Marc Methot was speaking in general terms when he mentioned the m-word Thursday.
"We can't hang our heads and start feeling sorry for ourselves," the veteran defenceman said the morning after a 4-1 loss to Anaheim meant the Senators had been outscored 11-2 in the first two games of their longest road trip this season. "More than anything now, we've got to come together ... whether to muster a little bit of magic, or maybe a little soul-searching, I don't know what it is."
Some kind of magic was performed by Andrew Hammond last February when the Senators were in California, and oh, guess who has just rejoined the team after being away for a couple of days for personal matters?