The Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023 after missing the playoffs in the 2021-22 season. Otherwise, it’s a rarity for a team to miss the playoffs one season and hoist Lord Stanley’s Mug the next. The only other time in the past decade a team won it all after missing the playoffs
Ottawa Senators Season Preview
There’s no question that the Ottawa Senators have one of the most exciting young cores in the NHL. Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle give the team a dangerous one-two punch up front, while blue liner Jake Sanderson is on track to becoming one of the NHL’s best two-way defensemen. Along with Shane Pinto, Ridly Greig,
Many fans say that the Ottawa Senators will make the playoffs next spring. I wouldn’t bet on that. I’m not saying that the Senators’ president of hockey operations and general manager (GM) Steve Staios hasn’t made his club better this offseason, though. In fact, they’re in a better situation to compete for a berth in
The Ottawa Senators have been active this offseason, trying to become contenders sooner rather than later. They recently traded for forwards Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Roby Jarventie and a fourth-round pick. While this deal doesn’t move the needle for either team to become champions, it does offer
The Ottawa Senators have some strong centre depth when all players are available. However, between the health of Shane Pinto and Josh Norris, the Senators have hardly had a chance to see them all in action together. Over the past two seasons, the Senators have only seen 11 full games of their centre trio including
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