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Senators' Prospects Down the Stretch
Yesterday's AHL All-Star Game featured reigning MVP Corey Locke and defenseman Mark Borowiecki, fresh from making his NHL debut on the West Coast. I did not watch the game. There was something about another sixty minutes of a bunch of hungover athletes playing hockmockery that I found to be a...
Team Alfie loses the Alfie celebration game despite Alfie's best efforts
This All-Star game had everything you'd expect from one: Tons of scoring, and no defense. The theme for tonight, besides the obvious and intoxicating adoration for Daniel Alfredsson, was that someone else was going to do all the work if you wanted to score a goal. This was a passing clinic...
Senators ups and downs: Week Ten
Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Ottawa Senators' players for the past week. It was an ugly week for the Senators. A quality win over Tampa Bay was followed with three straight losses to Washington, New Jersey, and Vancouver. The first time the Sens...
New York Rangers lose 5-4 in the shootout to the Ottawa Senators After Blowing 3 Goal Lead Late
Ok, I'll get this out of the way now; this game should have been over at 4-1 with the Rangers playing smart, defensive hockey down the stretch to seal the victory. But that didn't happen. What did happen was another weak effort in the first period that saw the Rangers on accumulate 2 scoring...
Poaching salary: Could the Senators acquire Jeff Carter?
When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired the rights to Ilya Bryzgalov, they also acquired a Giordian Knot of salary problems: Bryzgalov is reported looking for a 5-year, $30-32M deal. That represents a cap hit of around $6M at the cheapest. If the salary cap rises to the expected $62M next year,...
Sens' Face Versus Kings' Face
Original post date: Sunday, November 4, 2007On Friday, October 2, 2007, Jason Spezza (24) extended his contract with the Ottawa Senators until the 2014-2015 season. Translated: $49M for 7 years. The Sens have also locked up Daniel Alfredsson (34) until 2011-2012 and Dany Heatley (26) until...
The Daily Roundup for 2/21
That pretty summed up last night in a picture. Onto the links. Sabres Links I think that Ryan from the Roost summed it up pretty well. Here is the News' point of view. The Enemy's links Travis over at Broad Street Hockey has a good summary of the game. How ironic, he used the same...
Driven Koivu Best of European Captains
A decade ago, the mere notion might have been unthinkable. Imagine, a European born player captaining a Canadian team! Don Cherry would have a fit!Today, there are 4 Europeans donning the "C" in Hockey Nation, and the treatment from fans and media alike never let them rest easy. In...
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