If Sens lose this game, it is solely on Zaitsev. I don't know if this stat exists, but I'd be interested to see the speed of passes. Zaitsev has to have the weakest pass of any D in the league. Unless there's an undisclosed injury, there's no excuse for his play (especially this game).

Stutzle and Tkachuk have been great so far.
- PogBoi

He was flat out awful against Toronto. It is comical to see DJ sit MDZ after the NYR game, when they entire defense was awful. Making MDZ the scape goat which is the problem Murray had with DJ and went on the record talking about it. This is why this coach can't be retained. Lets get the team sold, fast, then we all know those two fools DJ and PD will be gone for good.

Matthew Tkachuk will be 40 goal almost 100 point player. He is going to DEMAND 9.5m+ a season now.

I'm happy with Brady signing because I always thought Brady can do at least what Matthew does
- AlfieisKing

What ya talking about the Leafs would be paying him 11million easily lol 😂😉
But seriously yes sir an easy 9million

So you could have picked any team in the league, and you chose the SENS??? LOL

It’s like getting tired of your old pickup truck, and trading it in for a tricycle
- AxlRose91

Don’t know what this 👆clown is going on about it’s been 20yrs since ya played out of first round ya donkey enjoy your 40million top line for an extra 7 games lol 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Claude Julien name coach of team Canada. DJ gonna be his assistant, maybe he learn how to play a defensive game

To think, every story they told they always say there were a dozen others they didn't tell.
- LawyerSens4Life

As your pseudonym would suggest, you would know what would be admissible in a court of law. In Kangaroo court stories are admissible. Stories and facts are not the same. I dont mind stories and most good stories have some element of truth., but the line becomes blurred and misleading and damaging under the disguise of investigating blogging.
Quotes from Mr.Bush League about the stories are quite telling.
If the Melnyk daughters or corporation are offended and want retribution. A decent lawyer will have a day in the park tearing the blog apart and gaining substantial monetary damage for the victims of public slander in the process.
Do they want that? Likely not but who knows .

No one can polish a turd like you, Spazzo
- AxlRose91

Y

Claude Julien name coach of team Canada. DJ gonna be his assistant, maybe he learn how to play a defensive game
- Crosside

The coaching could be better, but it's not the BIGGEST problem with this team. With their horrible D, their maybe 10th worst in terms of goals against per game. Too many players playing OUTSIDE their slots.

GM doesn't do well with managing depth players, especially veteran acquisition from around the NHL.

Evgeny Dadonov, Artem Anisimov, Derek Stepan, Erik Gudbranson, Braydon Coburn, Alex Galchenyuk

THEN

Matt Murray, Victor Mete, Michael Del Zotto, Dylan Gambrell

Great story by Ken Warren on Watson, his journey in recovery and his role with the young Sens.

https://ottawasun.com/spo...-the-senators-young-stars

Claude Julien name coach of team Canada. DJ gonna be his assistant, maybe he learn how to play a defensive game
- Crosside

Maurice, Green and Crawford all asked to be assistants before DJ but all of them turned it down.

The coaching could be better, but it's not the BIGGEST problem with this team. With their horrible D, their maybe 10th worst in terms of goals against per game. Too many players playing OUTSIDE their slots.

GM doesn't do well with managing depth players, especially veteran acquisition from around the NHL.

Evgeny Dadonov, Artem Anisimov, Derek Stepan, Erik Gudbranson, Braydon Coburn, Alex Galchenyuk

THEN

Matt Murray, Victor Mete, Michael Del Zotto, Dylan Gambrell
- AlfieisKing

Fair enough, but this team will be sold at some point in the next 6-9 months. By then, the new ownership group will completely wipe out DJ and his staff along with PD, that is all given from everyone I talk too.

What a world class outfit the leafs are. And how it pains me to say that. Damn they look good.

I’m not paying to read Mendes tell stories I’ve already heard. The bits and pieces revealed here I already knew. Additionally the NDA’s that have been signed in this city are too many to count. So did they really “reveal” anything?

I like the sentiment of moving on.
The TSN 1200 radio silence is a little curious considering EM refused to talk to them. But I’m guessing they’re towing a TSN head office line.
- Octavarium

So then why did TSN1200 and all of their affiliates go sports talk wild a few years ago talking about cyber bullying between players other halves? Karlsson and Hoffman, it was the talk for days on the radio, but the Athletic article is silence?! None of it made sense that it wasn't talked about. The Athletic isn't a blog either, they were bought by the New York Post for 500 million too!

