See what the Senators’ top prospect had to say Wednesday.
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.
Mika Zibanejad’s best day of the 2011-12 hockey season was unquestionably Jan. 5. That’s when he scored at 10:09 of overtime to give Sweden a 1-0 victory over Russia and its first gold medal in the world juniors since 1981, a huge moment in Swedish hockey history.
It’s hard to imagine now — when Daniel Alfredsson reigns as Ottawa’s Swedish-born king, with Erik Karlsson the well-heeled heir apparent — but Swedes weren’t always so prevalent among the ranks of the Ottawa Senators.
The Ottawa Senators have been giving their first round pick in 2011, Mika Zibanejad, a lot of looks at practice this week, gearing up for their playoff series against the New York Rangers.
Watch video from Senators practice on Tuesday.
For a team that was once wondering where its next goal was going to come from, the Ottawa Senators are all of a sudden swimming in top offensive prospects.