"Paul MacLean couldn't take it anymore.

Midway through a drill at practice Wednesday at Scotiabank Place, the Senators coach blew his whistle and summoned everybody to the boards for a talking to.

He used lots of four-letter words to express his displeasure with the way the players were doing the drill, especially with the Senators in the throes of a seven-game losing streak.

Then, MacLean repeated the drill.

"Execution a lot of times is focus and concentration," said MacLean. "You practise like you play sometimes.""