1004-sprt-carkner Allen Panzeri It was bad news for Matt Carkner, good news for David Rundblad. A door opened for the the 20-year-old Rundblad on Monday when general manager Bryan Murray announced that Matt Carkner had had surgery on his right knee that morning and would be out indefinitely, at least four to six weeks. The [...]
Jamie Van Dusen has every other sweater the Ottawa Senators have worn over their 20 seasons in the NHL. So you had to figure he’d be one of the first in line on Saturday morning to pick up the latest incarnation, the heritage sweater that harkens back to the team’s earliest days in the league.
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Ottawa Senators managers and coaches are sitting down today to decide who will and won’t be on the team’s roster when the season kicks off in Detroit next week. If perchance they come to their senses and say, “hey, why don’t we ask James Gordon from the Citizen what to do?” they’ll be thrilled to find out I’ve already done the legwork.
Even if we’re still in training camp, it’s not difficult picking the guy who will probably be the most valuable Ottawa Senator this season.
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. [...]