The Ottawa Senators have some decisions to make in the offseason and one of them is the contract status of defenceman Jakob Chychrun. In terms of a sell-high philosophy, it might be the best time to trade him.
When I think about this past season in Ottawa and all of its disappointment, I guess I find some solace in the fact that for the most part that the Senators can bring back pretty much the exact same roster next season (although why would one want to given the results?).
The Senators are hunting for a new head coach and some candidates are starting to emerge.
On Wednesday, USA Hockey released its first official roster for the 2024 IIHF Men’s World Championship. The initial roster featured 15 players: nine forwards, five defensemen, and one goaltender.
Making predictions is hard, okay?! Yet we still love to do it every year, probably just to make fools of ourselves. Today we look back at three predictions made in October related to scoring, special teams, and whether the Ottawa Senators would make the playoffs.
The Ottawa Senators made a crucial decision mid-season by parting ways with coach DJ Smith, who had faced significant and growing criticism from fans and media alike.
Ottawa Senators general manager Steve Staios announced in his year-end press conference on Friday that Daniel Alfredsson, who went behind the bench in an interim assistant coaching role, will not be a head coaching candidate for the 2024-25 season.
“Frustration” clearly was the word of the day during Ottawa Senators’ player exit availability at the Canadian Tire Centre Thursday. Since coming within one goal of reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2017, the team has failed to earn a postseason berth in seven seasons.
Another season has come and gone for the Ottawa Senators. With words like failure and consequences being used to describe the season, there is little to take away from the season as a whole that sparks a positive conversation.
Ottawa Senators center Tim Stutzle revealed during the team’s exit interviews that he currently has a shoulder injury. Stutzle, 22, did not specify what caused the injury, just that he expects it to be healed by next season.
Now that the end of the 2023-24 season has arrived for the Ottawa Senators, it is time to hand out some silverware. These won’t be traditional NHL awards, but just ones that seem to fit within the current roster’s layout.
There was plenty of speculation that Jakob Chychrun might be on the move at this past year’s NHL Trade Deadline. He wasn’t dealt, even though his future in Ottawa seemed less than clear.
For the seventh year in a row, the Ottawa Senators have missed the postseason. The team was officially eliminated from playoff contention a little over a week ago after falling well short of expectations on the year.
The Bruins played their final game in the regular season, taking a 3-1 loss against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, April 16th. Boston had lost both of their last games to end the regular season, failing to clinch first place in the Atlantic Division.
Jiri Smejkal and Jakob Chychrun scored first-period goals to propel the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Ottawa (37-41-4, 78 points) posted its third win in four games to end the season.
It was supposed to be a better season for the Ottawa Senators — one full of promise and optimism around playoff contention. Prospects were becoming every day players and starting to have an influence on the roster.
On the April 10 episode of The Senators Roundtable I was asked to sum up the Ottawa Senators’ 2023-24 season in just one word (see discussion starting at 23:52).
Drake Batherson scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators to a come-from-behind 5-4 shootout win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
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Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk scored only goal in a shootout, Anton Forsberg made two crucial saves and the Senators beat the host Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Thursday.
The Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators could have used something to block out the sun on Sunday evening at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. because it was causing a surprising problem.
The Senators announced they’ve assigned the former second-round pick to the Belleville Sens.
The Senators activated the veteran forward and former WHL All-Star from injured reserve and subsequently assigned him to AHL Belleville.
There’s little doubt the Ottawa Senators blue line will have a different makeup next season. Erik Brannstrom is a pending restricted free agent and is due a qualifying offer of $2 million.
The NHL's scheduling this week has been a bit wonky, giving us just two games to bet on tonight. The matchups on paper wouldn't be our first stops on a more packed day, but such is the hand we're dealt here.
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