Poll: Are you still confident the Senators will make the playoffs?

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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 →

8 Responses to “Poll: Are you still confident the Senators will make the playoffs?”

Kevin
March 21, 2012 at 11:10 am #

I said when Andy went down with his chicken injury if we went .500 without him we’d be just fine.
We may only get in by the skin of our teeth, but once Anderson gets back we’ll peel off a couple wins heading into the playoffs & get some swagger back. No sweat.

Jacob W
March 21, 2012 at 12:11 pm #

Not only do I think we will. We could make it further than people expect. The best two things are if we can grab the Northeast title or we can face Florida.

Florida could take the 2nd seed from Boston. And looking at the those two, the Panthers have a way easier schedule.

I wish Lehner got a couple more starts though. He really could be the future of this organization with Karlsson.

Matt
March 21, 2012 at 1:12 pm #

Goaltending hasn’t been an issue, they haven’t been scoring goals…with or without Anderson they need to start scoring goals to make it, and to win any games in the playoffs if they get there.

RecalSentrant
March 21, 2012 at 2:18 pm #

Starting to get worried, but as AJ Sensubec and Shawn Senspson on Team 1200 keep telling us, the team is overachieving and wasn’t expected to make the playoffs and the reds are mean and nasty and the pre-game meal was tepid and the players are young and the hockey sweaters are too warm and…

RecalSentrant
March 21, 2012 at 2:20 pm #

P.S. Jacob, Flordia cannpt take the second seed from Boston since they are not in the save division…it is either Boston or Ottawa on top of the NE or Florida or Washington or Winnipeg on top of the SE.

- Vikont
  March 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm #
  
  No, Florida can absolutely take the second seed from Boston, there are only 2 points separating the two teams, with 10 games to go.
  
  Maybe a better strategy for Sens would be to fall to the 8th seed? And they are doing an admirable job so far This way we will face NYR in the 1st round, and somehow Ottawa has the Rangers number.
  
BigV
March 21, 2012 at 2:55 pm #

To RecalSentrant: Jacob was talking about 2nd seed in the conference. If Florida keeps winning they will overtake Boston and 2nd seed would play 7th seed. So perhaps Florida versus Ottawa can still happen that way instead of 3rd versus 6th.

This is just a bump in the road. GO SENS!!!

AJ
March 23, 2012 at 5:43 pm #

You wanna hope its Florida or Boston will make swiss cheese of the Sens.