Struggling Senators say they’re in the position they deserve after brutal stretch
OTTAWA — From the misfiring forwards right down to the struggling goaltenders, the Ottawa Senators know they only have themselves to blame for their current situation.
After a decent start to the season the Senators (11-16-8) have gone into a free fall, and unless they make a dramatic turnaround could be facing a very long second half.
Ottawa sits 15 points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for third place in the Atlantic Division and 14 back of the New York Islanders for the final wild-card spot, making the playoffs a distant hope at best.
“It’s self-inflicted right now,” centre Nate Thompson said Thursday. “I think everything that’s happening to us right now is we’re doing to ourselves. There is a lot of season left and no one’s going to feel sorry for us.”