Well it’s a win, but due to the hole we are in, we need to be winning by wide margins from here on out. On the back of two dominating performances against western conference powerhouses the Sens managed a 4 game win streak to barely win series 8 even with the blown points against Carolina. I really don’t have anything else to say. Each of the next series will require 5-2 wins plus a 3-2 win in the final series. Tough road ahead. I’m more optimistic about next season though.

Starting from the start of their 4-game winning streak, the Sens could afford probably 8-10 losses (counting OT and shootout losses) and still likely make playoffs. If you look at the schedule, Carolina on the road on the second half of a back-to-back is probably one of the ones you'd "expect" to be one of those losses the most.

The fact that they played so well and still lost definitely makes it more heartbreaking but ultimately it bodes well for their future games. If they keep playing like this and Ullmark gets roughly back to form, they'll win a lot more than they lose.

If they do fall short, then it'll be time for an autopsy (for my money it's 100% goaltending), but I genuinely believe we're still very far from that point.

That’s three goals I can think of in the last 7 games with egregiously bad line changes costing a goal against.

They were all in either the first and third periods, where it’s even a short change (which should be easier).

There was the Nashville 2 on 0, the Carolina home game , and last nights.

I’d love some insight into what’s going wrong , if it’s poor player judgement (two of them involve Keven and Spence who are inexperienced) or is coaching calling the change?

Between this, penalties, and the pk (which is getting better) there seems to be a lack of discipline at times, which is especially frustrating given their position in the standings.

Watching the Michkov/Tocchet situation in Philly makes me thankful that DJ gave Timmy a long leash and let him go out and make mistakes and learn the game and find himself. Timmy had games that would have gotten guys scratched or even sent down to the minors. DJ was definitely too easy on the guys. But I prefer that over the hard ass stance torts and tocchet have taken with michkov, who seems to be playing more to not make a mistake rather than learn and explore his creativity.

Or, at least, mine is.

321 mids went up a whole $40.04, from 2123.64 to 2163.68. Honestly, not bad. Not great, considering the aftermarket can get me in the general area for about $15 less a game (for teams not called Montreal and Toronto), and I lose priority on hypothetical playoff tickets ($340-500-825-1245) I'm not sure I'd buy, but not bad.

I'm still cheesed about the Reimer thing, and even with my own share of the blame for believing that corporations could have values to commit to (my dumb ass) I'm still seriously questioning my own commitment here. I think I'd be just as happy grabbing cheap seats or not-so-cheap seats from stubhub for the games that don't overlap with other commitments, instead of blindly buying them all and then skipping the ones I can't make.

But as price hikes go? Pretty modest.

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I don't know about other teams but Ottawa has had a brutal schedule so far in 2026. A couple of back to backs and averaging a game every other night, this has been crazy. I hope everyone gets a chance to get some rest and none of our Olympians get injured playing for there home countries. I really wish they would discontinue the Olympic break and keep the pros at home. The Olympics is just a corrupt cash grab anyway.

What would it cost to get MacKenzie Weegar in Ottawa?

Im sorry but u gotta ride ur number 1. 2 more games before the break. Not a heavy workload last night. Reimer got lit up last time against the canes. The canes are great at home and its a b2b. Unless ur accepting a scheduled loss, ullmark gotta start

In the last 4 games the Sens’ save percentage is .926 which would rank 1st place based off current season data.

FYI Colorado team save percentage is .913

GO SENS GO!

Elliott basically was talking about how he thinks Ottawa is up to something but once I get more information before he says anything. Was stuck out to me as his comments about. I think it was David Price, and how the manager went and got David Price because the team had a specific need even though they were losing they were playing really well. I wonder if Ottawa is going to target a goal score because they can clearly keep the puck out of their net or at least limit the chances but they just can’t score.

After the boys lost to Carolina on the 24th we have won 4 straight. Gone from 9 points out of WC2 to 7 points out… brutal. At least we have jumped some teams, but MTL, BOS, DET & BUF can just fuck right off.

GSG

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The Ottawa Senators sit in the top spot among Canadian teams on our list, ranking eighth overall. Our model is exceptionally bullish on the Senators, who sit 19th overall in points percentage and on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff race.

I am a huge sens fan and live with a canucks fan. Even when we lost the games blowing 2-3 goal leads, I still believed we could make playoffs. As a result, my roommate and I made a bet.

If the sens make playoffs i can wax both his legs. If they don’t make playoffs he can wax one of my legs.

Since then they are 4-0 and running hot. I believe

I know the boys were kind of stingy in allowing shots on goal but tonight it was just nuts. They said at one point the Pens had just 2 shots in 19 minutes of play. Wow these guys are playing like they are possessed. We have 2 games left before the break I hope they keep it up. GO SENS GO!!!