| New Sen |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|08:24 pm] |
-The Ottawa Senators have signed defenseman Brendan Bell to a one-year, two-way contract. |
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| Sens sign Gator |
[Jul. 8th, 2008|04:19 pm] |
From Sportsnet.ca
Senators fill blueline void with Smith
The Ottawa Senators signed defenceman Jason Smith to a US$5.2-million, two-year contract on Tuesday.
The 14-year NHL veteran was an unrestricted free agent. He was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers last season and was captain of the Edmonton Oilers the five previous seasons.
Smith, who will receive $2.6 million in each season, led the Flyers with 204 blocked shots and 142 hits in 77 games last season. He also had 10 points (1-9) and 86 penalty minutes.
The 34-year-old Calgary native has averaged 202 blocked shots per year in each of the last three seasons and is one of only three NHL players (Anton Volchenkov - 671, Smith - 608 and Niclas Havelid - 601) to block more than 600 shots since the start of the 2005-06 season.
Smith has 168 points (40-128) and 1,052 penalty minutes in 945 career NHL games with the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/07/08/senators_smith_signing/ |
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| Vermette files for arbitraton |
[Jul. 6th, 2008|10:52 am] |
From Sportsnet.ca
Vermette, Bouwmeester file
Ottawa forward Antoine Vermette and Florida defenceman Jay Bouwmeester were among 15 players who elected to take their teams to salary arbitration, the NHL Players' Association said Saturday.
Joining them were centre Brooks Laich and defenceman Shaone Morrisonn of the Washington Capitals. The only other club to have two players go that route were the Minnesota Wild, who are set to have hearings with forwards Pierre Marc Bouchard and Stephane Veilleux.
Also on the list: defenceman Dennis Wideman of the Boston Bruins; Carolina forward Chad LaRose; right winger Marek Svatos of the Colorado Avalanche; New York Islanders forward Sean Bergenheim; newly acquired centre Dan Fritsche of the New York Rangers; St. Louis centre Jay McClement; forward Marcel Goc of the San Jose
Sharks; Detroit centre Valtteri Filppula; and Nashville defencemanVille Koistinen.
The deadline for teams to decide to take players to salary arbitration is Sunday. Hearings will be held from July 20 Aug. 4.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/07/05/salary_arbitration_list/ |
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| Boyle on the Block? |
[Jul. 3rd, 2008|10:05 am] |
OTTAWA SUN: Bruce Garrioch reports if Boyle doesn't waive his clause the Lightning could place him on waivers. "It's believed the Thrashers, Blue Jackets, Sharks, Panthers and Senators have all shown interest in Boyle", reports Garrioch, who also suggested Boyle could stick to his guns and refuse to be dealt. The reporter suggests either Antoine Vermette or Andrej Meszaros could be part of the return from the Senators.
We dump Reddens 6.5mil a year and try to trade for 6.8mil for Boyle? waaaaaay too expensive and stupid. |
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| Signing news |
[Jul. 2nd, 2008|02:46 pm] |
From OttawaSenators.com
Senators Re-sign Shean Donovan
Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray announced today that the club has re-signed right-winger Shean Donovan to a two-year contract.
The 33-year-old graduate of Brian Kilrea’s Ottawa 67’s recently completed his 13th NHL season and first with the Senators, recording 12 points (5-7) and 73 penalty minutes. Of his five goals, three were game-winners, two of which came in consecutive games (Oct. 20 – Oct. 27). The 2007-08 campaign also marked the second time in his career in which he has appeared in all 82 of his team’s regular season contests.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound native of Timmins, Ont., was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the second round, 28th overall, in 1993 and made his professional debut during the 1994-95 season, after completing his four-year junior career with the 67’s. He was originally acquired by the Senators from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Peter Schaefer on July 17, 2007.
In 13 NHL seasons with San Jose, the Colorado Avalanche, Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston and Ottawa, Donovan has appeared in 856 regular-season games, tallying 105 goals, 121 assists and 631 penalty minutes. He has also recorded 12 points (6-6) while playing 47 post-season games. He recorded one goal in the Senators’ 2008 opening-round playoff loss to Pittsburgh.
