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Ottawa Senators players apologize after caught ripping coaches in Uber dashcam video
UPDATE: The Ottawa Senators organization has issued a response after several players were caught ripping the team’s coaching staff on video without their consent.
Ottawa Senators response. pic.twitter.com/K7toq52Qdr
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 6, 2018
The players involved have also released a joint statement apologizing for the incident.
“We want to apologize publicly to Marty Raymond, our teammates and coaches for our comments in Phoenix, Arizona on October 29,” read the statement, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
“Our private conversation was recorded without our knowledge or consent. We’re passionate about our team, and focusing on growing together. We are grateful for the support of our fans and organization. This is an important learning experience, and we will do better.”
ORIGINAL STORY: A group of Ottawa Senators are watching their worst fears become a reality.
During a recent road trip in the United States, Chris Wideman, Matt Duchene, Chris Tierney, Dylan DeMelo, Thomas Chabot and Alex Formenton (who has since been sent to the OHL) hopped in an Uber together. While the purpose of their trip and its destination are unknown, it’s safe to say the hockey players weren’t aware that they were being filmed.
The video, which has since been taken down, was uploaded to YouTube and Twitter, according to the Ottawa Citizen. Unfortunately for those Senators in the vehicle, it has since been uploaded once again by the Citizen:
The five-minute clip is beginning to blow up online for all of the wrong reasons. The group covers topics such as their struggling penalty kill, team meetings and issues with zone entries.
“We don’t change anything, ever,” says Duchene while talking about reviewing video. “So why do we even have a meeting? I haven’t paid attention in three weeks.”
It appeared that Martin Raymond, the team’s assistant coach, was the main target of the players’ derision.
Rob Khazzam, general manager for Uber Canada, released a statement Monday night on his Twitter account, stating that recording passengers on video without their consent is “a clear violation of our terms of service.”
Filming or recording passengers without their consent is totally unacceptable and if reported / detected we will investigate + take action to preserve our communities privacy and integrity. In this specific case, we made efforts to have the video taken down.
— Rob Khazzam (@rkhazzam) November 6, 2018
We knew that things would be tough in the capital of Canada this year. With a record of 5-6-3 through the early portion of the season, they’ve been comfortably mediocre.
With this video now out while the Senators have been trying to push a new culture in their dressing room, it appears the team is taking more steps backwards instead of forward.
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