It's once again safe to think about hiring a coach for Senators goalies.

Management didn't dare replace Eli Wilson when the team went on an 11-game winning streak the day after firing Ottawa's goalie mentor since 2007.

But for the first practice since a run-halting 5-0 embarrassment in Toronto, there was goaltending consultant John Stevenson huddled in the Scotiabank Place stands with Senators GM Bryan Murray. Stevenson, who was Clouston's goalie coach with the WHL's Kootenay Ice, had spent the past week with the Binghamton Senators, far from the kitchens of Brian Elliott and Pascal Leclaire.