Five Thoughts for Friday: Biggest Takeaways from the 2023-24 Season

The 2023-24 season for the Ottawa Senators was certainly...something. The simple facts are that the Senators finished 11th in overall xGF% (51.92%) but were 2nd last in save percentage (only thanks to a monumental collapse by the Flyers goalies) at .8845% and had the worst, fifth worst, and 17th worst goalies in GSAx. If they simply had league-average goaltending, they would have allowed 236 goals against instead of 281, making them go from a -31 goal differential to a +14 one. The great news is that sometimes all it takes for a team to do well is one player on the team being not terrible.