Fair enough, but this team will be sold at some point in the next 6-9 months. By then, the new ownership group will completely wipe out DJ and his staff along with PD, that is all given from everyone I talk too.
- Kevin Francis

Hmmmm

Wonder who you replace them with?

TSN TV not mentioning the story could be just their policy of not acknowledging other stations/other people's work/what's on other stations. Why would they advertise the Athletic by mentioning the story?

TSN radio not saying anything is a little more interesting. They are local, with local concerns. It's one of two things in my opinion it could be the just didn't feel it was right to talk about the story given the recent death. Or they could be trying to establish a relationship with the new owners, his daughters, and dont want to annoy them by making it a bigger story.

Either way, it was a definite conscious decision.
- GrimmdaGoalie

Sportsnet radio on all of their networks talked about.....but not TSN, made no sense. Nick Kyp had others on to talk about it....I had numerous fans reach out to me saying they emailed in and texted in, plus even called in but all denied them talking about it. JR the program director had to be behind it.....who else? Pretty pathetic on his part. here is an owner that was awful towards women and JR has two daughters but is accepting the fact that it went, like Dean and Gord too, they were privy to it all being so close to the team. The pride parade and black lives matters issues, what is everyone at TSN going to turn to a blind eye to it all? Its disgusting and pathetic on their part at the radio station. I lost all respect for that station!

Hmmmm

Wonder who you replace them with?
- AlfieisKing

it all depends on who buys it, they will always bring in their people. But I can tell you PM will be in their ear the moment he knows the buyer!

it all depends on who buys it, they will always bring in their people. But I can tell you PM will be in their ear the moment he knows the buyer!
- Kevin Francis

What do you mean, not sure I understand correctly. I hope PM not in plan for every buyer’s. I prefer stay with Dorion

What do you mean, not sure I understand correctly. I hope PM not in plan for every buyer’s. I prefer stay with Dorion
- Crosside

Yes, that is the same impression I am getting from most of the folks that I am talking with about the Sens.

More likely if a new ownership group comes in they will do nothing. I would expect that a new ownership group would appoint a President of Hockey Operations and give him 6 months or so to figure out where he wants to go.

If a new ownership group starts by letting go of the GM and coach... they will own the consequences of the start to next season.

Better to go slow. The new group will get a lot of goodwill just because they are new and just because of who they are not.

Yes, that is the same impression I am getting from most of the folks that I am talking with about the Sens.

More likely if a new ownership group comes in they will do nothing. I would expect that a new ownership group would appoint a President of Hockey Operations and give him 6 months or so to figure out where he wants to go.

If a new ownership group starts by letting go of the GM and coach... they will own the consequences of the start to next season.

Better to go slow. The new group will get a lot of goodwill just because they are new and just because of who they are not.
- spatso

Exactly, let the next season start and if close to Christmas we are out of playoff contention. Start firing people

What do you mean, not sure I understand correctly. I hope PM not in plan for every buyer’s. I prefer stay with Dorion
- Crosside

PD isn't liked at all, if anyone thinks PM was hired by the league, they are very out of touch! Farthest thing from it! PD had to be talked into drafting Sanderson and not trading down...it got very heated. PD isn't liked, let me repeat that, he isn't liked in the org! DJ was 5th or 6th to be asked to be an assistant coach for Team Canada. They wanted Maurice and Green to be with Julien.

PM has everyone's ear in Ottawa, read between the lines, how he got the job in Ottawa. Everyone here realizes PM wasn't hired by PD, so did PM go to ask to PD first for a job?! Then went to EM on his own behind PD's back?! Everyone in the org was ectastic that he was hired.

There isn't an ownership group that wants PD here. There are only 3 serious groups, with 2 individual billionaires. I know there are some that read everything on here and are in the know, some of the same sources. They all tell me if I am ever off on what I am saying here, none of them have reached out to say I am off base on what I am stating with regards to management and ownership.

PD hated Mike Z, he takes things personally and doesn't know how to separate business and his personal ego. PD is a serious problem. Ask Marc Methot about the Alex Burrows deal.....nobody on that team wanted Burrows, then Burrows demanded an extension to approve the trade to Ottawa! There are so many stories, I wish I could write about.

