{"id":125247,"date":"2022-02-09T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=125247"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:05:06","slug":"ottawa-senators-season-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/02\/09\/ottawa-senators-season-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word on Sens: Ottawa Senators Season, Defence, and Outlook with Jack Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last<em>\u00a0Word on Hockey presents The Last Word on Sens Podcast. The latest addition to the stable of LWOH Hockey Podcast Content. Every week Alex Metzger will share his thoughts on the news of the week. This news will generally relate to the Ottawa Senators. He will also have a variety of guests from the world of hockey as well as spending some time on original segments. Sit back, listen, and enjoy some Ottawa news, analysis, and discussion.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ottawa Senators Season<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"Moving on From Zaitsev, Injuries, and Season Expectations with Jack Richardson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=c4fpu-11a1776-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alex is back after the All-Star break and with two weeks in the books, there is lots to talk about. To break everything down, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackrichrdson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Richardson<\/a> of the Future Sickos Podcast joins him. The two begin with highlighting some key injuries since the last recording which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bathedr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drake Batherson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/norrijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Norris<\/a>. Going over the losses, they look at how it impacts the team&#8217;s depth but also how the Senators have actually fought through it nicely.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;19122&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Alex and Jack also discuss how the Ottawa Senators season is a weird one because it feels like a &#8220;lost&#8221; season, but there is still obvious improvement made. This is unlike past seasons where a top draft pick is what is needed. Instead, you want to see actual growth from the team that gives confidence going forward. Finally, they have a long discussion on the Senators&#8217; defensive pairs, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/01\/26\/ottawa-senators-defence-depth\/\" target=\"_self\">very common topic<\/a> lately. Is there a way to move on from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zaitsni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Zaitsev<\/a> this year and what would it cost to do so?<\/p>\n<p><em>Who is Alex Metzger? Alex is from the Waterloo region in Ontario, Canada. He grew up playing hockey and shortly after fell in love with analyzing it.\u00a0 Alex is a die-hard Senators fan and has been his whole life\u2026 Despite growing up in the middle of Leaf land. You can find Alex\u2019s work at LastWordOnHockey.com and milehighhockey.com. 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You can find the podcast on Twitter @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lastwordonsens\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastWordonSens<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"PPH7E06iQqthRLqq-URWUQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1238309639\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'PPH7E06iQqthRLqq-URWUQ',sig:'ZezO7rypCJreVWDDRi3LkpgmXtqGqS_3PGZmareqexM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1238309639',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last\u00a0Word on Hockey presents The Last Word on Sens Podcast. 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