Where the Senators end up this season will be a question that pre-occupies the National Capital Region all winter. But what kind of a team will it be? MacLean has now seen his players for just under two weeks and is feeling good about it. “We think we’re going to have a real competitive team,” [...]

With defenceman Jared Cowen just about clinching a spot on the team, the next task is to decide what to do with David Rundblad. He has the option to return to Sweden if he doesn’t make the NHL, but hasn’t made an entirely compelling case for staying. MacLean said there’s some thinking to be done. [...]

Coach Paul MacLean says not to read too much into the lines he’s using during exhibition games. They may not even last from period to period. At this point, they’re only intriguing. One that has potential, though, is the threesome of Colin Greening, Jason Spezza, and Nikita Filatov. Spezza had some history with Greening last [...]

Peter Regin breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday. His left shoulder, injured when he was checked into the boards in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, is not seriously injured. He could rejoin the team for practice as early as Monday and possibly even be ready for the season-opening game against [...]