Ottawa started their teardown in the 17-18 season and and 7 years later still appear to be wandering the desert despite having some cornerstone pieces in Tkachuk, Stutzle, and Sanderson.
It made sense when they tried to move their program forward they targeted guys in their mid-20’s in Debrincat and Chychrun but neither guy was a long term fit and both had to be sold for pennies on the dollar. Ullmark is their most recent attempt at getting the missing piece they needed but he has never been more than a Brian Elliott elite tandem goalie.
The Sens are a cautionary tale of how a teardown rebuild can go wrong even when so many of the pieces seem right.
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