Senators' Draft Lottery & Hiring Travis Green
Also, a look at the worst trades in team history.
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Ottawa Senators NHL Draft Lottery Primer
May 7, 2024 by Dayton Reimer
The Ottawa Senators are in a precarious situation heading into the 2024 offseason. Despite their young, talented core, they failed to make any significant progress and are likely to lose yet another player they paid big bucks for in free agency in the coming months. Furthermore, their farm system ranks near the bottom of the league, which doesn’t give them many options to replace underperforming players from within. Thankfully, the 2024 Draft could help turn their fortunes around with the right pick.
Senators Set to Hire Travis Green as Head Coach
May 6, 2024 by Jacob Billington
The Ottawa Senators are set to announce that Travis Green has been hired as the 14th head coach in team history. Green finished the 2023-24 season with the New Jersey Devils with the interim tag.
5 Worst Trades in Senators History
May 4, 2024 by THW Archives
The Ottawa Senators have made their fair share of trades throughout their history. Some of those moves have seen them come out on top, but others have fans wondering what just happened. As with any NHL team, the return an organization can get for a particular player or pick can vary a great deal. Are they buyers or sellers at the trade deadline? Is the organization in a rebuild? Did the player ask to be traded or was a player causing issues for the team, like what happened with Dany Heatley and Mike Hoffman? (from ‘Heatley hated by Senators fans,’ Globe and Mail, 12/2/2012)