Donovan enjoyed his best offensive NHL season with Calgary in 2003-04 when he recorded career season highs of 18 goals and 24 assists for 42 points.
Donovan has also represented Canada in international competition, winning the gold medal at the 1995 world junior championship and again at the 1997 world men’s championship.
http://senators.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367563&page=NewsPage&service=page
From TSN.ca
SENATORS, RUUTU AGREE TO THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
The Ottawa Senators have added some sandpaper to their lineup.
Feisty forward Jarkko Ruutu has agreed to a 3-year, $3.9 million dollar deal with the Senators.
Ruutu scored six goals and 10 assists in 71 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins this past year.
The native of Vantaa, Finland has played eight seasons in the NHL, six with Vancouver and the last two with Pittsburgh. Ruutu has 83 points and 716 penalty minutes in 419 career NHL games.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242273&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl |
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| Sens UFA/RFA updates |
[Jul. 1st, 2008|04:49 pm] |
From Sportsnet.ca
Sens sign goalie Auld to two-year deal
The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Alex Auld to a two-year deal.
In 32 games with Boston last season, Auld went 12-13 with a 2.68 GAA and three shutouts.
More details to follow.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/07/01/sens_auld/
UFA Cory Stillman has been signed to a 4-year contract worth $10.6 million by the Florida Panthers.
UFA Mike Commodore has been signed to a 5-year contract worth $18.75 million by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
UFA Wade Redden has been signed to a 6-year contract worth $39 million by the New York Rangers. |
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| Qualifying offers extended and other news |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|12:20 pm] |
From the Ottawa Sun:
The Senators made the necessary qualifying offers to their eligible restricted free agents at yesterday's deadline, thus maintaining the rights to Andrej Meszaros, Antoine Vermette, Josh Hennessy and Jeff Glass.
Veteran Luke Richardson has informed Murray of his desire to play another year, but for now he's going to have to be content with participating in the waiting game. As it stands, the Senators' blue line shapes up like this: Chris Phillips, Anton Volchenkov, Meszaros, Brian Lee, Christoph Schubert and Lawrence Nycholat, a Binghamton farmhand whose deal (signed by former GM John Muckler) calls for him to earn $600,000 on a one-way contract next season. "We certainly need one more defenceman, at least," Murray said yesterday. "And I wouldn't be averse to getting a second. But they are hard to find." The 39-year-old Richardson suited up for 76 games with the Senators last year but was phased out in favour of Lee down the stretch and in the playoffs. "To be fair to Luke, I have not offered him anything," said Murray. "When free agency time kind of gets through a certain period, we'll look at our roster, and if we need that extra guy, and if he's willing to come back in a lesser role, then we would address that at that time. He wants to play, I believe, and he was good for us last year. He's certainly the character kind of guy that I want and like. What happened there, when Nycholat got the one-way contract, it kind of screwed Luke a little bit, as far as his opportunity to be that 6-7 guy. That's what I have to look at now."
Asked about the possibility of bringing Mike Commodore back for his blue-line toughness, Murray said: "Again, it becomes dollars. I've talked to his agent (last Saturday). It depends. I think anybody going to free agency thinks there's a jackpot out there, for whatever their role might be. If he made 1.3 last year, maybe 'I'd get 2.5 next year' type of thing. Based on that, it would be hard to do." |
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| Coyotes acquire McGrattan from Senators |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|04:10 pm] |
From TSN.ca
TSN.ca Staff
6/25/2008 3:04:17 PM
Text SizeThe Phoenix Coyotes have acquired forward Brian McGrattan from the Ottawa Senators for a a fifth-round pick in 2009.
McGrattan is set to become a restricted free agent on July 1.
The 26-year-old has played parts of the past three seasons with the Senators, scoring 10 points and 287 penalty minutes in 143 games.
