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Conrad Amenta

An application for the General Manager position from a fan (part one)

Dear Mr. Melnyk, It has come to my attention that your Ottawa Senators are now 477 points out of the playoffs, and that GM Bryan Murray is in the final year of his contract. Your vote of complete confidence in management, coaching, and players - nay, your insistence that this

Is there a magic bullet for the Ottawa Senators?

We're told that there's always a magic bullet. That one missing piece that will put the Senators over the top. In the early 2000s, when the Ottawa Senators ruled the regular season, it was a supposed lack of grit and leadership that kept them from winning

What to do with Chris Phillips?

Chris Phillips is in the final season of a four-year deal paying him $3.5M a year, and he has a no-trade clause. He's almost 33 years old, and has played his entire career with Ottawa. He's an affordable, and still relatively young, shut down specialist,

Ottawa Senators: To shake up or blow up?

As of December 9th, the Ottawa Senators sit tenth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 12-15-2 and seven points out of the playoffs. (Only two points up on the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers, to put their performance in perspective.) In a mediocre conference, this team may

Senators RFA Dossier: Nick Foligno

Drafted 28th overall back in 2006, Nick Foligno has never had to live up to the kind of impossible expectations foisted on top-pick prospects. Perhaps because of this, he's solidified a place on the Senators roster as a tenacious forward with some upside. Foligno is as an RFA