After a promising preseason start, the Ottawa Senators are now 0-2-1 to start the season, 0-for-14 on the power play and have been out-shot 100-75 and outscored 10-4.
The numbers are worrisome.
Pushing the panic button after only three games played may seem like an overreaction, yet in an unforgiving league where postseason hopes are decided by one win, these three losses may come back to haunt the Sens come the playoffs.
General manager Bryan Murray is obviously feeling the frustration.
“A tough start is tough,” Murray said. “It's hard to catch up, and you do have to win a lot of games. ... if you get behind the eight-ball very far, the league is pretty even and to have long runs is difficult.”
“It's very disappointing,” coach Cory Clouston added. “We felt we had a pretty positive preseason, we had a good week of practice, but we've come out and been outworked, out-competed, out-executed in all areas. We're going to live and die as a team, and we have to attack and defend as units. Right now we're getting efforts, but it's individual efforts.”
Everyone agrees the team needs to start playing b ...
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Ottawa Senators Still Winless: Is It Time to Panic?
October 12th, 2010 by Christopher Smith Leave a reply »
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