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The Los Angeles Kings have playoff ambition for the 2024-25 season. However, they will certainly need to clean things up if Monday afternoon is any indication. Los Angeles scored seven goals in Ottawa but fell in overtime to Josh Norris and the Ottawa Senators by the score of 8-7. Norris had a very impactful performance […]

The Ottawa Senators made a big move for a franchise goalie this offseason. They traded for Linus Ullmark from the Boston Bruins and signed him to a four-year extension. For their third game of the season, Ullmark was not dressed because he was “stiff” according to coach Travis Green. Mads Sogaard is on the NHL […]

Despite winning their season opener against the rival Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators couldn’t secure back-to-back victories against them, falling 4-1 on Saturday night at the Bell Centre in downtown Montreal, Quebec. And it was Senators captain Brady Tkachuk who went viral for his on-ice actions, which visibly showcased his frustration. During the third period […]

The Ottawa Senators are one of the most mysterious teams in the NHL. The Senators keep compiling young talent but haven’t been able to get over the hump and make the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On paper, the roster should be good enough to compete, but the Atlantic Division is a tough place to stake your […]

It is an all-Canadian battle in the NHL as the Ottawa Senators face the Montreal Canadiens. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Senators-Canadiens prediction and pick. The Senators enter the game sitting at 1-0 on the year. They opened up against the Panthers, and Tim Stutzle opened the scoring on […]

Fans of the Florida Panthers are holding their collective breath after a scary collision involving their captain Aleksander Barkov, who departed late in the third period of what was ultimately a 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre. Late in regulation, Barkov broke his stick during a shot attempt and scrambled to […]

Goaltender Linus Ullmark recently signed a four-year, $33 million contract extension with the Ottawa Senators that is worth an average annual value of $8.25 million and begins next season, and he did not hold back when describing the emotions he felt after signing the contract. “It sort of like a surreal feeling just because I’m […]

The Ottawa Senators open their season as they host the Florida Panthers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Panthers-Senators prediction and pick. The Florida Panthers enter the game after a win on opening night. They dominated the first period, with Sam Bennett scoring twice and Sam Reinhart adding a short-handed […]

The Ottawa Senators are about to drop the puck on the 2024-25 NHL season. However, they took time on Wednesday to take care of some off-the-ice business before their first game. The Senators signed Linus Ullmark to a contract extension, the team confirmed. Ullmark is signed for this season, so his extension kicks in on […]

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark will make his debut with his new squad on Thursday night — and it’ll be the first of many starts after the Swede was locked up by the Sens on Wednesday morning. “Four years. $8.25 mil per for Ullmark and the Senators,” reported TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger. It’s a nice […]

The Ottawa Senators failed to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. In fact, they were never really in the race. Ottawa had an extremely disappointing season in 2023-24. This disappointing season led to the firing of DJ Smith as head coach during the year. In 2024-25, though, the team is ready to make a […]

The Ottawa Senators are entering the 2024-25 season with their sights firmly set on returning to the playoffs. The Sens haven’t played meaningful hockey past the end of April since making a cinderella run to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final in 2017, and saying the fan base is getting restless is a huge […]

The Ottawa Senators made Carter Yakemchuk the seventh overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. It was an interesting selection, to say the least. But Yakemchuk certainly has the makings of a future top-four defenseman in this league. Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot certainly sees what the front office saw at the draft. Yakemchuk has already […]

The Ottawa Senators made a huge upgrade between the pipes when they landed Linus Ullmark from the Boston Bruins this summer. The 31-year-old should be significantly better than Joonas Korpisalo was in Canada’s capital, and there’s no doubt that he’s a bonafide No. 1 goaltender. Still, he is only under contract for the 2024-25 season, […]

Sunday’s exhibition opener at Scotiabank Arena marked the unofficial debut of Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube, who was hired over the summer to replace the terminated Sheldon Keefe after Toronto’s latest first-round postseason exit. The Leafs took on the provincial rival Ottawa Senators in what became a high-scoring affair; the Sens ultimately came […]

The Ottawa Senators missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. They played below the high expectations placed upon them before the season began. In fact, the Senators fired their head coach midway through the season due to poor play. However, Ottawa now has a new head coach. And they are beginning to prepare for the […]

After 13 seasons in the NHL, two years overseas, and representing Canada on the national stage Tyler Ennis is hanging up the skates, officially. The veteran forward who helped make the Buffalo Sabres watchable a decade ago announced the decision using an Instagram post. A sub-six-foot winger out of Edmonton, one of the best Sabres players […]

The Ottawa Senators have a rich history that dates back to the early days of the Stanley Cup. That team dissolved before the Original Six and Canada’s capital was left without a team for almost 60 years. The new iteration has had great players from Daniel Alfredsson to Erik Karlsson but no championships. Despite the […]

The Ottawa Senators had a disappointing 2023-24 campaign. Ottawa came close to making the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2023. However, 2024 was a different story. The Senators fired head coach DJ Smith as a result of their poor performances. With Travis Green now Ottawa’s bench boss, there is hope for better fortunes in the season […]

