Senators Management
Stability Central in Centre Swap
July 23rd, 2016 Sometimes, breaking down a trade is an exercise in futility. Draft picks exchanged in deals take years to develop and even when they do, it's often arguable that a different player would have been selected by the pick's original owner. Sometimes, the consequences of a...
Sens Leaning on Prospect Pool After Injury-Riddled Season
July 7th, 2016 With the recent announcement of a League expansion, last week’s free agency period became one of the most anticipated in years, and, the Ottawa Senators did exactly as everyone expected—not much. Related: NHL Approves Las Vegas Expansion It’s no secret that the...
New Sens Personnel Look to Escape Mediocrity
June 29th, 2016 It’s been almost a decade since the once-almighty Ottawa Senators were in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. Since then, they’ve struggled to make the playoffs, failing to make it past the second round and sporting an unexceptional record of 339-278-87, according to nhl.com....
Ottawa Senators Have Options Looking Ahead of Draft
June 22nd, 2016 The Ottawa Senators have flown slightly under the radar in relation to the number of prospects that will be ready for the NHL in a short matter of time. They have many talented defencemen in the Major Junior ranks as well as the AHL and European pro leagues. A few young...
Guy Boucher Brings Winning Pedigree to Ottawa
May 20th, 2016 Hockey coaches come in all shapes, sizes and temperaments. No general manager or team for that matter, will sacrifice a winning coach for almost any reason. Take for instance the LA Kings re-signing Darryl Sutter just last week. The team went through what many...
Looking Back on Bryan Murray as General Manager
April 13th, 2016 With the end of the regular season during a year full of talks about general manager Bryan Murray and his future, he announced his decision fairly quickly following the end of the Ottawa Senators’ last game. Taking over for him will be his top assistant Pierre Dorion, who...
Ottawa Senators Don't Waste Time with a Sunday Clean Up
April 10th, 2016 It didn’t take long for a decision to be made. The Ottawa Senators held a news conference early Sunday morning, confirming the long-awaited speculation that Bryan Murray would step down from his role as General Manager. After bidding what was an emotional goodbye and...
An Open Letter To Senators’ Owner Eugene Melnyk
March 24th, 2016 Dear Eugene Melnyk, Following a press conference that had nothing to do with the Ottawa Senators’ current season, you confused lots of people by chiming in with your thoughts on what has been an undeniably frustrating year. The words you spoke during that media scrum...
Eugene Melnyk Wants Change
March 23rd, 2016 With many teams in the NHL making their final pushes to make it in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, teams out of contention will have to soon look back at their year and find where it all went wrong. The Ottawa Senators are among those teams, unable to build off last season’s...
How Different Could The Ottawa Senators Look Next Year?
March 12th, 2016 Heading into the offseason, the Ottawa Senators have a lot of questions to ask themselves. It goes without saying that this team can’t be happy with the way they’ve played for the majority of the year. So, looking ahead to a new season, there are a handful of...
How Much Faith Should the Senators Have in their Playoff Chances?
February 26th, 2016 When it seemed like the Ottawa Senators should throw in the towel for the season, they have entered the last days of February with only their second four-game winning streak of the season. Unlike the rest of the Canadian teams, they seem like they are actually trying to...
Bryan Murray's Message Falls on Deaf Ears
February 5th, 2016 Prior to the team’s game against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night, general manager Bryan Murray visited the players in the dressing room to deliver a message. He tried to appeal to their sense of pride, as he determined that the players have not been giving their...
Bryan Murray Lets Mikael Wikstrand Have His Wish
January 21st, 2016 Earlier this season the Ottawa Senators ran into somewhat of a public nightmare when dealing with a controversial situation surrounding prospect Mikael Wikstrand. The 22 year-old Swedish defenceman started off the 2015-16 season with the Binghamton Senators. It was his...
