The San Jose Sharks are trying to emulate the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n
For seven-straight seasons, the Senators were out of the playoffs, before Travis Green took over as head coach in 2024-25. Ottawa has made the playoffs in the last two years, albeit not past the first round.<\/p>\n
The San Jose Sharks have also been out of playoffs for the last seven seasons, and head coach Ryan Warsofsky wants to follow the Senators\u2019 path.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey\u2019ve grown from the last couple of years of playing in that [tight-checking playoff] hockey and what it takes, and now it\u2019s translated into the regular season, how hard they check,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n
The Senators, even after trading star winger Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, look like one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom a coach\u2019s perspective, fascinating to see it,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cTravis [Green] has done a really good job in the way they play, their details, their structure. They have some good personnel to play that suffocating, fast style.\u201d<\/p>\n Like the Senators before Green, the Sharks are a young, highly-skilled team, learning how to play winning hockey.<\/p>\n So is Ottawa\u2019s \u201csuffocating, fast style\u201d where San Jose wants to get to?<\/p>\n \u201cYes,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n San Jose Sharks (7-6-1)<\/p>\n Alex Nedeljkovic<\/a> starts.<\/p>\n Zack Ostapchuk<\/a> will come in for Adam Gaudette<\/a>.<\/p>\n