Who do you submit is likely worse? Even after all of these moves.

no were still the worst lol

this is literally those armchair GM posts called "team grit" except instead of an online post it's a real NHL roster

Quantity does not equal quality

Even if Chabot wins the Norris and Stuetzle wins the Calder, this team is still probably the worst in the division.

Only in Ottawa would Stephan be on the 1st line and Mike Reilly would be top 4...

Still the worst team up North...

Yes, I'm sure Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal, And Winnipeg all are shivering in fear because the sens added a 4th liner, 3rd liner, and a 7th defenseman.

Bruh having paquette on the 3rd is a huge problem

Derek Stepan is your 1C. The entire hockey community rests its case

That defence is truly putrid. Zaitsev should not be anywhere near top4. This team is a big reason why I want to take offensive players from the North division. Absolute train wreck defensively

Yea, it's still a bad team. Hope for Sens sake their younger players, many who are AHL bound get quality development during this Covid season.
One thing Ottawa has going for it, is that there are seven UFAs, earning 21m in cap on this team. And really not anyone they will really miss in 21/22 Ottawa sure has interesting offseason coming in 2021 with lots of roster spots and lots of cap space.

Unfortunatly they still are

Cause that dcore aint getting them in the playoffs and they better hope Murray rebounds

Ill concide there better but not good yet i cant wait to see how they mess it up

This team reminds me of the Jets from last year. They were a decent team but had glaring holes.

this didn't age well, did it?

the only reason they didnt get last was canucks committed to tanking lul. Benning be wanted another Hughes in his lineup

If Demko was in net Canucks would have passed Ottawa but being a part of team tank means Holtby plays

Sure. The Sens finished the season remarkably well from the trade deadline on. They were also an entirely different team from the team the Sens had to start the year, which absolutely was the worst team in the division. They basically replaced half a roster's worth of ****ty do nothing Vets with young talented players. There was one Dman who was in the lineup opening night that was in the lineup to finish the season.

I don't think anyone said anything that wasn't true about the team as it sat on opening night. You can give a lot of credit to the young talent for really elevating the team once they got the reigns, you can even give credit to Dorion for doing an excellent job of cleaning up his messes and bringing in some quality talent mid season (Mete, Forsberg, Bishop, Amadio), but I don't think that makes anyone wrong for saying the ****ty team they opened the season with was ****ty.

Really excited to see where they go from here. There's a LOT to be excited about here, but they definitely need to learn from this season. If they just keep looking for the next Stepan/Gudbranson to fill out "vet leadership" instead of trusting in the young talent they won't take the meaningful step that they could. If they play the offseason right they could easily be a wildcard team next year.

Lol yeah probably, I’d say it’s the Nucks rn

I went back to appologize to a Florida and Minesota fans because they truly exceeded expectations.

Im not appologizing for saying Stephan and Reilly suck.

OTT finished one point away from the division's basement. Nothing to boast about.

still weren't the worst team in the North and that's a fact

It's not a fact at all. Everybody agrees Vancouver is a better team that underacheived. Ottawa's played without pressure, eliminated early, while Vancouver stopped competing after their covid break.

Basing your whole team evaluation on one slim point is ridiculous.

Aged fine wdym

actually it is a fact, Ottawa is 6th and Canucks are 7th which is lower than 6th



I'm not. Just laughing at those who projected Sens to be dead last

Sens have 1 more point then van, and van had to serve a month of quartine

They were 4-3-1 in the 8 games before their final, meaningless, 2nd of a back-to-back last game. Demko started 6 of those 8 games. They weren't tanking.