The Ottawa Senators are down 0-3 in the series to the Montreal Canadiens. Everyone knows that. Only four teams in NHL history have come back from 0-3 to win four straight, however it can happen again. Two teams have done it in the past six years alone, and the Stanley Cup Champions did it last year. Is it likely that Ottawa comes all the way back? No, but that doesn’t mean the fans and (especially) the players should just give up.
If the players had given up earlier, they wouldn’t even be close to the playoffs. In February their chances of making the playoffs sat at just over 2%.