Silver Seven · Apr 24, 2022
Who are the Ottawa Senators’ Biggest Rivals?
Gambrell trying VERY hardLast night’s contentious battle between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens had a certain tension to it that only comes with two teams that really don’t like each other. The bad blood was flowing before the puck was even dropped. Yes, it’s true that neither team had anything much to play for but you wouldn’t have known it from the atmosphere at the Canadian Tire Centre. The whole thing made me a certain kind of nostalgic, and got me thinking: who are the Sens’ rivals right now? Rivalries are usually built on the back of repeated play-off run-ins, and it’s been a few years since the Sens were in the post-season. There’s also a geographical element — it’s hard to hate the Seattle Kraken, for instance. Nonetheless, let’s a take a crack at answering the question of just how are the Sens’ biggest rivals: