Ottawa Lynx at season start

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After winning the cup last year spirits are high in Ottawa but most of the players that once hoisted the cup are now not even playing for the Lynx anymore. Ottawa had a hard time finding suitable replacements in the offseason but the staff did its best to fill the holes left behind. To most people it was obvious Ottawa won't be winning another championship title anytime soon but what was the way harder question to answer is how much their play will suffer.

Now after the first games, Ottawa has shown that they have been able to compensate for some of the lost quality with some new signings going 6-7 in their first fourteen games Ottawa seems to be just mediocre, which is a lot better than some people expected of them to be.

They probably won't be able to compete with the Yuko Rush or Halifax 21st any time soon but a 3rd place in the regular season might be possible depending on how their new talents develope.

No matter how they end up placing this will be a crucial season in for Ottawa in developing their young talents and forming a new core that then again might be able to contend with the top teams for the league but for now, they will need to be happy with all the wins they can get.