Ottawa Senators Postgame Analysis: A Hot Mess From a Cold Team

Man, that was awful.

Worse still was how this embarrassing loss drove home the fact that the Sens' only two wins of the season are the exceptions, while last night's disgraceful play represents the new expectation from this year's Senators.

The only bright spot, as has been the other norm so far, was the play of the Ottawa goaltender, once again all for naught.

Honestly, what is there to say?

They won the majority of face-offs? Awesome.

Jarkko Ruutu pummelled Jeff Halpern? Sweet.

They were only out-shot, 34-19? How nice.

They only lost by three goals? Gee, could have been worse.

The Sens emptied both barrels within the first four shifts, and spent the rest of the game on their backs with Montreal pulling its collective noses.

It was a disgrace to the uniform and the fans, and I'm being kind.

Eight games in and the Sens have shown no reason to believe in an impending change.  In fact, they've made a strong case for a very long and frustrating season.

The answer to the problem lies in the dressing room. So far all we've seen from the majority of that bunch is a group blank stare.

Gerald Norton is a B/R Senators Featured Columnist and owner of the Ottawa Senators blog sensay.wordpress.com