The 2017-18 Ottawa Senators followed up a tremendous season with almost the worst possible outcome: finishing second last in the entire league. With that, one would expect there to be some changes made, even if the front office believed in most of the people in the organization.
Considering Pierre Dorion has been the GM for just two years, it didn’t seem like he was going to be fired by Eugene Melnyk just yet. However, Guy Boucher and the rest of his staff were on the hot seat, and even up until yesterday there was still a chance that they were not going to be returning.