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Sens let Latendresse walk

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The Ottawa Senators’ resilient 2013 season argues that the franchise’s future is bright. Still, GM Bryan Murray has a lot of questions to answer (and probably some significant holes to fill).

Murray at least took care of one of them on Wednesday, as the Ottawa Sun reports that he parted ways with Guillaume Latendresse.

The explanation was simple enough for the oft-injured 26-year-old winger: he couldn’t get it done, although his tough luck with injuries begs a few “what if?” questions.

“If he hadn’t have gotten hurt he’d have been able to contribute here,” Murray said.

” ... We knew his foot speed wasn’t going to be the reason we signed him. We thought around the net, being a front-of-the-net, goals, offensive zone type of guy and it never really got there for him.”

The report indicates that Mike Lundin and Peter Regin will be shown the door as well.

Daniel Alfredsson’s retirement is possibly the most significant change, but there are some other things to ponder.

At 39, Sergei Gonchar’s best days are behind him, so is it worth giving him the two-year contract he’s reportedly asking for? Will the team sign guys with one year left on their deals (such as Milan Michalek, Cory Conacher, Robin Lehner and Jared Cowen) to extensions?

There’s a lot to like about this team, although it could look quite different in 2013-14.

Latendresse seems upbeat about it, at least.

Dont cry because it’s done. Smile because it happened.

— Gui Latendresse (@thetender73) May 29, 2013