Ottawa's Year-To-Year Penalty Problems Are Still An Issue

Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY SportsDoes it seem like the Ottawa Senators are always getting calls against them? That's because it's true. But not because the refs hate them, it's because they have consistently been taking too many penalties year in and year out. That doesn't speak to refs poor judgement, that speaks to the fact that the Senators have always been taking bad penalties.

It's no coincidence that they have mostly taken more penalties than they draw, and that's something that needs to change. I have been wanting to write about this topic for some time, and luckily for me, the narrative this year is exactly the same.

The team has racked up 12.21 penalty minutes per game, which ranks 6th…