McGrattan was the Los Angeles Kings' fourth-round pick (No. 104 overall) in 1999. |
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| Sens buy out Emery |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|09:51 pm] |
From Sportsnet.ca
Sens complete Emery buyout
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA -- Goalie Ray Emery cleared waivers on Monday, becoming an unrestricted free agent after being bought out by the Ottawa Senators.
Emery was owed US$6.75 million over the next two seasons.
Senators GM Bryan Murray put Emery on waivers after he couldn't find a market for the mercurial goalie.
"I've attempted to trade him," Murray said Friday. "Like I said at the end of the season, it's an opportunity for us to move on and him to move on.
"You never like to do that, it's really a shame. Ray Emery is a good goaltender. I think starting over again and getting his career going again, and he'll be fine."
Emery, 25, went 12-13-4 last season with a 3.13 goals-against average and an .890 save percentage.
Those numbers represented a steep decline from 2006-07, when Emery was a big part of Ottawa's run to the Stanley Cup final. That season, he was 33-16-6 with a 2.47 GAA and a .918 save percentage.
He also shared the blame for the team's supposed chemistry problem, though he denied having been that much of a distraction.
"I don't think I was a model citizen but in no way did I not encourage my teammates or take away from what they were trying to do," Emery said in April. "I probably got in more trouble last year but when you're winning everybody is still on your side."
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/06/23/sens_buyout/ |
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| Sens sign Karlsson, Kelly |
[Jun. 21st, 2008|12:18 am] |
From Sportsnet.ca
Sens trade up to select Karlsson at 15
OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators did a little dealing to land their man at the NHL draft.
The Senators moved up three spots to the No. 15 spot, and used it to select defenceman Erik Karlsson from Sweden. Ottawa swapped first-round picks with the Nashville Predators to get Karlsson, sending the 18th overall pick plus a third-round pick in 2009 back to Nashville.
The full house at Scotiabank Place roared when Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson stepped to the podium and selected his countryman.
"To be picked by the Senators when the draft is in Ottawa is amazing and to hear your name be called out by Alfredsson is a nice feeling and I will remember it for the rest of my life," said Karlsson.
"Hopefully I will make the citizens of Ottawa happy," added Karlsson who, at five-foot-11 and 165 pounds, will certainly need to put on some weight and muscle before making the move to the NHL.
"He just needs some time and to put some muscles on his skinny body," said Senators European scout Vaclav Bunda.
"He's extremely smart and he's a two way defenceman who is going to run the power play in the near future."
Karlsson led Team Sweden at the 2008 Under-18 IIHF World Championship with seven assists in six games. He was named the tournament's best defenceman.
"Vaclav and our other scouts had followed him in great detail and thought very highly of him and when I had a chance to move up and make sure we got him, it certainly appeared to be worthwhile," said Senators general manager Bryan Murray.
Karlsson had 13 goals and 37 points in 38 games with Frolunda Junior, with whom he won a SuperElite Championship in 2007-08. He also played seven games with Frolunda where he had one goal.
The Senators also announced yesterday that they had reached an agreement on a new US$8.5-million, four-year deal with unrestricted free agent Chris Kelly.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/06/21/senators_draft_karlsson/ |
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| Emery put on waivers |
[Jun. 20th, 2008|02:55 pm] |
From the Sportsnet.ca.
Sens waive Emery, Kings waive Cloutier
OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators placed troubled goalie Ray Emery on waivers Friday, beginning the process to eventually buy out his contract.
The 25-year old Emery struggled last season both on and off the ice, going 12-13 with a 3.13 GAA and was accused of being a disruptive force in the locker room.
The Los Angeles Kings also placed goalie Dan Cloutier on waivers as well, presumably for the same purpose.
More details to follow.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/06/20/sens_emery_cloutier/
Alfie: Emery can be good, but elsewhere
By Ian Mendes
OTTAWA -- Daniel Alfredsson believes that Ray Emery could once again be a good goaltender in the National Hockey League -- just not with the Ottawa Senators.
