Jason Anthony Rocco Spezza, as he is referred to on the website of his new team, is now big news in Rapperswil, Switzerland. Spezza, the Ottawa Senators star centre, will be spending his lockout time in the town of 26,000, just outside Zurich, playing for the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. Something may be lost [...]
Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips has joined former Senators winger Dany Heatley in suing their former agent. Phillips has filed a $7.5-million lawsuit in connection with alleged shoddy investments and unauthorized real estate deals by Stacey McAlpine. “It’s in the courts and I can’t talk about that or I will jeopardize the process,” Phillips said [...]
Meet Daniel Alfredsson, stay-at-home dad. For the Ottawa Senators captain, the silver lining in the black cloud of the looming NHL lockout is the opportunity to take on a bigger role in the everyday lives of his four young boys.
Jared Cowen’s Back to the Future story will take place in Binghamton.
The Ottawa Senators are the top Canadian franchise in ESPN’s annual Ultimate Team Rankings, while the Toronto Maple Leafs are ranked dead last among teams in all four major North American sports.
An NHL work stoppage would stuff farm team with talent.
Sometimes we forget just how young top NHL prospects really are. There’s a very real possibility that the scoring hero of the last world junior hockey championships — namely, Senators first round pick Mika Zibanejad — could once again be back representing Sweden come Christmas time.