Ottawa Senators ups and downs

In four games this week, the Senators were 3-1.  Don't they know they're supposed to be tanking so that fans can spend the next two months debating which forward they need to draft?  Short intro.  You probably didn't even read this sentence.  On to

Another week of excitement as we got both a winning streak and another trade.  Hail and farewell, Alex Kovalev.  The team also sandwiched a loss against Buffalo between wins against Florida and the East-leading Philadelphia Flyers.  We were wondering how Craig Anderson would look against some better competition and so

It was not a good week for Ottawa, dropping games against Vancouver and Calgary -- both games they might have won if things went differently -- before finally besting the one team worse than they were in the standings, winning in Edmonton to the score of 5-3. Of course, this

Just two games this week for the Senators, who managed to get one out of four possible points.  As the losses continue, so do the down arrows.  Let's try to make some sense of the carnage. Biggest gains: Zack Smith As Peter pointed out, Smith's third

A three-game week was another sub-.500 one for the Ottawa Senators, but at least there was a sign of hope in one capacity: A moderate increase in goal-scoring, as the Sens put up seven goals (six different goal scorers, to boot) over the course of the three games. Ottawa

This was a poor week for the Ottawa Senators, and their search for goal-scoring hit what is literally the lowest possible point: Goaltender Brian Elliott put up a shutout, and the team still managed to lose. It is a truly a low for the franchise, which itself followed a disappointing