserve everything that comes to them.

Do you want proof the Alfredsson hit Niedermayer on purpose? Did he looked at all surprised that the puck hit him? no. did he apologize on the ice? no. Alfredsson saw the puck hit him, and completely unphazed, skated away. Does that sound like the way someone would act after hitting someone by accident?