A new era has begun in Ottawa, though the mandate remains the same: The Senators believe they are a playoff team after another offseason of shuffling.Former general manager Bryan Murray is now Ottawas senior hockey adviser and coach Dave Cameron is gone (fired) as is center Mika Zibanejad (traded). New GM Pierre Dorion and coach Guy Boucher are in charge now, and Derick Brassard is among the new arrivals.I still feel very confident that this is a playoff team, Dorion told TSN 1200 prior to the start of training camp. I dont want to speak too bluntly, but we feel good about what were doing and we feel good about the coaching staff we put in.Indeed, there are player personnel pieces in place for the Senators and their fans to feel good about, beginning with Norris Trophy finalist Erik Karlsson. Karlsson, 26, is coming off a 2015-16 campaign in which he was a point a game player (82 points in 82 games) while averaging 28:58 of ice time. The rest of the defense includes Marc Methot, Dion Phaneuf, Cody Ceci and a host of interchangeable blue liners.Up front, the Senators have skilled forwards in Brassard, Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman, Bobby Ryan, Kyle Turris and Jean-Gabriel Pageau.The question is whether the organizational reconstruction will lead the Senators back to the playoffs. It is likely that Florida and Tampa Bay will have the top two spots in the Atlantic Division in some order, so that leaves the third and final divisional playoff spot up for grabs, along with the two wild card slots.For the Senators a playoff berth, some things to watch this season:WHOS IN NET?Matt OConnor is the goaltender of the future. The present is made up of Craig Anderson (31-23-5, 2.78 goals against average, .916 save percentage, four shutouts) and Andrew Hammond (7-11-4, 2.65, .914, one shutout). Can OConnor beat one or both for a NHL job?WILL MACARTHUR RETURN?Top-six winger Clarke MacArthur only played in four games last season due to post-concussion symptoms. He sustained another concussion when he was hit by teammate Patrick Sieloff during training camp.We know his history, Boucher told reporters the following day. Its about health first, person first. Because of the history, were obviously going to be very cautious with the protocol.POWER FAILUREDespite the presence of Karlsson, who recorded 26 of his 82 points on the power play last season, the man advantage was a disadvantage for the Senators in 2015-16. The power play was tied for 26th in the league with a 15.8 percent success rate. Enter Boucher.I made my name with the power play, Boucher told The Ottawa Sun. I certainly dont want to change my strengths and thats why I was hired. I want to improve the power play. That fits me.MAN DOWN. WAY DOWNAs bad as the power play was for the Senators in 2015-16, the penalty kill was worse. Ottawas man down units ranked 29th in the NHL with a 75.8 percent success rate. That, in part, was why Boucher hired former NHL head coach Marc Crawford to be his associate coach.I wanted to get Marc Crawford to improve the penalty killing Boucher told The Sun. To focus on his strengths.DEFENSIVE DEPTHThe Feb. 9 nine-player blockbuster that brought Dion Phaneuf to the Canadian capital gave the Senators a left-handed shooting defenseman who can play against top competition. Thats likely still the organizational thought process, even though Phaneuf only played 20 games with the Senators last season before being shut down with a hairline fracture in his right foot and injured oblique. In 71 combined games with Toronto and Ottawa last season, Phaneuf averaged 22:20 of ice time, including 2:51 on the power play and 1:50 shorthanded. Cheap Adidas China Wholesale . 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There were a couple times I didnt shoot and they got on me.Vaughn, the Bucks first-round draft pick last season, made just 29 percent of his 3-point attempts during his rookie campaign.Hes a threat, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said.Despite Vaughns hot long-range shooting, the game wasnt decided until John Hensons buzzer-beating tip-in of Jabari Parkers missed layup, which gave the Bucks their first win of the season.Bojan Bogdanovic nailed a 3-pointer to tie the score with 11.6 seconds remaining, setting up Hensons heroics.Their strength is getting to the paint but (Vaughn) was the X factor, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. I give him credit. He came in and hit some big shots.Giannis Antetokounmpo added 21 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. He scored all of his points in the paint, including seven dunks.Bogdanovics 26 points led the Nets, who made just 11 of 35 3-point attempts.The Nets played without oft-injured starting center Brook Lopez, who rested after logging 26 minutes and scoring 25 points on Friday night in a home win over Indiana.(Brook) is our best player. We missed him a lot tonight, Bogdanovic said.TIP INSNets: The team plans to closely monitor Lopez, who has had three surgeries on his right foot. This doesnt mean that he wont play back-to-backs the rest of the year, Atkinson said. Wee will look at what is best for him and the team.ddddddddddddWe want peak performance for the long term. . G Greivis Vasquez left the game in the first half with a sore right ankle and didnt return.Bucks: After missing the season opener with a sprained left ankle, Tony Snell made his first appearance with the Bucks since being acquired in an Oct. 17 trade that sent Michael Carter-Williams to Chicago. We thought thatd be the best thing, to get him in the flow of things right of the bat instead of sitting and waiting around, Kidd said.MORE TIMEThe Bucks exercised the third-year contract option on Vaughn. The 20-year-old appeared in 70 games during his rookie season and averaged 3.1 points. This is a case where wed love for him to make shots every time he takes the floor but it just doesnt happen right away, Kidd said.SCARY SITUATIONThe Nets have lost 14 straight games on the road and five in a row to Milwaukee. They havent been over .500 since they were 4-3 on Nov. 12, 2014.FAMILIAR FACESean Kilpatrick, who was on the Bucks summer league roster in 2015, turned in another solid effort for the Nets, tallying 15 points in about 24 minutes. He credited the Bucks coaching staff with improving his overall game. They wanted to be me aggressive and just continue to keep playing within the flow of the game, Kilpatrick said. Coach Kidd, he actually believed in me. 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