Accountability time: Revisiting our preseason picks

Who will win the Stanley Cup? The Vezina Trophy? How many points will the Senators accumulate this season? The Citizen’s sports department’s picks (originally made during training camp) are here.

Who will win the Stanley Cup? The Vezina Trophy? How many points will the Senators accumulate this season? The Citizen’s sports department’s picks (originally made during training camp) are here.

Wayne Scanlan (Columnist):
Senators: 14th (76 points) Eastern champs: Pittsburgh Western champs: San Jose Stanley Cup Winner: Pittsburgh League MVP: Steven Stamkos Most goals: Steven Stamkos (52) Top Defenceman: Drew Doughty Top Goalie: Jonas Miller Top Rookie: Adam Larsson Playoff MVP: Sidney Crosby

Allen Panzeri (Reporter):
Senators: 13th (74 points) Eastern champs: Pittsburgh Western champs: Chicago Stanley Cup Winner: Pittsburgh League MVP: Sidney Crosby Most goals: Steven Stamkos (53) Top Defenceman: Zdeno Chara Top Goalie: Pekka Rinne Top Rookie: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Playoff MVP: Sidney Crosby

Ken Warren (Reporter):
Senators: 12th (79 points) Eastern champs: Washington Western champs: Chicago Stanley Cup Winner: Washington League MVP: Evgeni Malkin Most goals: Alex Ovechkin (58) Top Defenceman: Duncan Keith Top Goalie: Tomas Vokoun Top Rookie: Mark Scheifele Playoff MVP: Tomas Vokoun

James Gordon (SenatorsExtra.com):
Senators: 15th (74 points) Eastern champs: N.Y. Rangers Western champs: Vancouver Stanley Cup Winner: Vancouver League MVP: Steven Stamkos Most goals: Steven Stamkos (55) Top Defenceman: Drew Doughty Top Goalie: Henrik Lundqvist Top Rookie: Mark Scheifele Playoff MVP: Ryan Kesler

Doug Fischer (Sports Editor):
Senators: 14th (74 points) Eastern champs: Washington Western champs: Vancouver Stanley Cup Winner: Vancouver League MVP: Pavel Datsyuk Most goals: Alex Ovechkin (53) Top Defenceman: Shea Webe Top Goalie: Cam Ward Top Rookie: Gabriel Landeskog Playoff MVP: Alex Ovechkin

Doug Menary (Assistant Sports Editor):
Senators: 12th (84 points) Eastern champs: Philadelphia Western champs: Chicago Stanley Cup Winner: Chicago League MVP: Alex Ovechkin Most goals: Alex Ovechkin (65) Top Defenceman: Duncan Keith Top Goalie: Ilya Bryzgalov Top Rookie: Jonathon Blum Playoff MVP: Jonathan Toews

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About James Gordon

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Citizen sports editor James Gordon watched the original NHL Jets play their last game on his 15th birthday and returned 15 years later to chronicle one of the reincarnated franchise’s games against the Ottawa Senators. Prior to joining the Citizen’s sports section as a hockey writer and online editor during Senators’ 2007 Stanley Cup final run, he spent several years on Parliament Hill covering national security, terrorism and access to information issues. The Carleton University grad’s journalism career began with a summer job as a business reporter with Dow Jones Newswires in Toronto, but he soon returned to Ottawa to join the Citizen. James was appointed sports editor in March 2012. View all posts by James Gordon →