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Patrick Roy to Ottawa is loud April talk, but the Senators' playoff race keeps this pressure more on Travis Green than a live vacancy.
The spark is obvious. Roy just got dumped by the Islanders, and Ottawa always feels one hot rumor away from a full storm.
Michael Andlauer likes forceful people. Roy is forceful in every room he enters, and that kind of personality sells fast when a market wants edge.
But April 6 is a bad time for fantasy booking. Ottawa is still in the fight, and Travis Green is still behind the bench.
The Senators entered this stretch at 40-27-10. They also held the regulation-wins edge in the East wild-card race.
You can almost hear the studio jolt when Roy's name lands in the post below.
"Possible to see Patrick Roy in Ottawa."
That clip works because Roy is never quiet. He brings heat, and Ottawa fans have spent years begging for more bite.
Patrick Roy would shake the Ottawa Senators
Fans would love the noise, but noise is not the same as timing.
If Andlauer ever looks at Roy, it is about identity. Roy would demand harder details, a sharper forecheck, and more bite from the blue line in front of Linus Ullmark.
That part is real. Ottawa has top-end talent, but this group still drifts when games turn ugly, and coaches with Roy's edge attack that softness first.
Still, making that move now would tell the room the season is gone. That message would clash with a club still trying to nail down a playoff spot.
So the smart read is this. Roy is not the Ottawa Senators' coach today, and he probably should not be.
He is the kind of name that gets louder only if this playoff push slips, and that makes every Green decision over the next week feel heavier.
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