from Ian Mendes of TSN,

Only two Ottawa Senators players were waiting inside the club’s dressing room on Friday morning when the doors opened to the throng of media that had hurriedly assembled at Canadian Tire Centre in the wake of Guy Boucher’s sudden firing.

In a way, it was fitting that Craig Anderson and Mark Borowiecki were left to speak with reporters. The remaining Senators veterans are feeling deserted and stranded by a series of seismic moves that sent shockwaves through the fan base.

Within the past week, the club has traded three core players in Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel and Mark Stone – a trio that accounted for 41 per cent of the club’s goal scoring this season. On Wednesday, it was announced that the club’s vision for a new downtown arena at LeBreton Flats was officially dead. And then on Friday – seemingly without warning – the team announced it had parted ways with Boucher as its head coach.

The past seven days have sucked the life out of Ottawa Senators fans and it’s also taken its toll inside the dressing room.

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