Eight games into the 2021 NHL season, and the Ottawa Senators are past the point of all sugar-coating, or misplaced optimism: something is very wrong with this team.
Now losers of seven in a row, the team is in the midst of a campaign that is careening off the rails. Ottawa has gone 14 days and counting without a win - being outscored 22-6 in their last four games - and fans have been left in a furor; wringing their hands in despair, and debating as to just what is the cause of this team’s collapse.
The truth of the matter is that there’s no singular answer as to why the Sens have struggled so mightily.