Steve Staios is confident in this edition of the Ottawa Senators. Article content

The club’s president of hockey operations and general manager is hopeful after the Senators made the playoffs for the first time in eight years this past spring that the organization can take another step in the right direction this season. Article content

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Speaking on the eve of the club’s opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning on the road on Thursday, Staios told reporters before the club practised at the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday that this group is motivated to improve.

Coach Travis Green is headed into his second season behind the bench with the Senators and helped lead the club to the playoffs before it was eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 1

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