I find it pretty silly that so many people believe that after making the Final Four, the Sens will miss the playoffs. I mean, if you think that they won't make the Final Four again that's definitely a fair statement. There's a lot of parity in the league and nothing is a guarantee. But you actually think they'll miss the playoffs after the run they just had?
That's pretty ridiculous.
Not to mention the struggles they had last season and still managed to finish with 98 points. On the last game of the season Brassard, Karlsson and others weren't dressed in a loss against a non-playoff team. That alone brings them to 100 points. After that you have Anderson (starting goalie) going on personal leave for more than half the season, MacArthur (top 6 forward) joining the team just 4 games before the regular season ends, and going through training camp almost until mid-season adapting to Guy Boucher's systems. The coach himself admitted they barely practiced the PP last season.
Considering all of that, they should be
better next season, at least in the regular season. Why would they be worse? Because they lost a 4 dman who was carried by Karlsson? That makes no sense. Especially when you consider the depth that Claesson, Oduya and Harpur are able to provide to soften the 'blow' (not really a blow, but whatever). Oh, and adding the best defensive prospect in Chabot should help things as well... Finally having someone who can take advantage of the open ice Karlsson creates on the back-end. Anyways, I guess Sens fans are used to being the underdogs.
