Tkachuk to All-Star Event & Poor Goaltending
Brady Tkachuk was nominated for the All-Star event, the Senators goaltending is eating them alive and here's a look at the top Senators' WJC performances.
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In today’s edition, we have a look at how detrimental the Senators’ goaltending has been to the team, Brady Tkachuk being named the Senators’ All-Star and the top performances at the World Junior’s by a Senators prospect.
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Senators’ Brady Tkachuk Named 2024 NHL All-Star
January 4, 2024 by Jacob Billington
The NHL announced the members of the NHL’s All-Star Game for the 2023-24 season, and the Ottawa Senators’ representative will be Brady Tkachuk. The captain of the Senators has scored 16 goals and 27 points through the first 33 games of the season.
There was certainly some hope around the fanbase that Batherson would get the nod after missing the event after suffering an injury on a reckless play by Aaron Dell that left him injured with a high-ankle sprain. Nonetheless, there isn’t much of an argument against Tkachuk.
Senators’ Goaltending Preventing Team’s Success
January 4, 2024 by Paul Quinney
The Ottawa Senators won’t make the playoffs this year and one of the reasons is that they have terrible goaltending. If they want to see postseason action next year they need to fix it.
Weak goaltending isn’t a new problem for the Senators. The last decent goaltender with any longevity they had was Craig Anderson. He earned his 10-year service pin, but left Bytown before the start of the 2020-21 season.
Let’s take a look at what explains this season’s crummy goaltending and what Senators management might be able to do about it.
Top 5 Senators’ Performances at the World Juniors
January 1, 2024 by Dayton Reimer
The World Junior Championship might be the best two weeks of the hockey season. From Dec. 26 to the first week of January, top prospects from all over the world compete to see which nation is worthy of a gold medal. It’s a badge of honour to be selected to represent your country, and it can be a great sign of things to come for fans. It’s impossible to know how success at this tournament will translate into the future, but that doesn’t matter here; at the World Juniors, anything is possible.
However, when a player dominates the tournament, it’s hard not to get excited, and the Ottawa Senators are no strangers to watching their top prospects thrive at the World Juniors. Since their inaugural NHL season in 1992-93, many future Senators played in the tournament, and this year, two more – Jorian Donovan and Kevin Riedler – will join the ever-growing cohort.
Over the years, a few performances have stood out, igniting a fan base’s passion and excitement for the future of their team. Here are the five best performances by a Senator at the World Juniors.