The slumping Ottawa Senators were full of optimism here Monday after seeing video of star defenceman Erik Karlsson working out on the ice back in Ottawa.
Injured Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson won’t rule out playing in the playoffs if his team qualifies.
The NHL’s refusal to crack down on dubious hits is robbing the league of its top asset — its star players.
Hear what the defencman had to say about the Achilles tendon injury that took him out for the season.
Erik Karlsson has few kind words for Matt Cooke, but he’s doing his best to maintain a positive frame of mind.
Now more than one-third of the way through the Ottawa Senators’ shortened season, the numbers are staggering. Consider the following: The combined salaries of the team’s injured players – Jason Spezza, Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek, Guillaume Latendresse and Peter Regin – is a whopping $20.663 million, according to capgeek.com. That works out to 39 per cent of the Senators payroll of $53.553 million.
Without offensive firepower, the Senators have evolved into a tight-checking, hard-working bunch.