Entering the season with some promise, the Senators find themselves once again outside of the playoffs looking in with many questions surrounding the team on and off of the ice. Should Ottawa make some more changes and consider trading a piece of the core? TSN Hockey’s Mike Johnson and Craig Button share their thoughts.
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Yes.
Yes! Trade Brady to the Red Wings for a 1st rd pick, Justin Holl, Oli Maata..
For years this was the Leafs. They'd get themselves firmly out of a playoff spot and then start playing well by the time it was too late.
On whether the Sens, well before training camp begins (likely) in September:
– SHOULD trade a piece of the core, I’d say nothing should be off the table
– WILL trade a piece of the core, I honestly dunno
Just in the 1st 0:15 of the video, Mike Johnson (colour commentator for TSN broadcast of games the Leafs and Hockey Canada‘s world-junior and adult men’s teams have played for quite some time) made a claim about the supposed great season the Sens were going to have. I saw in this season‘s version of the Sens, going into the season, as a POTENTIAL playoff team, but that had been because I’d figured that if they were going to finish in a playoff spot, they would finish fourth or fifth in the Atlantic Division. That has been considering that after a disastrous November 2022, they’d shown an ability to earn well over half the available points in enough months, but had finished about a short of a playoff position as the previous season the Canucks had. Last season the Canucks struggled so much that at best I had seen them as a potential playoff team, too, but not as good as they would end up becoming. Maybe the 2024–25 Sens’ season will, like the current Canucks‘ season is likely to end up becoming, end in a playoff appearance, but only time will tell if that happens.
The music 😂
Because they have pressure at the start of the season and no pressure once you are at the bottom of the standings
Turn the music up, I can almost hear mike
The music is insufferable and very distracting!
Does this trade make sense to you? Ottawa: Thomas Chabot, Dominik Kubalik, and Shane Pinto for New York Islanders: Ryan Pulock, J.G. Pageau, Oliver Wahlstrom – Benefits for Ottawa – moving Chabot allows Chychryn to be signed long term with Pulock on the left side. Pageau gives them a veteran presence in the faceoff circle and leadership. Wahlstrom may benefit from a change of scenery. Benefits for the Islanders – Chabot is a couple years younger than Pulock. Kubalik is an expiring contract and they can use that cap space next year. Shane Pinto is a local boy who may do well for the home team. – I don't think either team is making the playoffs this year; I'm an Islander fan; so this trade is for the future.
If Staios does not make a move, next season Sens will be paying over $20M to 3 left shot D. He can't spend that much of the Cap on one position. I like Chychrun, but if he can't play RD at a high enough level, he needs to move on.
Music was a bit much
turn the music up …..
Why can't they play like this in the first half?: Depth. Last year they started the season without Norris. This year it was Pinto. It was Pageau a couple years ago. Chabot has never played a full season. The team doesn't have the depth to replace players like this and it always comes back to haunt them.
As for moving a piece of the core. No. But I think the core has changed. It no longer includes players like Chabot and Norris and Batherson, but Giroux, Sanderson and Grieg along with Brady and Stutzle. Besides these 5 players and Zub (who is irreplaceable on the backend due to RD depth), anyone else should be moved if it makes the team better.
There’s the sens management group.. minus a certain ex~tsn employee.. guess you at least show him at the end of the video
Excuses for sure 😂don't sit on this line up yet🇨🇦
We've all been there 🇨🇦😁
Next year is now again…🇨🇦😁
No, the sens should change nothing. They wouldn’t wanna mess up their routine of being overhyped in September, irrelevant by December, & a meaningless stretch of wins in February.
Nobody should be considered untouchable.