Wisely Quiet on Senator front

 If there’s one word that encompasses the entirety of newish Ottawa general manager Steve Staios’ short reign, it’d have to be patience. He’s showcased a ton of it through the days and weeks leading up to the hotly awaited National Hockey League trade deadline (3 pm ET, Friday). Staios has

Tarasenko dealt to Florida

 Vladimir Tarasenko’s stay in Ottawa with the Senators was a short one. The Stanley Cup winning winger was dealt to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday morning for a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2024 and a third-round pick in 2025. That 2024 pick will be upgraded to a third rounder

Nick Paul: Stay or Go?

 They did it with Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mark Stone. Will the Ottawa Senators hit the trifecta with Nick Paul? Seems like a reasonable question: Will Ottawa trade off one of its key contributors and more popular skaters at the NHL’s trade deadline? The similarities are striking. All three are/were in

Work just underway for Dorion after trade deadline day

 If you thought NHL trade deadline day was ripe with activity for the Ottawa Senators, wait ‘til June 26th in Montreal. June 27th too. That’s when general manager Pierre Dorion will strap on his thinking cap for what promises to be an extremely frantic NHL entry draft. Dorion – already

Senators’ decision-making is taking its sweet time

 Photo courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Rip the bandage off already, would you? Pull the bloody plug. Here we sit less than a week away from the NHL’s trade deadline (Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. ET) and still no definitive word on which direction, if any, the Ottawa Senators’ rebuilding