OTTAWA - It may be early in the season, but the Ottawa Senators can’t afford to fall back into bad habits.

With a 2-4-0 record the Senators are less than thrilled with the first 10 days of their season.

Inconsistency, cheating for offence and an inability to play a full 60-minute effort is leading to early frustration for head coach Travis Green.

“A lot of things we took pride in last year we were good, we weren’t good (Saturday),” said Green.

Far too often this season the Senators have had breakdowns that have allowed opponents to get back into games and Ottawa has failed to respond.

“It’s how do you keep momentum, how do you stop momentum,” Green said. “How do you keep the lead? How do you play with the lead? What’s your mindset? Are you cheating for offence? Are you cheating? Are y

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