Speaking after learning the club had placed the goaltender on waivers Friday for the purpose of buying him out, Alfredsson said Emery could return to the form that backstopped his team to the Stanley Cup final 12 months ago -- if the netminder is willing to improve his work ethic.
"There's a lot of negativity on him here in the city," the Senators captain said. "I believe if he wants to commit himself to this game and work out hard, he can be a really good goalie. But I just don't think it could happen here."
The temperamental netminder had several incidents off the ice that generated negative publicity, but it was his lack of effort in practice that irked teammates. He was late for practices on multiple occasions during the 2007-08 season and had friction with head coach John Paddock, who ultimately lost his job.
"Here we're trying to be a top team in the league and you’re asking your goalie to be better in practice," Alfredsson explained. "It will be good for him to get a fresh start."
General manager Bryan Murray did not offer comment on the Emery situation on Friday afternoon but was expected to address the media Friday evening after the club makes its first-round selection at the NHL entry draft.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/06/20/alfie_emery/ |
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| Senators name new head coach |
[Jun. 13th, 2008|10:06 am] |
Craig Hartsburg has just been named the new head coach of the Ottawa Senators at a press conference at Scotiabank Place.
Edit: Sportsnet.ca is stating that it is a three year contract.
SENATORS TO NAME HARTSBURG NEW HEAD COACH TODAY
TSN.CA STAFF
6/13/2008 9:23:59 AM
Former Canadian World Juniors and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds head coach Craig Hartsburg will be introduced as the new bench boss of the Ottawa Senators today.
The announcement will be made at a news conference in Ottawa this morning.
Earlier in the week it appeared that the job would go to Kitchener Rangers' coach Peter DeBoer who had met with Melnyk in the Barbados on Wednesday, however the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. DeBoer is expected to interview for the vacant head coaching job with the Los Angeles Kings this weekend and is also among the candidates for the same position with the Florida Panthers.
"It's a good team that needs some structure and some accountability," Hartsburg told the Sault Star on Thursday. "And if it gets that, then it should be a good hockey club."
Hartsburg's last job in the league was as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers between 2002 and 2004. Prior to that he worked as a head coach for the Anaheim Ducks and the Chicago Blackhawks.
He also helped Canada capture gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship as an assistant to Brent Sutter in 2006. He was then handed the head coaching reigns and capture back-to-back gold medals in 2007 and 2008.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240543&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
Senators select Hartsburg as new coach
OTTAWA (AP) -Craig Hartsburg is the new coach of the Ottawa Senators, the third time he has led an NHL team.
Hartsburg takes over from Senators general manager Bryan Murray, who finished the season behind the Ottawa bench after coach John Paddock was fired in late February.
Hartsburg also has coached in Anaheim and Chicago, and was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers from 2002 to 2004. The 48-year-old Hartsburg has been coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds for the past five seasons.
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=365931&page=NewsPage&service=page |
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| From the Ottawa Sun |
[Jun. 5th, 2008|12:55 pm] |
Baby boy for Sens' Alfredsson
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson and wife Bibi now have a hat trick of boys.
Bibi gave birth to the couple's third son yesterday at 2 p.m., the team announced. No name has been chosen as yet and everybody was doing well.
The new arrival joins Hugo, 5, and Loui, 2, to round out the Alfredsson offspring's top line.
http://www.ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2008/06/05/5776341-sun.html |
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| Heatley tops Team Canada points list |
[May. 5th, 2008|07:04 am] |
Dany Heatley's four points yesterday against Latvia (1g, 3a) made him Canada's top career point-getter at this event in the modern era. He now has 40 points in 36 world championship games, which puts him one ahead of Steve Yzerman. He has registered eight points (4g, 4a) in the first two games of the tournament, and is a +6. Spezza has 1 assist and is a +2. |
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| Sens spotting |
[Apr. 26th, 2008|05:48 pm] |
Back before the playoffs started, Loeb Kanata had this neat bit of giant pixel art by the cash. The pixels are Coke boxes. Conveniently, they come in Sens colours!
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