Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray continues to play an intriguing waiting game. The team’s biggest question mark remains the NHL inexperience at the bottom end of the defence depth chart, filling the holes left injuries to Jared Cowen and Mike Lundin. Meanwhile, every day, it seems, one potential stabilizing veteran defenceman with connections to Ottawa disappears from consideration as a replacement.
Robin Lehner won’t become a restricted free agent following the 2013 season, according to his agent, Craig Oster – contrary to reports that surfaced last week.
Let’s call it the three-headed goaltending mystery.
As the intensity of the skating and hitting heats up at Ottawa Senators training camp, so too does the intrigue surrounding who will be in the net for the season opener Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets.
It was business as usual for Binghamton Senators coach Luke Richardson as he wrote his roster for Wednesday’s game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
“Everybody’s playing,” said Richardson. “The (Ottawa) Senators have told me the best thing is for all these guys to keep playing.”
The Ottawa Senators are extending an olive hockey stick –er, olive branch — to their fans. The Senators will open all of their training camp practice sessions and scrimmages at Scotiabank Place to the public next week, hoping the effort helps them regain some of the trust lost during the lockout. While it’s not [...]
Depth and goaltending will be huge factors
Hear what the Senators’ general manager had to say Thursday morning.