Ottawa Senators’ improved play gives GM Staios reasons for optimism
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are ahead of where they were this time last season, giving general manager Steve Staios reasons for optimism at the halfway point of the 2024-25 NHL campaign.
The Senators (20-18-3) are eight points ahead of where they stood at this point last year and have shown tangible growth. Staios attributes much of this improvement to a renewed commitment to two-way hockey and the development of a team culture under first-year head coach Travis Green.
“It’s a process-driven approach with this group,” Staios said Sunday. “We want to see incremental steps.
“I think, laying the foundation the way that we have and the way the coaching staff has, we feel like there’s a foundation there to build off of.”