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04 June 2015: NHL Combine participant, center Logan Brown (131) works out during the Fitness testing at the 2016 NHL Scouting Combines at the Harbor Center in Buffalo, NY. (Jerome Davis/Icon Sportswire)

04 June 2015: NHL Combine participant, center Logan Brown (131) works out during the Fitness testing at the 2016 NHL Scouting Combines at the Harbor Center in Buffalo, NY. (Jerome Davis/Icon Sportswire)

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Ottawa Senators’ Pick No 11: Logan Brown

March 19, 2016: Ottawa Senators Left Wing Mike Hoffman (68) [6734] shoots the puck during the NHL game between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadians at Canadian Tires Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Steve Kingsman/Icon Sportswire)

March 19, 2016: Ottawa Senators Left Wing Mike Hoffman (68) [6734] shoots the puck during the NHL game between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadians at Canadian Tires Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Steve Kingsman/Icon Sportswire)

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To progress, Senators need to take an honest inventory of their situation

Canada's Julien Gauthier, right, tackles Swiss Denis Malgin, centre by the goal by Canada's goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, during the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships tournament match between Switzerland and Canada in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Canada's Julien Gauthier, right, tackles Swiss Denis Malgin, centre by the goal by Canada's goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, during the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships tournament match between Switzerland and Canada in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

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Projecting Senators’ draft-day strategy

Ottawa Senators left wing Mike Hoffman is congratulated by teammate Mark Stone after scoring an empty net goal during a NHL hockey game between the Ottawa Senators and the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Photographer: Tommy LaPorte/Icon Sportswire

Ottawa Senators left wing Mike Hoffman is congratulated by teammate Mark Stone after scoring an empty net goal during a NHL hockey game between the Ottawa Senators and the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Photographer: Tommy LaPorte/Icon Sportswire

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Senators’ drafting and development skill remains underrated

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Column: Senators need stability behind the bench

When teams fail to live up to expectations, heads roll. That’s the reality of working in professional sports, and that’s the reality that...
Pierre Dorion has plenty of work to do with Senators

The Ottawa Senators have missed the playoffs twice in the last three years. They’ve won just one playoff series since appearing in...
Evaluating Senators’ Mike Hoffman conundrum

The Ottawa Senators will not be making the 2016 NHL playoffs. There are plenty of reasons for this (with the main one...
The mystery of the Senators’ strange penalty kill

The Ottawa Senators’ penalty kill is a mess. Truthfully, their penalty kill isn’t alone in that distinction, as the team as a...
Column: Owner Melnyk deluded about state of Senators

The Ottawa Senators are one of the few NHL teams that operates on an internal budget, with owner Eugene Melnyk working to save...
Does Erik Karlsson really need to be more defensively responsible?

Thursday morning, Elliotte Friedman made some remarks on Toronto’s Sportsnet 590 about likely Norris candidate, Erik Karlsson, and how he needs to...
Evaluating Senators’ sophomores: Stone, Hoffman, Hammond

At this time last year, nobody was talking about the Ottawa Senators. They looked like any other team bound to finish out...
Senators Shouldn’t Expect Another Miracle Run

The Ottawa Senators shocked the hockey world last year by making the playoffs seemingly out of nowhere. Goalie Andrew Hammond became one...
Aging, Point Production, and Bobby Ryan

Aging curves are an interesting topic to discuss, especially in today’s NHL. Despite the apparent focus on getting younger and concentrating more on speed...
Senators Banking on a Better Phaneuf in Reduced Role

With five points standing between them and an Eastern Conference wild card spot, the Ottawa Senators decided some help was needed after...
Karlsson’s Impact on the Ottawa Senators is Unparalleled

In a season filled with few ups and many downs, the Ottawa Senators have watched Erik Karlsson develop into arguably the best...
Midseason Review: Senators Not Guaranteed Return to Playoffs

The 2015 NHL offseason saw the Ottawa Senators make very few additions to a young team that exceeded the expectations of many. They...
Erik Karlsson: Leading New Wave of Defense in NHL

By any objective measure, the Ottawa Senators aren’t a very good hockey team. They would technically make it into the playoffs as...
The NHL’s Hidden Gem Plays in Ottawa

There have been plenty of discussions and fanfare this season over finding ways to increase goal-scoring in the NHL, with cries for bigger...
Mike Hoffman and His Unique Rise to Stardom

Many advances have been made in the way we see, think, and talk about hockey these days. The general discourse has gotten significantly...
Kyle Turris Ready to Establish Himself as a Star

The name Kyle Turris isn’t one that often denotes stardom when brought up in NHL circles. Drafted third-overall back in 2007, Turris...
Ottawa Senators Look To Build on the Streak

2014-15 Retrospective There were a lot of great storylines for the Ottawa Senators in 2014-15. They engaged in a memorable first round...
Craig Anderson Remains the Senators’ Top Goalie

It took Craig Anderson until his ninth season to find a stable home in the NHL. Entering 2015-16, his hold on the...

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