Old habits die hard.
Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray’s days as an NHL coach may well be over, but he says he still finds himself jotting down possible line combinations from time to time, looking for new ways to generate success.
Whenever Erik Karlsson returns to the Ottawa Senators’ lineup, the team can only hope he finds his old form on the blue-line as quickly as Jared Cowen has rediscovered his place following his surprisingly early return from surgery.
The Sens picked up a big win over Carolina on Tuesday to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
When Ottawa Senators defenceman Jared Cowen had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip in mid-November, the prognosis was that he would be out for six to eight months — which meant he’d likely be gone for the season.
When Ottawa Senators defenceman Jared Cowen had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip in mid-November, the prognosis was that he would be out for six to eight months — which meant he’d likely be gone for the season.
While the Ottawa Senators have been away for the past 12 days, the biggest fanfare surrounding the team has come from elsewhere: The Rihanna heritage sweater/dress spectacle in Los Angeles and the return of defenceman Erik Karlsson to the ice in Ottawa.