Former Avalanche goaltender and head coach Patrick Roy is interviewing to become the , according to The Sports Network.
A decision could be made as soon as this weekend, according to the report.
Roy, 53, spent three seasons as Colorado’s vice president of hockey operations and head coach from 2013-16, compiling a 130-92-24 record. He led the Avs to the top of the Central Division in 2014 before losing to the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs. In August 2016, he resigned from his positions.
He returned to helm the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2018, where he was head coach from 2005-13.
If hired, Roy would take over a Senators team that finished with an NHL-worst 64 points last season. Ottawa fired Guy Boucher in March. Former Avs head coach Marc Crawford finished the season as the interim head coach.
