Greatest Roster Series: Ottawa Senators Though only a franchise for twenty years, Ottawa has enjoyed a great amount of regular season success, with four Northeast Division titles and one Presidents Trophy (2002-03).
Grading The Deal: Sens Sign G Anderson To Four-Year Extension When the Ottawa Senators acquired goalie Craig Anderson in mid-February, it was widely seen as an extended tryout. Evidently, the tryout went well, as Anderson and the Sens agreed to a 4-year, $12.75M contract extension.
Line Dancing With just a few days of training camp in the books Ottawa Senators' Coach Craig Hartsburg is already creating waves. Coach Hartsburg opened up camp this past week with mid-level prospect Jesses Winchester playing on the first line with Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza.
Is This Finally The Year They Reach The Finals? Every year Ottawa enters the playoffs as a contender yet every year they get knocked without even getting to the finals. No other team has fielded such a talented lineup year after year, yet somehow they are always eliminated. Their regular season dominance has placed them among the upper-echelon of teams yet the playoffs somehow drop them back to the pack. After their latest loss to the Buffalo Sabres, a talented and excellent skating team, the Senators clearly need to take a new approach to reaching the finals.
