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With Both Players Now Re-signed, Who Wins the Nick Paul-Mathieu Joseph Trade?
The Senators signed RFA winger Mathieu Joseph to a new 4-year contract this week worth $2.9 million per season. Earlier this month,...
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The Limelight: Where Privacy Goes to Die
Pierre Dorion has had a busy off-season to say the least. The latest extension of Mathieu Joseph for four years at a cap hit of slightly...
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Senators Trade Goalie Matt Murray to Toronto
Originally, I had written a pre-emptive piece wondering why the rush to get Matt Murray off the books. Of course, I couldn’t write it...
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Redrafting (Ranking) Every Ottawa Senators First Round Pick
It's the most exciting time of the year for a team that missed the playoffs. The Stanley Cup has been handed out, the Toronto Maple Leafs...
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Final Report Cards: Season in Review/Garbage Bag Day
The Ottawa Senators finished their fifth consecutive season outside the playoffs on Friday night when they won 3-2 in Philadelphia. It...
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Farewell to Nick Paul and Other Sens Trade Deadline News
Nick Paul may do it all but obviously couldn't do enough for the Senators to meet his contract demands this spring. And so, after eight...
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Social Media and Fair Weather Hockey Fans
It would be hard to argue that social media has had many positive impacts on society. The ability to receive information quickly from...
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Senators Report Cards at the 3/4 Turn
The Ottawa Senators limped into the 60 game mark having lost eight of their last ten games. Since the last report, the overall record...
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Senators Report Cards: The Midway Mark
A mere 17 games ago, I put together a quarterly review of the organization. The team had just won its third straight game and things were...
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The Great Nickname Debate
I don’t always agree with what Brian Burke has to say. However, on this we agree: “Hockey players do everything that other professional...
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5 Years Later: Where are the 2017 Conference Finalists Now?
As with any rebuild, the Ottawa Senators jettisoned many long tenured players out of town over the last few years. Replacing the fan...
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Time to Shine a Brighter Spotlight on D.J. Smith
I met Senators' head coach D.J. Smith on his first day on the job, making the media rounds on a nice spring morning in 2019. Smith agreed...
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The All-Senators Team
Like myself, most of Sens Nation is beyond thrilled to see the team back on the ice playing actual games. Even more exciting was seeing...
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Ten Bold Predictions for the Ottawa Senators in 2022
So here we are, in 2022. It’s been, a season so far? I think? Hard to remember with one game played in the last several weeks. I’ll...
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Pat Maguire | Sens Nation Hockey
- Dec 23, 2021
Senators Prospects at the World Juniors: Scouting Report
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt our lives and take the sport we love away from us, the World Junior Hockey Championship will still push...
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Pat Maguire | Sens Nation Hockey
- Dec 9, 2021
Ottawa Senators Report Cards at the Quarter Turn
With the Sens recent three game winning streak, I can’t imagine a better time to give the team a review of the first quarter of the...
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Andrew Sztein | Sens Nation Hockey
- Nov 29, 2021
On Being a Fan of a Bad Team: Hope, Anger, and Apathy
As sports fans, the only thing we’re buying is hope. The Ottawa Senators sold a whole lot of hope at the start of the season. And keep...
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Kyle Skinner | Sens Nation Hockey
- Nov 11, 2021
The Best 5 Defensive Corps in Senators History
The black hole on defense beyond Ottawa’s top pairing of Chabot & Zub has been an endless source of debate and online vitriol in the...
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Pat Maguire | Sens Nation Hockey
- Oct 10, 2021
Colin White Backfill: Fold, Check or Raise?
In one of the most innocuous plays I have ever seen in an NHL game, Colin White abruptly left the October 4th pre-season game against the...
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Kyle Skinner | Sens Nation Hockey
- Aug 16, 2021
Silence is Golden
All is quiet on the Senators front these days. Depending on which Sens fan you ask, this is either a blessing in disguise or more...
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