Generally speaking when a team fails to acknowledge their flaws they’ll have trouble improving upon the previous season. This is even truer for an Ottawa Senators team that made it to the final four in 2017. A conference final appearance is already difficult enough to improve upon when you keep the same lineup. Unfortunately for the Sens they have taken a hit on defence.
A Defence Lacking in Depth
Scoring is perhaps the biggest issue that the Sens need to address but for now let’s take a look at the defence. Despite the loss of Methot the Sens should actually be able to fill the left defenceman positions fairly easily.