Welcome back to the Ottawa Senators Roundtable at The Hockey Writers. In our August edition, we talked about the additions of Vladimir Tarasenko and Joonas Korpisalo, how the offence and defence will be handled and more. This month, we will look at ownership, Shane Pinto, team depth and more as we get closer to training
Mathieu Joseph
The 2021-22 Ottawa Senators’ season followed the same storyline as the past few seasons. Start the season with high hopes, have a slump in November and resurge at the end of the season when it’s too late to crawl back. By the trade deadline that season, it started becoming evident that the Ottawa Senators were
The Ottawa Senators look like a typical seller heading into the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline. They sit 24th in the league and are behind six other teams for a playoff spot, and even with three wins in their last three games, the postseason is almost certainly out of reach. With the 2023 NHL Draft projected
The 2023 NHL Trade Deadline date on March 3rd is creeping closer, and the Chicago Blackhawks are one team where the rumors won’t stop swirling. It is believed they will be sellers as their second-worst record in the NHL justifies that, but who will they target? Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion has been sniffing
After losing to the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs, fans are questioning the Ottawa Senators’ legitimacy as a playoff contender. The offence hasn’t been producing as well as the team would have hoped, having only scored three goals in 120 minutes of play. The truth is, chemistry takes time to build. After bringing in
After the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Brandon Hagel from the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, it felt like that would be general manager (GM) Julien BriseBois’ definitive move of the deadline. With essentially $0 in cap space available, it seemed unlikely that he would try to make another trade since it would require him to send
Joseph would have become a UFA despite being a current pending RFA Erik Erlandsson: Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julien BriseBois said that they likely wouldn’t have qualified Mathieu Joseph this offseason. He would have been arbitration eligible. Brisebois didn’t say that Nick Paul would be a straight rental and that they would revisit his pending