Sens Writer: Senators Defeated by Jets; Lose 5th Straight Game

Oliver Wahlstrom on waivers... Could he be a useful 12th forward?

They are choking big time, it’s winning time not excuses time.

With no Brady, no Norris and no Pinto ......... of course they are not going win. You can say you can't use this as an excuse .... but that is bull poop. Of course it is a legit excuse.

I'm reaching a point where I do have some questions/issues. We are not winning the Cup this year so maybe we look to jiggle the handle a bit.

Brady Tkachuk ... I am worried that he was so intense playing for Team USA that he jeopardized his play on Ottawa. How long will this injury nag him. He and his brother were so intense that they played themselves into injuries. So how about trading him to Florida ...
For all of these changes, let's set aside the salary cap issues and no trade clauses for the moment.

Brady + Norris + 3nd round pick in exchange for Barkov and Lundell. To take on Brady, Florida would have to part with a significant salary like Barkov. No salary retention.
OR
Trade Tkachuk and Norris to St. Louis for Thomas and Kyrou.


Then I turn to Dallas ..... trade Chabot for Harley (both lefty d-men).

Then to Seattle .... McCann ( 2 more years at $5 million) and Yanni Gourde (how long is he on LTIR for ..... and a UFA at year end). Figure out a group of guys
without trading Pinto and any top 6 ......

Just some thoughts. But it is clear we need to do something to shake up a stagnant injury prone lineup.

Without question - the Ottawa Senators are playing their way OUT of the playoffs. It's frustrating because the Sens have the best chance to do so in almost 8 years.

W1 - Detroit - 66 PTS (23 Games left)
W2 - Columbus - 66 PTS (23 games left)
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9th - NY Rangers - 62 PTS (24 games left)
10th - Ottawa - 62 PTS (24 games left)
11th - Boston - 62 PTS (22 games left)


Key games!
VS DET (Mar 10) @DET (Mar 27)
VS CBJ (Mar 29) VS CBJ (Apr 6) @CBJ (Apr 8)

If I'm Steve Staios - I'm looking at how can I win these 5 games in particular. It's time to make some moves and add some offence/scoring to this team! Getting Norris and Pinto back is just 1 thing, even then, they were having difficult scoring

you take 3 of the top 5 forwards from ANY team in the NHL and they will struggle.

They lost to best team in the West and the East. and Tampa Bay. Montreal was a tire fire but that could be cuz of the layoff. I want to see how they will do against the lower ranked teams. if they lose to SJ...then the sky is falling.

I think they have the 2nd easiest sked going forward.

Bigger issue for me is Ullmark. Seems streaky.