Senators’ Staios Adds Much-Needed Grit to Roster Paul Quinney | July 14, 2024 Last year at about this time, I wrote a piece arguing that the Ottawa Senators needed to be bigger, badder but mostly meaner to make the playoffs. Just as Toronto…
Senators’ Staios Deserves Passing Grade for Early Free Agency Moves Paul Quinney | July 8, 2024 Ottawa Senators president of hockey operations and general manager (GM) Steve Staios jumped right into the NHL’s free-agent frenzy when it opened on Canada Day. When the dust settled two…
Senators’ GM Staios is Prioritizing Veteran Leadership Spencer Lazary | July 6, 2024 Now that the Ottawa Senators have signed Shane Pinto to a new two-year contract worth $7.5 million, they have their core locked in for at least the next two seasons.…
Flames & Oilers Trade History Revisited Ryan Gagne | June 22, 2024 The Calgary Flames joined the NHL as the Atlanta Flames in 1972. While the team was in Georgia, they had no interstate rivals like the two Pennsylvania teams, the Pittsburgh…
Flames Options to Target From Senators in Markstrom Trade Rupert McDonald | June 12, 2024 It feels like a matter of when, not if, the Calgary Flames will trade Jacob Markstrom. Not only is the organization nearing the point of handing the reigns to top…
Senators Should Deal Jakob Chychrun to Bruins for Linus Ullmark Paul Quinney | June 12, 2024 If Ottawa Senators’ president of hockey operations and general manager (GM) Steve Staios isn’t trying to trade for Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark, he should be. His current goaltending duo…
Senators Need to Extend Qualifying Offer to RFA Erik Brannstrom Paul Quinney | June 8, 2024 Much of Bytown’s hockey punditry thinks the Ottawa Senators should move on from restricted free agent (RFA) Erik Brannstrom this summer. The gist of their argument for parting ways with…
Senators Face Tough 2024 Free Agent Market Paul Quinney | June 7, 2024 The NHL’s free agency market opens on July 1 and many Ottawa Senators fans are hoping that Steve Staios, the team’s president of hockey operations and general manager (GM), engineers…
Senators Should Target Tyler Myers in Free Agency Jacob Billington | May 27, 2024 It is no secret that Steve Staios and the Ottawa Senators have some work to do in the 2024 off-season. Whether you want to look at adding forward depth, finally…
5 Priorities for Senators GM Steve Staios This Offseason Paul Quinney | May 12, 2024 Ottawa Senators president and general manager (GM) Steve Staios has many problems to address this offseason, but let’s look at five that should be priorities. Why just five, you ask?…
Senators Hiring Travis Green a Terrible Move Long-Term Jesse Courville-Lynch | May 9, 2024 The Ottawa Senators have officially made a decision with their coaching staff, opting to hire Travis Green as their newest head coach. After relieving D.J. Smith of his duties last…
Why the Ottawa Senators’ 2023-24 Season Was a Failure Paul Quinney | April 15, 2024 On the April 10 episode of The Senators Roundtable I was asked to sum up the Ottawa Senators’ 2023-24 season in just one word (see discussion starting at 23:52). I said,…