Sens Talk: Will Ottawa Make the Playoffs?
“,”body”:” Who would have thunk it? The Ottawa-Toronto game Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre has major implications for one of the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. If I had said that two weeks ago, everyone would have thought the Leafs were part of the equation. But of course Toronto has long been eliminated, and the Senators, a team that looked invincible to start the season, are the team on the bubble. Don’t get me wrong, the Sens are still holding onto a playoff spot—they are sixth in the conference entering play Thursday with 92 points, two points up on ninth-place Washington—and I still think they will get in. Still, it has been a humiliating collapse for a team that started out on fire, one that many expected to represent the East in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second consecutive spring. One that was untouchable. After all, this team started out 13-1-0—following yet another win over the Leafs on Nov. 6, their third versus their provincial rivals already th
Who would have thunk it? The Ottawa-Toronto game Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre has major implications for one of the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. If I had said that two weeks ago, everyone would have thought the Leafs were part of the equation. But of course Toronto has long been eliminated, and the Senators, a team that looked invincible to start the season, are the team on the bubble. Don’t get me wrong, the Sens are still holding onto a playoff spot—they are sixth in the conference entering play Thursday with 92 points, two points up on ninth-place Washington—and I still think they will get in. Still, it has been a humiliating collapse for a team that started out on fire, one that many expected to represent the East in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second consecutive spring. One that was untouchable. After all, this team started out 13-1-0—following yet another win over the Leafs on Nov. 6, their third versus their provincial rivals already that early in
