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Weekly Question: What Is Accountability?

It’s been a quiet week in Sens Land, although one storyline has been hanging over the team’s head since their game against the Sharks: what’s up with Bobby Ryan?

After a dozen seasons in the NHL with over 500 points, Ryan was healthy scratched for the first time in his career for disciplinary reasons. D.J. Smith made his reasoning clear: he wasn’t working hard enough.

“You have to have enough respect for a guy who’s been in the game as long as he has, but I also have 22 other guys to coach that need that same amount of time.