When any team, even a rebuilding team, goes on a nine game winless streak this early in the season, questions arise.
For the Ottawa Senators, a winning season was never a realistic goal for this year. Winning some games was possible. Building upon last year’s season was almost inevitable. Despite what some of the players said about pushing for the playoffs - and despite the confident statements from the General Manager - anything more than a 20th place finish this season was likely out of reach before the puck even dropped on January 15th.
As things do in the hockey world, rumours and questions started coming out over the past week about the situation in Ottawa.