Sens GM Dorion: Coaching staff will return next season

Ottawa Senators head coach Guy Boucher and his staff will return next season, general manager Pierre Dorion told TSN 1200, according to TSN's Ian Mendes.

Dorion went into detail, noting that Boucher will run the team's power play (ranked 27th in the NHL this season), Rob Cookson will be behind the bench as an assistant, Martin Raymond would become the club's "eye in the sky," and that Marc Crawford will remain behind the bench as an assistant.

A year after a double-overtime goal in the Conference Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins brought their season to an end, the Senators failed to build off that strong showing in the playoffs and finished with the second-worst record in the league.

The Senators' 67 points this season was their lowest total in a full 82-game season since the 1995-96 campaign.