Expectations on the Rise for the Senators in 2020-21

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Double overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Then three straight seasons of finishing in the bottom two of the NHL.

As has been well documented over the past few years, Ottawa’s fall from grace was swift and left the fanbase hopeless. After trading not only Erik Karlsson in 2018 but then Mark Stone later that same season, that is when the fanbase felt its most apathetic. And how could you blame anyone for not wanting to invest any of their time in a team that was not investing enough money and resources into being successful?

Everybody knew that 2018-19 and 2019-20 were going to be disastrous seasons but that they would at least be getting a…