By Allen Panzeri If the future looks bright for the Ottawa Senators, and even the most cynical would have to admit that it does, it’ll be on display here through Monday as 36 players – including the 10 drafted last weekend in St. Paul – will attend the team’s annual development camp. The team has [...]

Draft results from the 2011 NHL Entry Draft held on June 24–25, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

For the Prince clan of Spencerport, N.Y., Ottawa has now become Hockey Country even more than ever.

Mehrdad Zibanejad stood outside a restaurant on the concourse level here at the Xcel Arena late Friday night, a world away from his roots. A small smile crept across his face as he talked in broken English — his fourth language — about his fatherly pride and the wild twists and turns a life can take.

The Ottawa Senators picked up speedy Russian Nikita Filatov from the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday in exchange for the 66th overall pick.

The Senators might have found their top six forward.

By Allen Panzeri ST. PAUL, Minnesota – The Senators might have found their top six forward. In a surprise move, the Senators traded their third-round pick, 66th overall, for wayward Russian forward Nikita Filatov. Filatov was the top-ranked European skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau and was selected sixth overall by the Columbus Blue [...]