Exactly, let the next season start and if close to Christmas we are out of playoff contention. Start firing people
- Crosside

So since we all know how these 2 fools function, DJ for 3 years and PD for 5 years, you guy would rather bring back what hasn't worked next year only to find out that it was a bad call yet again? Risk losing another season with this young core that eventually wont be on ELC's then you will lose a star because of cap issues for not taking advantage of the early years of their ELC! Come on....out of touch! No other org in pro sports would do it! How many GM's in NHL history have survived not making the playoffs 5 years in a row? Come on!

Listening to these so called hockey guys on the radio, saying on the Kraken goaltending has been disappointing. Well lets see Grubuaer come from the Avs and a quite a defense in front of him, Driedger comes from the Panthers, same thing, very strong defense. Then put these 2 in front of an expansion team defense, what type of results did they expect to get? Comical!

So since we all know how these 2 fools function, DJ for 3 years and PD for 5 years, you guy would rather bring back what hasn't worked next year only to find out that it was a bad call yet again? Risk losing another season with this young core that eventually wont be on ELC's then you will lose a star because of cap issues for not taking advantage of the early years of their ELC! Come on....out of touch! No other org in pro sports would do it! How many GM's in NHL history have survived not making the playoffs 5 years in a row? Come on!
- Kevin Francis

Normal we don’t make the playoff, we start a big rebuild. This take time. Dorion was at TVA sport and RDS at the trade deadline and he said the team is Chabot and BRADY team. He said Chabot and less Brady because more shy , often go to his office talk about hockey decision. I m not sure all hate him, he seems really a good dude

PD isn't liked at all, if anyone thinks PM was hired by the league, they are very out of touch! Farthest thing from it! PD had to be talked into drafting Sanderson and not trading down...it got very heated. PD isn't liked, let me repeat that, he isn't liked in the org! DJ was 5th or 6th to be asked to be an assistant coach for Team Canada. They wanted Maurice and Green to be with Julien.

PM has everyone's ear in Ottawa, read between the lines, how he got the job in Ottawa. Everyone here realizes PM wasn't hired by PD, so did PM go to ask to PD first for a job?! Then went to EM on his own behind PD's back?! Everyone in the org was ectastic that he was hired.

There isn't an ownership group that wants PD here. There are only 3 serious groups, with 2 individual billionaires. I know there are some that read everything on here and are in the know, some of the same sources. They all tell me if I am ever off on what I am saying here, none of them have reached out to say I am off base on what I am stating with regards to management and ownership.

PD hated Mike Z, he takes things personally and doesn't know how to separate business and his personal ego. PD is a serious problem. Ask Marc Methot about the Alex Burrows deal.....nobody on that team wanted Burrows, then Burrows demanded an extension to approve the trade to Ottawa! There are so many stories, I wish I could write about.
- Kevin Francis

I know he have Quinn high, maybe want trade back for him. Would have not be a disaster at all

Normal we don’t make the playoff, we start a big rebuild. This take time. Dorion was at TVA sport and RDS at the trade deadline and he said the team is Chabot and BRADY team. He said Chabot and less Brady because more shy , often go to his office talk about hockey decision. I m not sure all hate him, he seems really a good dude
- Crosside

Do you think a pro athlete would go on record saying they don't like the GM of their team? Like, oh man, you believe everything you hear from an athletes mouth. PD isn't liked by anyone in the front office, that is what I am talking about...athletes don't figure in on those things.....its about the people in the front office. He is despised, he is a "clown" is what many have told me, who work directly with him! Anyways, you are out of touch if you believe everything they say in the media, spin spin spin doctors!

I know he have Quinn high, maybe want trade back for him. Would have not be a disaster at all
- Crosside

Sanderson or Quinn, really?! Lets see what every Sens fan tells you on here! OMG!

I know he have Quinn high, maybe want trade back for him. Would have not be a disaster at all
- Crosside

There are many of us on here that know you know many not just inside the org, players, ex players, scouts, you name it. Don't waste your time with those 2 fans, they aren't worth it, they think they know more than everyone. Many of us that come on here know you are very dialed in and connected. No need to prove it. Just my 2 cents, but don't waste your time with those 2.