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It’s Another Year of Disappointment for the Sens. How Do They Fix It?



Ottawa was supposed to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot, but they never recovered after a rough start.

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38 Comments

  1. Making Korpisaelo a starter was their biggest mistake. He can be a decent back up playing 20 or 30 games, but not a starter.

  2. Sens better use the relocation of the Arizona Coyotes as their long-warranted wakeup call as to what can happen if teams are horrible for a long time. The leash will be even shorter considering it's a Canadian market. Alos fun fact: No other Canadian market has missed the playoffs for 7 season in a row since the 05 lockout. Let that sink in.

  3. i dont feel bad "edit"since the most vocal "edit" sens fans talk alot of shit despite not achieving anything in the past 7 years

  4. Mitch Marrner for Jakob Chychrun plus others (prospects, picks, maybe Claude). At this point the Sens need a good regular season and getting into the playoffs and I believe Marner would help them accomplish such a task. Once they are there, all bets are off.

  5. Are they gonna have to rebuild a rebuild? Seems to me that’s the territory they’re in what with the issues on the blue line and in net with a couple of bad contracts thrown in.

  6. Ad a panthers fan I think the sens can turn things around by giving us brady tkachuk and letting him play with his brother.

  7. I'm curious what Sens fans think of Brady as a captain. From the outside he seems too easy to neutralize at times by getting him riled up off the puck. Not saying it'd be like the Bruins giving Marchand the C back when he was licking guys, but he lives on the edge and I could see where it might annoy some fans while others love the passion.

  8. I would say they need a number 1 goalie so bad its not even funny
    giving up on Filip Gustavsson was the biggest mistake
    and then not signing cam talbot killed them
    and them trying to fix that with Korpisaelo also failed
    so mabye a trade with the bruins would be a good idea

  9. It’s easy to fix:

    Step 1: Accept you need to rebuild, trade away best players on expiring deals, ideally getting young prospects/centers to build around.

    Step 2: draft high, in the 3-5 range, hoping for a top 2 pick but preparing to not get that.

    Step 3: use those picks to get a franchise winger and center, ideally one who could be captain material.

    Step 4: by this point, young prospects should be good young players now, and your high draft picks will be great young stars. Now we need to fill out the roster with more veterans.

    Step 5: trade for/sign a veteran player who is still good, maybe a captain from a rebuilding team who’s looking to go elsewhere. This will help mentor the younger core.

    Step 5: acquire a legit defenseman via trade, be willing to trade a first/second round pick. Now you should have a solid top 3 d core.

    Step 6: slightly overpay for a UFA goalie, because they’re tough to predict in the draft, and all high picks were used on forwards and maybe a defenseman or two.

    I don’t see how you could do this and still miss the playoffs.

  10. They need to change the culture DJ smith built I think Martin did a good job of it and a good coach next season will hopefully get them on the right track

  11. ooh this team is in trouble for the next 4 seasons. Im predicting it now. The issue is by then will there be any fans watching this team? They cant do anything big for changes thanks to Dorion and Melnyk. Dorion should have never blown the core up completely from 2016. If they didnt, your top line could have been Tkachuk/Zibanejad/Stone. Second line could have had Grieg(or any other veteran left winger) / Pinto / Batherson. Imagine Chabot still with Demelo, and Sanderson with Karlsson? In goal, wouldnt even matter. All this could have happened if they would have stayed the course and built through the draft. Instead, Dorion blew it all up.

  12. Their goaltending is a big problem, and goalies are a hot commodity in the NHL. If I were their GM, I would have to take a risk on an unproven or cheaper goalie I can afford and expect some progress from all the young guys.

  13. I wouldnt mind Detroit picking up Kubalic again for an upgrade for Fabbri or Sprong if need be. Just saying he was decent for us last year and knows our system

  14. I think the most important thing Shannon wants us to understand from this video is that nothing will surprise him.

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