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Rebuilding The Senators
by Paul on 04/17/08 at 12:09 PM ET
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from Jim Kelley at Sportsnet,
Murray deserves his share of the blame for what’s happened to the franchise, but he also fits the criteria for director of the rebuild. He knows hockey and he knows talent and where he gets an edge is that he knows Ottawa’s problems from the inside out. Given Melnyk’s other problems, Murray is the guy Melnyk has to charge with fixing the Senators.
Goaltending will be a huge issue. Emery is as good as gone, likely via a buyout. That message was sent from the moment Murray nailed him to the bench in favour of Martin Gerber. Gerber wasn’t awful in the series, but he was never close to being a difference maker and if a team has Stanley Cup aspirations or even aspirations of making the playoffs (which will be both a singular and difficult goal for the Senators next season), that has to improve.
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Wow. 4 straight. Didn’t see that coming.
Don’t follow the Senators much but they seem to have a ton of firepower up front.
Looks to me like some deals between Vancouver and Ottawa could make sense.
Vancouver sending some defensman out East and someone who can score out West.
Posted by Laker from dapuddle on 04/17/08 at 02:08 PM ET