Is Ottawa good?

[abj]

We're only 6 games in, but they've beaten teams like Florida, Tampa and Utah (who have had a good start themselves).

Ottawa meets good teams. Entirely NHL have good teams.

This is all without Ullmark as their starting goalie, who has been out since their first game IIRC.

Without Ullmark? Hence Ottawa goes bad?

Are they going to make the playoffs?

Ottawa have a good chance of doing the playoffs.

 

[tmg]

If DJ Smith was their coach and no Ullmark they probably don't win a game without him during this stretch where Forsberg is 3-1 I believe.

He’s 2-1. He started the LA game but Sogaard claimed the W in relief.

Sogaard’s 6.96 GAA, .765 Sv% W.

 

[NVious]

Forget about Ohio Rizz, I want that Sigma Ottawa Rizz

 

[newfy]

This thread pops up every year the last 3 seasons. Lets see how they finish the year, they've had the talent to make the playoffs for 2 or 3 years and always finish comfortably out of the playoffs. The young guys might take a step forward and the goalie might get them some points... but is it enough to make up the 13 points they finished out of the playoffs last year?

They're very much at the point where I'll believe it when I see it

 

[Korpse]

There’s a lot of hockey to be played.

 

[umma gumma]

No, Ottawa is not good. Maybe we can bump this thread when they move to the new arena. They might be just ok by then. Should lock the thread until the move.

 

[SensontheRush]

No, they’re not good and won’t make the playoffs. Fun to watch though because they play fire wagon hockey. Their game isn’t stout enough to make the playoffs in that division.

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That changed entirely once Martin took over last year. Sens really don't play cheatey Hockey anymore.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

maybe

 

[The Waffler]

The cup is ours

 

[DackellDuck]

Ottawa is a team that's perfectly capable of putting up a 94-98pt season and making the wildcard.

Is that good? I think wildcard teams would be considered average...

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

This thread pops up every year the last 3 seasons. Lets see how they finish the year, they've had the talent to make the playoffs for 2 or 3 years and always finish comfortably out of the playoffs. The young guys might take a step forward and the goalie might get them some points... but is it enough to make up the 13 points they finished out of the playoffs last year?

They're very much at the point where I'll believe it when I see it

No, they really have not. At the top end? Sure. But this is the first Sens team since their ECF run that has any depth whatsoever

 

[BlueAzN]

Pretender at best. They have 1 or 2 decent quality players. But they lack true elite team construction. They'll be booted out of the first round at best. Most likely a fringe playoff team making it 50% of the time.

 

[Xirik]

Good Jinx thread.

Anyway they can be good but they do seem to be easily rattled when things go wrong to the point that they all look anxious.

 

[Sens9292]

Pretender at best. They have 1 or 2 decent quality players. But they lack true elite team construction. They'll be booted out of the first round at best. Most likely a fringe playoff team making it 50% of the time.

I don’t think anyone has said they’re elite in this thread. They have talent and up and coming good team. There’s a couple elite teams in the league and that’s it.

 

[BlueAzN]

I don’t think anyone has said they’re elite in this thread. They have talent and up and coming good team. There’s a couple elite teams in the league and that’s it.

Exactly, I guess it depends on how you define "good". I'd re-phrase and say Ottawa is in the okay to good category. Definitely not elite.

 

[Hale The Villain]

This thread pops up every year the last 3 seasons. Lets see how they finish the year, they've had the talent to make the playoffs for 2 or 3 years and always finish comfortably out of the playoffs. The young guys might take a step forward and the goalie might get them some points... but is it enough to make up the 13 points they finished out of the playoffs last year?

They're very much at the point where I'll believe it when I see it

Fair enough, but it's worth pointing out they would have been on the bubble of the playoffs last year if they just had average goaltending instead of historically terrible netminding from Korpisalo and Forsberg.

 

[Schennanigans]

Let’s talk in a few months.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Sens haven't had a good October in forever though, maybe they are finally decent?

The first month basically means nothing, lots of bad teams come out hot, lots of good teams come out cold. We will see how it shakes out

 

[Marlowe Syn]

Sens will end the season above Montreal and below Buffalo, so probably solidly in the lottery as per usual.

Oh they will finish better than Buffalo. The Sabres still don't seem to know who they are.

Not sure they will make the playoffs in that grinder of a division. I do think their games will be meaningful right to the very end. Still a 7th or 8th seed would not surprise me. Got some work to do, but yeah I think this team is turning that corner

 

[Byron Bitz]

I never get too high or too low in October but so far it looks like they have a good chance to make it. I give then around a 30% chance at making playoffs.

 

[Mr Kot]

So diving into some deep research I've managed to decode some of this.

"Rizz" = charisma
"Gyatt" = strong excitement, suprise or admiration
"Beta" = used to describe someone who prefers other people to be in charge and may be shy or lack confidence
"Sigma" = referring to a supposed classification for men who are successful and popular, but also silent and rebellious
"Mewing" = The act of making your jawline more defined by putting your tongue to the roof of your mouth

So the Sens may have shown 'rizz' so far this season but the fans are still hesitant to 'gyatt' on the team because in the past we were 'mewing' as wannabe 'sigmas' when we were in fact just rizzless 'betas'. While there may be 'rizz' right now, there is also the reality that we may once again revert to our historically 'incel' 'chud' state of aggressive indifference.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Forget about Ohio Rizz, I want that Sigma Ottawa Rizz

Didn’t know what rizz was, so googled it, and said, the term found its way into teen slang through TikTok and other social media.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

We started both of the last seasons 4-2 before going into a freefall and never recovering. I will wait at least a dozen games before any sort of conclusions. Remaining cautiously optimistic.

Yeah I'll decide in December.

Way way way too early to say.

 

[Reality Check]

Would only make sense that after Jimmy Apples was banned from this site, a curse was lifted off the Ottawa Senators.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Need to see them have a good November first. Every year they tank the month of November and spend the rest of the season playing meaningless games because they are already knocked out of the playoff race. I think the Ullmark addition was huge and will help them win more games and get into the playoff race but i worry they dont have the playoff race expirience to succeed if they get there.