Three Stars of the Week: Holiday Edition

It often felt like the Sens needed twice as many players to stop the oppositionSince we last did this on December 17th, it’s not been pretty. After beating the Predators 4-3 in overtime, coughing up a three-goal lead before salvaging it late, the Senators lost four in a row, only the most recent of which (a 3-2 loss to the Capitals) felt particularly close. Losing starting goalie Craig Anderson to a concussion definitely hurt things, and now we look forwarding to Thomas Chabot and Christian Jaros out for weeks as well. This mess of a team is turning into even more of a mess of a team. With 39 points on the season, they’re tied with the St. Louis Blues for second-last in the NHL. The good news is that losing every game and being last in the NHL is about as bad as it can get. So things can only improve from here, right?

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