Predictions is a fool’s game?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty (Andre Ringuette) Sometimes you’re the bug, sometimes you’re the windshield. It is the way of things, in the game of prediction-making in hockey. Some

Down to the wire in ‘TeamTank’

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty (Andre Ringuette) Some meandering thoughts and pauses-for-consideration as we head down the stretch in the National Hockey League regular season. Really, when you think

Jets represent Canada’s best bet

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty That grandiose sense of hope for Canada took a turn towards minimal optimism some time just after Christmas this past year. "Could we

Despite disastrous season, better days ahead for Senators?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Eugene Melnyk. . . . Now that I have your attention, let's move on. We're going to leave the Ottawa Senators' owner, CEO,

Senators Hit Mute Button on Trade Deadline Day

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images (Andre Ringuette) Ian freakin' Cole? That's it? That's all she wrote? C'est tout? This National Hockey League trade deadline was supposed to

Tumultuous season continues for Senators

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images (Andre Ringuette) "May you live in interesting times." It's an adage that adequately describes the Ottawa Senators, in that the phrase

Nothing Shabby About Chabot

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy CP Circling back to the draft of 2015 and while most will focus on the introduction of wunder-kid Connor McDavid to the ranks of the

Did Ottawa Really Need Another Skating Rink?

 Photo by Emily Kathen 2017 in Ottawa was a year full of excitement. From the Red Bull Crashed Ice championship, to the fire-breathing La Machine, to the 150th Grey Cup Festival, Ottawa was the place to be to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation, and unsurprisingly held the number one

Have the Senators Flat-lined?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image Seriously? We're running out of things to write here. The Ottawa Senators are a terribly dysfunctional and unresponsive patient. They have

Could Senators Be Trading Karlsson?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image So just how much stuffing is in this turkey of an idea to trade Ottawa Senator Erik Karlsson? Depends who you

Is the Guy Boucher System Working for the Senators?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image This Guy Boucher system on this Guy Boucher-coached team with Guy Boucher's players does not work. And it hasn't, pretty much

Have Sens quickly become one on the league’s doormats?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image As the legendary Ric Flair would say: "What's causing all this?!!" Truth be told, I don't have a clue. As the

Big Questions Surround the Sens

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image While it's certainly not the right juncture for hysteria, terror and trepidation, the way the Ottawa Senators have been playing lately

If the Current ‘Cool’ in the NHL is Skating, Ottawa is Sitting Pretty Chill

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Image Mimicry is the great motivator in the National Hockey League. A few years back, tanking became the thing to do. After

Turris Nashville Bound in Avalanche of a Trade

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Isn't it just so appropriate that the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche are going to be spending some significant time together

J and J’s Gibberish: Hockey Talk and Mental Health Movember

 One mother's weekly journey in raising her special needs children.  With all the celebrity shaming going around (rightfully so I might add!!!) for atrocious predatory and vile male behaviour, I thought I would use this week’s J and J Gibberish to launch a series about celebrities using their voices for

SENATORS: What We Learned Last Week

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images From the highly anticipated "Things-We-Learned-This-Past-Week" department: If Bobby Ryan didn't have bad luck, he likely would have no luck at all.

Different Splash of Colour in Battle of Ontario

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images Colton Orr - Matt Carkner. Tie Domi - Chris Neil. Darcy Tucker - The entire Ottawa bench. Yep, the Battle of

Canada’s Coming of Age Commemorated in Art Exhibition

 1867: the year of Canada’s confederation. It’s a year that has been in the forefront of the Canadian consciousness for the entirety of 2017, with the current year marking the True North Strong’s 150th birthday. But 2017 also marks the anniversary of another important year for our country, and a

Diplomacy on Ice: Canada Hockey Days in Kazakhstan

 Diplomacy, at its best, operates upon the common ground shared by two parties. When it comes to Canada and Kazakhstan, no ground is more suitable for that than that of a skating rink. From May 20-21, Canadian Hockey Day in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana took place; serving as a celebration of

Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre is Changing How We Live With Cancer

 The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) has been helping cancer patients fight their battles for nearly six years now. With their fundraiser, they are hoping to take their services one step further. Last year, the OICC launched their “Changing How We Live with Cancer” fundraiser, with the ambitious goal of

What’s next?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette NHLI via Getty Images Your guess is as good as mine. The question being, what can you expect to occur in Game 6 Tuesday night at

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 30-February 6, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images courtesy NHL.com The loss of winger Clarke MacArthur for the duration of this season, and possibly permanently, leaves a hole in the lineup the club would like to

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 16-22, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Here we sit at the halfway point of the NHL's regular season for the Ottawa Senators. Summing up the first half? Have to give the team as a whole

SENATORS: A Week in Review – December 12-18, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. Generally I'll refrain from the old-standard 'I told you so.' But so far, so good, and it's irresistible. So, 'I told you so.' Juvenile humour aside,