In fact, the Senators gave Montreal fits all year, winning 6 of their ten matchups during the one-off, all-Canadian division play in 2021. We are going to assume Toffoli was referring to Ottawa’s home game against the Habs on May 5, when the Sens took down the Canadiens 5-1. They have these young guys who are super-skilled and play the right way. “They didn’t start the greatest (last season), but then we go in there and we’re like - ‘we’re going to win’ - and I don’t think I even touched the puck. In a pre-season conversation with Michael Traikos of Postmedia, Montreal Canadiens winger Tyler Toffoli declared himself a firm believer in what the Senators have going on. Nevertheless, that lingering flash of potential combined with the expectation that the Senators' good young players have serious upside, have fans excited about what might be this season.Īnd it isn’t just the fan base taking notice. The optimism is partly predicated on their strong finish last spring - a 10-3-1 run that some cynics would call fool’s gold, considering Ottawa had nothing to play for but pride and personal development. The Ottawa Senators open their 30th NHL training camp on Wednesday, with a degree of hope and promise that reaches far beyond outside forecasts that might be based on their bottom-ten finish last season.
