Senators 2025-26 Player Preview: Jake Sanderson
With the 2025-26 season approaching quickly, it is time to start looking at what the Ottawa Senators have to work with. They finally made it back to the playoffs, but…
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Comparing the Ottawa Senators to the Rest of the Atlantic Division
Last season was big for the Ottawa Senators. After seven tough years, the team finally made the playoffs and pushed the first-place Toronto Maple Leafs to Game 6 before bowing…
Senators’ 2025-26 Training Camp Storylines to Watch
The bad news for any player skating with the Ottawa Senators’ American Hockey League (AHL) franchise in Belleville is that the big club’s 2025-26 roster is pretty much a lock. Trying…
Expectations for Senators’ Nikolas Matinpalo in 2025-26
Ottawa Senators defenseman Nikolas Matinpalo is coming off a rookie NHL season he couldn’t have possibly foreseen a year ago at this time. Last summer, Matinpalo was a 25-year-old Finnish…
Expectations for Senators’ Tyler Kleven in 2025-26
Although it didn’t last very long, Tyler Kleven left his fingerprints all over the Ottawa Senators’ first-round series this past spring. His shot from the point in Game 2 was…
5 Ottawa Senators Storylines to Watch in 2025-26
After last season’s playoff appearance – the first in seven years – hopes are high among the Ottawa Senators faithful that their club will contend for Lord Stanley’s silverware next…
Are the 2025-26 Ottawa Senators a Better Team?
Last season was a success for the Ottawa Senators by the only measure that mattered – making the playoffs. Sure, they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first…
Senators Finalize 23-Man Roster for 2024-25 Season
The deadline to submit the season-opening roster has come and gone, and the Ottawa Senators have settled on a 23-man roster that may have surprised some. With moves like waiving…
4 Non-Playoff Teams From 2023-24 That Can Win the 2025 Stanley Cup
The Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023 after missing the playoffs in the 2021-22 season. Otherwise, it’s a rarity for a team to miss the playoffs one…
Ottawa Senators’ Offence Still a Question Mark in 2024-25
On the Sept. 12 episode of The Hockey Writers Roundtable, my colleague Jacob Billington and I disagreed on whether the Ottawa Senators were packing enough offensive punch to be successful…