Jeremy Laura: Ottawa scores 3 in third, beats Detroit in OT, but Kasper impresses

Belleville Senators 4. Kansas City Scouts. 3
Yes it’s preseason and I’m sick of everybody saying, “ it’s only preseason. “
Preseason is played to fine tune, not to stink.

Kasper looked damn good, kudos to the kid. I hope he stays in Detroit.
Detroit will probably dress a Junior Grand Rapids team in Toronto, not that it matters.
And if any of you dreamers out there think tomorrow’s performance against the Leafs Big Boys will be any better, I’ve got some Canadian Palm Trees to sell you.

To quote Sir Winston, “. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. “

Yeah !………..like the beginning of a Long Ugly Season.

Belleville Senators 4. Kansas City Scouts. 3
Yes it’s preseason and I’m sick of everybody saying, “ it’s only preseason. “
Preseason is played to fine tune, not to stink.

Kasper looked damn good, kudos to the kid. I hope he stays in Detroit.
Detroit will probably dress a Junior Grand Rapids team in Toronto, not that it matters.
And if any of you dreamers out there think tomorrow’s performance against the Leafs Big Boys will be any better, I’ve got some Canadian Palm Trees to sell you.

To quote Sir Winston, “. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. “

Yeah !………..like the beginning of a Long Ugly Season.
- GeoffY

To the point on Kasper, he doesn’t look like he gets frustrated. He just goes right back at it. There’s a mental side of this that we’ve seen younger players be able to tune into with Seider and Raymond. Kasper seems like he’s just making the adjustments.

Not to go too far down the well, but the “regulars” have been tough to watch at times. I’m with you on the preseason issue. Also wondering more and more if Debrincat shouldn’t move to the second line and put Kane with Larkin and Raymond. Debrincat would have a lot of defensive support with Tarasenko and (presumedly) Compher. All speculation, and tomorrow could certainly be a cup of cold coffee. Thanks for the drop in, always appreciated.

The Ottawa Cross Checkers 4, Detroit 3

For 2+, it was good,even saw an unusualy physical enagagement. Watson brings that to the game and we need it. Kasper's shown he 'this' close to being ready for being a permanent fixture. He's good. Both of his shots were impressive, he was quick to make a move, and mucked it up deep in the O-zone. Mazur looked like he's just about ready, MBN is gonna be good, Danielson is such a smart player. Eddy getting physical....dude was throwing at Eddy but hittin' air, that guy's got a huge wing-span!

I'm not impressed with how it ended. Defensive lapses, blown coverage....these are things that need to be worked on, no doubt, but to see them after seeing it last year as well?? There's something systemic causing that. If we want to be legit SCPO contenders, blowing it in the 3d can't keep happening. Losses are gonna come, but this has happened routinely for 2yrs. Gotta be fixed.

Was a good game. These kids are letting the grizzled vets know that they're ready to pounce and knock some vets outta the NHL. Very promising. I do like what I see.....