Ah the hazy days of summer, when the sun shines, the beer flows and the news is hard to come by. Thanks for stepping up, Alex Kovalev. Okay, so L’Artiste taking verbal shots at coaches and members of the media isn’t really news, but we’ll take what we can get around here at this point.
Upon his arrival in Russia to begin his two-year contract with the KHL team Atlant Mytischi, Alex Kovalev took aim at the NHL, and in particular Ottawa, where he spent the last two years During an interview with Pavel Lysenkov of Sovetsky Sport, Kovalev thrashed both Ottawa sports writers – “They don’t watch hockey at [...]
I’m not sure how well Chris Kelly and Evander Kane know each other, but both displayed some unselfish behaviour on Tuesday — albeit in different ways. Kelly, the former Senator turned Stanley Cup winner with the Boston Bruins, took the trophy to CHEO with little fanfare, allowing sick children an opportunity to enjoy the Cup [...]
Kaspars Daugavins may amount to little more than a funny-sounding name in Ottawa, but rest assured, the Binghamton Senators are overjoyed by the fact he has signed a two-year extension with the organization. It had earlier appeared that he was going back home to Europe to play, perhaps at home in Latvia. Daugavins has been [...]
Former Senators assistant Greg Carvel has landed on his feet as an assistant coach of the Saint Lawrence University men’s hockey team, his alma mater. Carvel, a native of Canton, N.Y., is a former captain of the team. He graduated from Saint Lawrence in 1993. Before the Senators, he spent time with the Anaheim Ducks [...]
In the view of many Senators fans, it’s hardly shocking that Alex Kovalev remains an unrestricted free agent, without an NHL team. But just in case you’ve forgotten how forgettable his two-year stint with the Senators was, TSN number cruncher Scott Cullen has unearthed some intriguing statistical evidence of Kovalev’s uninspired play last season. According [...]
As for quiet free agent signings, it’s hard to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets pick up of Vaclav Prospal on Saturday. I see it as a decent, low-risk gamble by the Blue Jackets — a reasonable one-year, $1.75 million contract — for a guy who could, conceivably, score 50-60 points if the Blue Jackets power [...]