{"id":950500,"date":"2026-10-29T10:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950500\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:02:11","slug":"you-said-it-sens-need-backup-to-be-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950500\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Sens need backup to be better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>SENS NEED BACKUP TO BE BETTER<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>A major problem the Ottawa Senators had all last season was that when goalie Linus Ullmark was not available, which was often, the team lacked a good enough backup.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Over the offseason, the Sens acquired Samuel Ersson and signed him to a two-year, $4.4-million contract. So far, Ersson is not proving to be the adequate backup the Sens thought they were getting.<\/p>\n<p>With Ullmark so often missing from the lineup, let\u2019s hope Ersson can perform much better going forward.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent loss to San Jose, the Sharks\u2019 goalie stopped 41 of 43 shots, meaning he was almost twice as busy as Ersson!<\/p>\n<p>LARRY COMEAU<br \/>OTTAWA<\/p>\n<p>BE READY, MR. HELLEBUYCK<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Connor Hellebuyck, did you enjoy the Panthers-Senators game on Oct. 21? That was a church service compared to the Devils-Jets game in Winnipeg on Nov. 10. Better have on your fireproof underwear.<\/p>\n<p>LES SWERDFEGER<br \/>NEPEAN<\/p>\n<p>DIDN\u2019T KNOW EU PART OF THE DEAL<\/p>\n<p>No way did we know that joining the European Union was in any way, shape or form part of the deal when Mark Carney was installed as Liberal leader and subsequently proceeded with his gaslighting elbows-up fear campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Carney should go back to his beloved Europe. This is Canada. I absolutely, vehemently oppose the deteriorating, tyrannical EU regime from having any influence whatsoever, not even one iota, in our Canadian business.<\/p>\n<p>Wake up, people. Do your homework, speak up and get your heads out of the sand.<\/p>\n<p>GISELE LAVICTOIRE<br \/>ORL\u00c9ANS<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-losing-hope-in-canada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Canadian flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-1397750852-scaled-e1704329168438.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Losing hope in Canada<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-smith-played-it-smart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to media at McDougall Centre in Calgary on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026.  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/daniellesmith1021dp04.ca_305876903.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Smith played it smart<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content SENS NEED BACKUP TO BE BETTER Article content A major problem the Ottawa Senators had all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-950500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}