News Article: Five Biggest Reasons the Senators' Season Has Gone Sideways

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https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators/latest-news/five-biggest-reasons-the-senators-season-has-gone-sideways

Season-destroying poor starts are becoming an annual tradition in Ottawa. Here's a quick glance at the reasons behind it.

The Senators are 14-19-0. They have a 3.2% chance of making the playoffs. Don’t fool yourselves. Barring a 2015 Hamburglar-esque run, this team is not making the post-season.

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[NyQuil]

There are more than five players on the team.

 

[Boud]

this team is not making the post-season.

Correct.

 

[JD1]

Tank
Tkachuk
Chychrun
Kastelic
Smejkal


In that order

 

[Ouroboros]

1. Bounces
2. Injuries
3. Brannstrom
4. Bounces
5. Chaos Magick

 

[PlayersLtd]

1 / Injuries
2 / DJ
3 / Goaltending
4 / Pinto situation
5 / Frat house culture

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

1 - Team doesn't support one another. Goalie often left on his own, defense get little help from forwards, and forward in puck battles don't have much help. Too many guys trying the win games by themselves.

2 - Coaching. Lack of a solid system that suits the team, lack of accountability, way too easygoing a culture.

3 - Injuries and mind games. Good players out with big injuries and then guys who are back from injury are playing a soft "I don't wanna get injured" style of game.

4 - Scheduling. I mean really...wtf is this shit all year?

5 - Team construction. Having a bazillion LD and one RD (who has an injury history) is silly...especially when also going out last year to get another LD. Lots of copycat forwards. Where's the big punishing guys? Where are the muckers? Too many non-physical skill guys. Can't have Brady be the one to do most of the fighting and physical work, either.


Sad thing is, if #1 was fixed at the beginning of the year, there would've been a good chance to get a wildcard spot even with all the other flaws.

 

[Swisssen]

This is the "team" that Pierre f***ing Dorion built. He is the worst GM in the league. Will take a lot of time to change things after years of losing.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

 

[Tuna99]

I blame the media. If they stopped reporting that Ottawa wasn’t in a playoff spot the fans wouldn’t be so upset with the team all the time. Grocery store.

Also the other teams we ay are way better then us. Who expected this lineup of players to win anything in this league - ridiculous

 

[dumbdick]

Coaching
Coaching
Coaching
Coaching
Coaching

 

[GCK]

Dorion x 5

 

[Tuna99]

DJ showed us the power of positive thinking. Tire fire everywhere in the organization yet we were always just a bounce away from turning it around and being an elite team - glad we’re over that and we’re going to get the major surgery we need

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Hmm.

In order but not one way ahead of the other.

1) goaltending
2) bad habits becoming fully part of some of these players after years of no one correcting them or punishing them.
3) coaching (related to 2)
4) injuries but injuries should be dealt with if 2 and 3 are working well.
5) power play. It’s the one thing that we should be able to rely on and it sucks ass.

 

[Dan Patrick]

1-5 Is clearly us being the necessary blood sacrifice to the chaos gods to not allow the leafs to win a Stanley cup.

 

[Tuna99]

Hmm.

In order but not one way ahead of the other.

1) goaltending
2) bad habits becoming fully part of some of these players after years of no one correcting them or punishing them.
3) coaching (related to 2)
4) injuries but injuries should be dealt with if 2 and 3 are working well.
5) power play. It’s the one thing that we should be able to rely on and it sucks ass.

Worst PK in the NHL as well, and a team that takes way to many penalties

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Worst PK in the NHL as well, and a team that takes way to many penalties

Yeah they lack discipline in all areas

 

[Micklebot]

Worst PK in the NHL as well, and a team that takes way to many penalties

So, based on the xGF model, our PK and our PP should be middle of the pack, but in reality we're bottom 10 in both.

How do you fix a pk that allows an average amount of scoring chances and a pp that has generated an average amount of them? I guess you can blame the PK on goaltending,

The gap between our expected special teams performance and actual performance is among the worst in the league.

 

[Tuna99]

So, based on the xGF model, our PK and our PP should be middle of the pack, but in reality we're bottom 10 in both.

How do you fix a pk that allows an average amount of scoring chances and a pp that has generated an average amount of them? I guess you can blame the PK on goaltending,

The gap between our expected special teams performance and actual performance is among the worst in the league.

It’s a basic full team sucking from the net to the face off dot. f*** the metrics this team sucks ass everywhere and are fooling themselves into believing they are one bounces away or the refs made a bad call and they deserve glory for their talents.

Seems like the players were happier pretending they were good and having DJ constant praising of their horrible hockey play instead of putting in the work to be good.

NOTE TO BRADY AND TIMMY - Alfie and Hossa left a ton of points and goals behind to play solid 2 way hockey and win. Both are HOFers. f*** your ideas of how the game should be played you both literally have no clue what winning even is - do what Alfie and JM ask or go play in Texas

 

[Tuna99]

Yeah they lack discipline in all areas

Very disciplined in covincing themselves they deserve better and are entitled to wins because they all like each other.

If friendship won hockey games we’d be top of the NHL.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

When the article did not even mention Dorion ... Its a non-starter

 

[umma gumma]

When the article did not even mention Dorion ... Its a non-starter

Indeed. Did it mention the fans?

 

[Agent Zub]

Not even fun to have a contrarion outlook on Brady or the Sens anymore.

Now every knows that the team captain is a selfish player, immature, liability defensively and that the Sens are complete frat bros who are mentally weak.

 

[Big Muddy]

Not even fun to have a contrarion outlook on Brady or the Sens anymore.

Now every knows that the team captain is a selfish player, immature, liability defensively and that the Sens are complete frat bros who are mentally weak.

Does that mean you'll give up posting about it then?

 

[robsenz]

We probably have the most stationary offense in the entire league, pretty easy to defend when everyone is standing still watching the play instead of being engaged in the game.