Ullmark no doubt is good but TBD is who will be the backup to him during the Sens’ regular-season opener. Merilainen didn’t have a great preseason after all.
Certainly the Sens can’t be taken lightly, and unlike during the last two games before this weekend’s one, they showed so on the scoresheet. Sam Montembeault, in a losing cause, still stopped 25 of 27 shots, and he needed to be sharp at times.
Monty appears ready to go even if, for precautionary reasons, they don’t let him start 60 or more games before the 2026 postseason. Who would’ve thought Monty would last regular season go onto start at least 60 games, not to mention three playoff ones? Two postseasons ago, Thatcher Demko of the Canucks started one playoff game before an injury would sideline him until well into last December. Monty appears likely to also avoid this season being sidelined for months at a time, something Demko didn’t three seasons ago. I don’t remember how many times I’ve watched that Sportsnet video clip of Demko clutching a hamstring of his after that injury late during the opening period of a Canucks’ home game against the Panthers.
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Sens are a much better and deeper team , sorry scabs fans 🤣
Oh yeah. Chump and chimp.
Another Leafs guy talking sens hockey. Where’s Meth ffs
Ullmark no doubt is good but TBD is who will be the backup to him during the Sens’ regular-season opener. Merilainen didn’t have a great preseason after all.
Certainly the Sens can’t be taken lightly, and unlike during the last two games before this weekend’s one, they showed so on the scoresheet. Sam Montembeault, in a losing cause, still stopped 25 of 27 shots, and he needed to be sharp at times.
Monty appears ready to go even if, for precautionary reasons, they don’t let him start 60 or more games before the 2026 postseason. Who would’ve thought Monty would last regular season go onto start at least 60 games, not to mention three playoff ones? Two postseasons ago, Thatcher Demko of the Canucks started one playoff game before an injury would sideline him until well into last December. Monty appears likely to also avoid this season being sidelined for months at a time, something Demko didn’t three seasons ago. I don’t remember how many times I’ve watched that Sportsnet video clip of Demko clutching a hamstring of his after that injury late during the opening period of a Canucks’ home game against the Panthers.