The Ottawa Senators season opener is just eight days away, and after a fantastic finish to last season, there is plenty of hype mounting. I'm sure fans don't need much more optimism for the upcoming season, but I am going to give some anyway. There are some reasons to believe this team can be quite good, and here are five of them:
Last year Methot missed 37 games, and in those 37 games it was quite apparent that Karlsson needed his old partner back. It's not that Methot is an All-Star or anything, but he is a perfect compliment to Karlsson, and he's infinitely better than the other players that played on the top pairing such as Chris Phillips, Mark Borowiecki, and Jared Cowen.