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.

Everyone back on the ice today at practice. So that's good.
Jensen left the ice today but got up quick - still......that's not good.

I am kind of shocked by the lack of an urgent attitude during this losing streak. The Sens were in a good position a handful of games ago and now they are tied with Boston who have more or less conquered that this year, they are not making the playoffs.

I don’t know what Brady’s injury was, but I was not inspired by the comments essentially saying he wanted to rest now to be good for later. Especially when you already have 2 other top 6 forwards out of the lineup. This team is not able to pick and choose when they can win games. They have shown far too often they just don’t have the consistency for that.

While I am disappointed by the results, I am more disappointed about the attitude with them. Even on social media people just seem content with how things are. Annoyed we lost-but we will get them next time! I am not sure what is going on. Maybe it’s because the 4 nations interrupted the slump, so it doesn’t seem as long of a slump? But man, the playoff window is closing in a hurry.

Everyone keeps saying the Sens have an easy schedule the rest of the way, but it really isn’t now that they have faltered so much. 15 games in March. 3 against teams in lottery contention. 4 against teams higher than them in the standings. The rest are against teams in the Eastern Conference dogfight in the standings. Feels like the schedule the whole year not considering home and road games.

Positive news that Brady, Pinto, and Norris should be back soon, but they need to right the ship fast and have an excellent month of hockey. Not a lot of room for error.

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
- AlfieisKing

Well the deadline is March 7th, so even if you let it go down to the wire, Karlsson will be able to get in a couple practices with the team before that stretch of games.

He keeps getting hotter as you guys are falling off. Common sense should prevail here with Karlsson leading the Sens back into the playoffs. Unfortunately for Staios he is getting more expensive to acquire by the day....