It’s been a full six seasons since Nikolay Kulemin played a National Hockey League game — but it looks like the 38-year-old is going to get another opportunity to play in the show. The Ottawa Senators signed the Russian to a professional tryout (PTO) on Thursday, the team announced. “Roster update: The [Senators] have signed […]

The Ottawa Senators are gearing up for the 2024-25 season. NHL Free Agency is done and over with now. The Senators have a new head coach in Travis Green. Ottawa made a massive trade for Linus Ullmark with the Boston Bruins this summer. And the team’s training camp activities are going to commence about a […]

It hasn’t been easy for Ottawa Senators forward Josh Norris over the last few seasons. Norris returned from injury for the 2023-24 season after being limited to just eight games the year prior. However, the Senators forward struggled with injury this past season, as well. Norris is dealing with a shoulder injury he suffered last […]

The Ottawa Senators are largely done in NHL Free Agency, having made their moves earlier in the summer. However, there is still room for any team to add to their roster. And the Senators struck on Thursday with an under-the-radar signing before training camp. The Senators have announced the signing of forward Nick Cousins. Cousins […]

The Ottawa Senators made a big trade to acquire goaltender Linus Ullmark this offseason. After an extended period of bad goaltending, the Senators paid up to fill this hole in their roster. Ullmark will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, presenting a risk that the Senators would lose him and […]

The Ottawa Senators came within one goal of upsetting Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins and advancing to the Stanley Cup Final in 2017, losing in a heartbreaking double overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final. Fast forward seven seasons, and the Sens haven’t come anywhere close to reaching the postseason since. In six campaigns […]

The Ottawa Senators have failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of the last seven seasons, but with a bona fide No. 1 goaltender in Linus Ullmark now in the fold, the goal for the franchise is to break the long drought in 2024-25. And Ullmark, who the Boston Bruins traded to […]

The current Ottawa Senators, the second franchise to bear the Senators name, began play in the 1992-93 NHL season. The original Senators existed from 1883 to 1954 and competed in the NHL from 1917 to 1934, winning the Stanley Cup multiple times. The original Senators were relocated to Missouri in 1934 due to financial difficulties, […]

The Ottawa Senators last made the playoffs in 2017, when they were one goal in overtime away from advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals. The fans believed it was the beginning of a successful run, but they dropped to a 28-43-11 record the following season. It started a streak of four straight seasons without eclipsing […]

Ilya Samsonov and Linus Ullmark are no longer divisional rivals. In fact, they are no longer in the same conference. Samsonov joined the Vegas Golden Knights in NHL Free Agency. Meanwhile, Ullmark joined the Ottawa Senators through a trade with the Boston Bruins. Despite this, it seems as if there is still some bad blood […]

The Ottawa Senators fell short of expectations during the 2023-24 season. They were out of the playoff race by the time the NHL Trade Deadline rolled around. And they even did a bit of selling as the Senators traded Vladimir Tarasenko to the Florida Panthers. Tarasenko went on to win the second Stanley Cup of […]

The Ottawa Senators are trying to get back into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025. They came close in 2023, but ultimately fell short. In 2024, they took a step back and weren’t all that close to the playoff hunt. After moves such as trading for Linus Ullmark and signing David Perron in NHL Free […]

Claude Giroux is entering the final season on his contract for the Ottawa Senators, and he has opened up on the potential of signing an extension with the franchise this summer, giving no indication that a long-term deal is on the way. “No, we haven’t had a chat,” Claude Giroux said on the Coming in […]

The Ottawa Senators were oh-so-close to being a team of destiny in 2017, taking the Pittsburgh Penguins to seven games in the Eastern Conference Final and eventually losing in heartbreaking fashion in double overtime. The Pens would go on to win the Stanley Cup that postseason, and the Sens have yet to make the playoffs […]

The Ottawa Senators had some hype around them entering the 2023-24 NHL season. Unfortunately, the season didn’t go quite to plan. Ottawa never came close to contending for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. This season also saw them hire a new general manager and a new full-time head coach to lead the team. In […]

Trade rumors leading into the NHL Draft certainly aren’t uncommon. In fact, we only hear a small portion of the discussions that take place before all 32 general managers convene on the draft floor. However, every so often we get an interesting rumor that comes as a surprise. The reports indicating a potential trade involving […]

Washington Capitals former general manager Brian MacLellan had one more trade to make before taking over as the team’s President of Hockey Operations when he acquired Jakob Chychrun in a trade with the Ottawa Senators. It was a busy week for MacLellan, who took on the role of President and gave the general manager job […]

The Washington Capitals are assembling their troops for next season, as they upgrade their blue line and seemingly prepare to make a legitimate push in the Eastern Conference. General manager Brian MacLellan got an early start on the Fourth of July festivities, lighting off some fireworks around the league on Monday. The team is adding […]

He’s going to be one of the bigger (literally) players to hit free agency when the annual open marketplace begins this Monday afternoon, but where exactly are the best potential landing spots for Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers? It doesn’t appear as though there has been any meaningful progress between the two sides on a […]

The Boston Bruins have seen their last two seasons end painfully at the hands of the Florida Panthers. The fact that they were defeated by the 2024 Stanley Cup champions is clearly cold comfort to the team and Bruins fans. General manager Don Sweeney does not have the luxury of looking back on the last […]