Welcome again to a different version of Ottawa Senators Information & Rumors. On this installment, we’ll have a look at the aftermath of the Oct. 1 preseason matchup in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens. Issues received out of hand all through the sport, and the Senators ended up with Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, and Thomas Chabot leaving the sport with accidents and never returning. We may also have a look at the affect Ridly Greig had on the sport, and the way it will lead into the common season.
Stutzle Will get Headshot From Arber Xhekaj
The digicam angles on the precise play weren’t nice, however based mostly on what is offered, it’s unclear how a lot contact Arber Xhekaj’s elbow had with Stutzle’s head on the play.
Within the second interval of play, after issues had been already getting dicey, Xhekaj made a cross-ice hit try and received his elbow excessive in a “rooster wing” type hit. Stutzle instantly fell to the ice and whereas he received again up pretty promptly, there was numerous consideration being centered on his nostril.
Some angles seem to point out it being Stutzle’s personal stick hitting him, whereas others have proven the elbow making contact. Neither one reveals definitively what triggered the harm, however regardless, it was an affordable shot by Xhekaj with a transparent try to injure.
Tkachuk Stands Up For Stutzle, Will get Injured
Instantly after the hit Xhekaj delivered on Stutzle, captain Tkachuk did what all people anticipated and dropped the gloves with Xhekaj. It wasn’t a really spirited battle, and neither participant landed any good punches as Xhekaj went to the ice in a short time, however Tkachuk ended up leaving the sport with an harm and didn’t return.
There’ll at all times be fights to go together with Tkachuk’s play, and this can be a situation the place it’s definitely okay for him to be preventing, however it additionally reveals the precise cause why basic supervisor Steve Staios went out and bought gamers like David Perron, Nick Cousins, and has Zack MacEwen within the lineup. On prime of that, coaching camp was a troublesome one, like head coach Travis Inexperienced sometimes has.
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Tkachuk is a celebrity participant, and lacking time as a consequence of accidents suffered in fights, and even having him within the penalty field for 5 minutes, may be detrimental to the staff.
Once more, on this case, it made good sense for Tkachuk to battle, and whereas there haven’t been any harm updates on Tkachuk, the hope is that it was simply precautionary and never a hand harm.
Chabot Leaves Sport, Causes Unknown
There have been no particular performs that clearly triggered an harm to Chabot in the course of the recreation, and it was introduced by the Senators Communications account on X that he left and wouldn’t return. They did clearly state that it was precautionary, and that might imply one million various things.
Chabot has been injury-prone, and after coping with a number of totally different accidents final season, the hope is that with the sport being meaningless and getting out of hand, they pulled him from the sport so he didn’t push himself too laborious if there’s a minor harm surfacing.
All three of the gamers who left are to be evaluated on Oct. 2, in line with Inexperienced. Whether or not the information comes out instantly or not, all three star gamers being injured isn’t excellent news.
Ridly Greig’s “Friendship” Tour
Ridly Greig confirmed up on many individuals’s radar after the infamous empty-net slapshot that led to Morgan Rielly cross-checking him within the head. Since then, Greig hasn’t had any indicators of slowing down from his extraordinarily pesky play. Earlier within the preseason, he was tripped up by Toronto Maple Leafs ahead Pontus Holmberg, and it seemed to be a transparent goal on him.
In opposition to the Canadiens, Greig wasted no time exhibiting off his pesky play by delivering a late hit to Kirby Dach, who has had a slew of harm points currently. The hit was clear outdoors of being late, however Dach nonetheless ended up going to the locker room however would return later within the recreation.
A couple of minutes later, Canadiens defenseman Jayden Struble hit Greig with a near-identical hit. Clear, laborious, however late. Greig skated it off and the trade didn’t quantity to something instantly.
Within the third interval, Dach had adopted Greig round, with a couple of pushes and slashes, and ended up with a roughing penalty. Upon leaving the penalty field, Dach and Greig met once more and this time had a reasonably long-lasting battle. There weren’t many laborious punches landed, however the ardour within the battle was there.
Greig is drawing penalties, giving the staff power, and enjoying nicely on each side of the puck. There isn’t far more he may be doing to make an affect on the staff.
Whereas we await harm updates, last preseason cuts, and bulletins from the staff, you’ll want to come again for the entire newest information and rumors surrounding the Senators.
