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.
Citizen junior hockey writer Don Campbell takes a crack at who’ll go where in the first round of the NHL Draft.
BOSTON – Senators general manager Bryan Murray said he would give Nikita Filatov a qualifying offer this spring, which is the prudent thing to do since Filatov is only scheduled to be a restricted free agent and has some value to the team as trade bait. But Murray has to wonder if Filatov is ever [...]
Because CSKA Moscow didn’t file the paperwork to put Nikita Filatov’s on its roster, so the Senators could remove him from their payroll and roster, Murray re-assigned Filatov to Binghamton on Saturday morning. That was just a paper move. Filatov won’t leave Moscow for Binghamton. If CSKA continues to drag its feet on the paperwork, [...]
Listen to what the GM had to say Monday morning.