Senators' Goalie Problem & The Season in One Word
Also, a look at what to expect from the new-look front office, and more!
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Senators' 2023-24 Season in One Word: Consequences
April 11, 2024 by Jacob Billington (THW Substack Premium Content)
Describe the Ottawa Senators’ 2023-24 season in one word.
That was the leading point of the conversation for part of the latest episode of the Senators Roundtable.
Paul used the word “failure”, Dayton chose “patience”, and while I agreed that those are fair, here is the full breakdown of why I chose the word “consequence”.
Senators Have No Easy Solutions to Their Goaltending Problem
April 11, 2024 by Paul Quinney
Many armchair general managers in Bytown think the Ottawa Senators need to get rid of their twine-minding duo of Joonas Korpisalo and Anton Forsberg this summer and get better goalies. But the Senators won’t, because they can’t. They’re stuck with what they have between the pipes. That means next season the team stands a good chance of another early start to their golf season rather than punching a ticket to the playoffs.
Senators’ Latest Front Office Moves Hints at What’s to Come
April 10, 2024 by Dayton Reimer
The Ottawa Senators’ 2023-24 season has been defined by patience. Michael Andlauer had to be patient when the sale of the team took far longer than expected, only taking ownership days before the season began. He needed patience after the NHL stripped the Senators of a first-round pick following the Evgenii Dadonov trade, which led to general manager Pierre Dorion being fired. Steve Staios also had to be patient in finding a new general manager, and after nearly two months, named himself and Dave Poulin as the duo to lead the front office. Before that, he had to fire head coach D.J. Smith, naming coaching consultant Jacques Martin as the interim head coach – a replacement still hasn’t been named.