D.J. Smith will not lose his job in Ottawa (for now) – Canada Boosts

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D.J. Smith is in his fifth season behind the bench for the Ottawa Senators.

Underneath his watch, the membership has by no means made the playoffs… And the membership continues to disappoint yr after yr, despite the fact that there are such a lot of proficient gamers within the Ottawa lineup.

He arrived when the group was rebuilding, however there’s been no excuse for the previous two years.

Earlier than the beginning of this season, many noticed the Sens as a playoff group. However after 17 video games (8-9-0 document), the identical query nonetheless comes up when speaking in regards to the group:

“D.J. Smith deserves to lose his job.”

Our colleague Charles-Alexis Brisebois defined in a current textual content that, for the sake of the principal and the membership, the Sens ought to hearth him.

That mentioned, evidently this isn’t the group’s plan. Frank Seravalli instructed the Real Kyper and Bourne show (Sportsnet) that the group needs to attend earlier than making that call:

It have to be irritating for the group’s followers.

As a result of mainly, what’s taking place is that we’re losing the expertise and potential of younger gamers.

Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris, Drake Batherson, Tim Stutzle, Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot… These guys by no means had an opportunity to style the playoffs.

And that’s an issue.

The group has a brand new proprietor AND a brand new president of hockey operations. Sooner or later, somebody someplace goes to have to drag up their socks and repair this case, as a result of it may well’t go on.

A serious change is required.

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