Since their January 23rd practice in which DJ Smith consulted with Alex DeBrincat and Claude Giroux on how to generate more offence, the Senators arrived at the All-Star break riding a four-game win streak. With a record of 24-23-3, their 51 points place the Senators in sixth place in the wild card standings — eight points back of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second wild card seed.
Fantastic read, Graeme. Some really great stuff. You've helped over the years shape my opinion on what's wrong and right with this team.
Of course the RD issue is low-hanging fruit. GM incompetence overall is also huge. And this amateur-hour handling of the Mann thing was surely Dorion's career death warrant. What owner would want a GM around who leaks defamatory sh*t that will, guaranteed, lead to legal action? Gross negligence.
My current frustration is the prospect depth. Some argue that the Sens have lots of futures and assets to trade to bring in veterans to fix current problems.
Really? The only two players I ever hear teams are interested in are Pinto and Greig, and the fanbase recoils at the notion of dealing them.
The NHL team has a great core, but trading away #1 picks and bungling 1-3 picks over the past decade has left us with a bare cupboard. Just compare our Scott Wheeler prospects ranking to the teams we're competing against -- Wings, Sabres, Jersey, etc. Insane. We're ranked with perennial playoff teams that trade picks and prospects for vets at the deadline.
As a final indictment, I predict Wallstadt and Gus will share a Vezina in a few years. That would sting.
Fantastic read, Graeme. Some really great stuff. You've helped over the years shape my opinion on what's wrong and right with this team.
Of course the RD issue is low-hanging fruit. GM incompetence overall is also huge. And this amateur-hour handling of the Mann thing was surely Dorion's career death warrant. What owner would want a GM around who leaks defamatory sh*t that will, guaranteed, lead to legal action? Gross negligence.
My current frustration is the prospect depth. Some argue that the Sens have lots of futures and assets to trade to bring in veterans to fix current problems.
Really? The only two players I ever hear teams are interested in are Pinto and Greig, and the fanbase recoils at the notion of dealing them.
The NHL team has a great core, but trading away #1 picks and bungling 1-3 picks over the past decade has left us with a bare cupboard. Just compare our Scott Wheeler prospects ranking to the teams we're competing against -- Wings, Sabres, Jersey, etc. Insane. We're ranked with perennial playoff teams that trade picks and prospects for vets at the deadline.
As a final indictment, I predict Wallstadt and Gus will share a Vezina in a few years. That would sting.