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Senators Have A Few Options
by Paul on 11/25/08 at 08:13 AM ET
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from Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail,
The team’s options, broadly defined, are clear. The first — the one likely to be chosen — is to patch and paste through trades in a desperate attempt to stumble into the playoffs again in order to sell seats in the Canadian market with the smallest season-ticket base.
The second is to blow up the team, as the Maple Leafs are doing, in the knowledge that this Senators team, even an improved version of it, will never again threaten for the Stanley Cup. That window for this group is shut, and every honest fan knows it.
The start-again strategy would require a new general manager. One intriguing choice would be Steve Yzerman, who played some hockey before turning professional in Ottawa and is popular in the city.
A longer shot would be Pierre McGuire, once an assistant coach at Ottawa and now a TSN analyst. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things hockey, knows the team inside out and understands the Ottawa market.
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Yzerman has recently said that he’s not going to explore GM jobs until after the olympics.
Posted by shanetx on 11/25/08 at 03:26 PM ET
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I wonder how Wings fans would feel if Stevie Y came to town. Proud of his rise I would hope, not that I expect it to happen anytime soon, though Murray will retire at some point.
Posted by SENShobo from Waterloo, ON on 11/25/08 at 08:42 AM ET