Ottawa Senators Analysis
2023-24 RealGM NHL Stanley Cup Predictions
We're predicting the Avalanche beating the Hurricanes in the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals. Read more »
2018-19 RealGM NHL Hockey Power Rankings
While Washington and Vegas went to the Stanley Cup last season, we're predicting Tampa Bay and San Jose for 2019. Read more »
2017-18 RealGM NHL Hockey Power Rankings
Sidney Crosby and the Penguins hope to threepeat while Connor McDavid and the Oilers may represent their toughest challenge. Read more »
NHL Power Rankings: (November 22nd Edition)
Casey Price and the Canadiens rank first ahead of Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks. Read more »
2015 NHL Offseason Power Rankings
The NHL's more elite free agents have either moved on or re-signed with their home team, trades have been made and the draft has come and gone. Read more »
Recapping The 2015 NHL Trade Deadline
As the trade deadline passed, we got a sense of the teams that are trying to fill whatever depth holes that they had. There wasn't a ton of action on deadline day itself, but the weeks preceding it were filled with big trades that have major implications as we progress towards the playoffs. Read more »
NHL Power Rankings, Mid-January Edition
The Predators, Blackhawks, Ducks, Lightning, Rangers and Islanders have all been banking wins of late to reach the top-tier of our NHL Power Rankings. Read more »
NHL Power Rankings, Mid-December Edition
There are 11 NHL teams all within five points of each other at the top of the standings, but the Blackhawks, Ducks, Red Wings, Penguins and Blues headline our rankings. Read more »
The Top Ten 2014 Unrestricted Free Agents
Paul Stastny, Thomas Vanek, Marian Gaborik and Jarome Iginla are some of the biggest names in free agency. Read more »
2014 NHL Power Rankings At The Olympic Break
The Ducks, Blues, Blackhawks, Penguins and Avalanche move into our Top-Five NHL Teams at the Sochi Olympics break. Read more »
2013-14 NHL Power Rankings
The Bruins, Blackhawks, Penguins, Kings and Rangers are in the top-five of our preseason NHL Power Rankings. Read more »
Redoing The 1999 NHL Entry Draft
The 1999 draft was the one that GM Brian Burke has built his entire career around, acquiring both of the Sedins for the Canucks. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Seans Give Karlsson Huge Extension
The Senators did not have to make Erik Karlsson the highest paid at his position in the league, and this did not drag out all summer and into training camp. Read more »
Greatest Roster Series: Ottawa Senators
Though only a franchise for twenty years, Ottawa has enjoyed a great amount of regular season success, with four Northeast Division titles and one Presidents Trophy (2002-03). Read more »
Grading The Deal: Sens Sign G Anderson To Four-Year Extension
When the Ottawa Senators acquired goalie Craig Anderson in mid-February, it was widely seen as an extended tryout. Evidently, the tryout went well, as Anderson and the Sens agreed to a 4-year, $12.75M contract extension. Read more »
Line Dancing
With just a few days of training camp in the books Ottawa Senators' Coach Craig Hartsburg is already creating waves. Coach Hartsburg opened up camp this past week with mid-level prospect Jesses Winchester playing on the first line with Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza. Read more »
Is This Finally The Year They Reach The Finals?
Every year Ottawa enters the playoffs as a contender yet every year they get knocked without even getting to the finals. No other team has fielded such a talented lineup year after year, yet somehow they are always eliminated. Their regular season dominance has placed them among the upper-echelon of teams yet the playoffs somehow drop them back to the pack. After their latest loss to the Buffalo Sabres, a talented and excellent skating team, the Senators clearly need to take a new approach to reaching the finals. Read more »