The Ottawa Senators were sky high as they flew in here Wednesday, looking to do everything possible to avoid a bump in the road, aiming to extend their winning streak to six games.
They also realize just who the Boston Bruins are.
The Ottawa Senators practice Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 at the Bell Sensplex in Ottawa.
A few games back, Senators winger Erik Condra joked that when a long shootout comes, coach Paul MacLean simply puts all the players’ names in a hat, closes his eyes and picks out those who will get a chance to shoot.
While the band of replacements play on, the Ottawa Senators’ injured marquee players are slowly getting back on their feet.
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.
Guillaume Latendresse understands why he has been answering injury questions over and over again — in English and French — day after day, ever since he arrived in Ottawa early last week.
Guillaume Latendresse understands why he has been answering injury questions over and over again – in English and French – day after day, ever since he arrived in Ottawa early last week.
The incoming Ottawa Senators left winger has played only 27 games in the past two seasons due to concussion and hip problems and he knows he can’t easily skate away from his history.