{"id":98026,"date":"2021-01-15T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=98026"},"modified":"2021-01-15T00:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T05:31:34","slug":"last-word-ottawa-senators-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/01\/15\/last-word-ottawa-senators-season-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word on Sens: Ottawa Senators Season Preview with Graeme Nichols"},"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 Preview<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Ottawa Senators Season Preview with Graeme Nichols\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/8n5ip-f79daf?from=pb6admin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;skin=1&amp;pfauth=&amp;btn-skin=107\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After six episodes of viewing the other teams in the North Division, it is finally time. Today, Alex takes a look at the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> season. Previewing everything that might come with it. To help him, he has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6thSens\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graeme Nichols<\/a> joining him. The two start by going over the offseason one last time and giving their thoughts on different signings and additions Ottawa made. They also take a look at this training camp and some decisions made by the Senators that they agree and don&#8217;t agree with.<\/p>\n<p>One thing they agreed with was loading up the top six with all the talent they have. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, Joshua Norris, and <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> look like they will form a first-line and Graeme highlights why that could be very successful. They also go over some depth choices and why it might be important to play some more kids eventually.<\/p>\n<p>As well, they examine the defence and why it might be a sour spot to watch this season. Finally, they highlight the goaltending and Alex makes a case for why it may be the year for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a> to bounce back.<\/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. Also, you can also find him on Twitter @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nhlsensandstuff\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHLSensandStuff<\/a>. 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