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Instant payoff unlikely for Sens at No. 6

June 23, 2011

If the Ottawa Senators are truly seeking a bona fide second-line centre to play behind Jason Spezza next season, do they really think they’re going to find him at the draft in Minnesota this weekend?

Search for Sens coach should begin and end with Hitchcock

April 12, 2011

General managers have multi-pronged and stress-inducing duties in today’s NHL.

Sens should hope for pick in top four

April 06, 2011

The Senators went into last night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers holding down the 27th spot in the league, which would have them seeded fourth for the draft lottery

How can Sens make most of cap space?

March 30, 2011

After a truly miserable season, the Ottawa Senators will go into an off-season with more than a few chips to play when it comes to signing unrestricted free agents.

Is Anderson destined for Ottawa's goalie graveyard?

March 23, 2011

If you're a cynic, you might have some dark thoughts about the Senators inking Craig Anderson to a four-year pact.

Shipped-out Kelly feels for ex-mates

March 09, 2011

When Chris Kelly looks at the NHL standings these days, he begins right at the top, where his Boston Bruins reside.

Sens stock up for future

March 02, 2011

Before we start leaving a red mark on GM Bryan Murray’s back for his work at the trade deadline, consider that he gave up a first-round pick to get Chris Campoli two years ago and received a second-rounder for him at Monday’s trade deadline.

Murray may stay beyond this season

February 23, 2011

If Bryan Murray is indeed a lame-duck GM for the Ottawa Senators, he isn’t giving that impression to new goalie Craig Anderson’s agent.

Some top prospect re-analysis

February 02, 2011

With Bobby Butler named MVP of the American Hockey League’s all-star game over the weekend and Colin Greening getting his first taste of the NHL, it’s now all about the future for the Ottawa Senators.

Locke not the answer for what ails sens

January 19, 2011

The great Corey Locke Experiment is over and while Locke’s treatment in his three games with the Ottawa Senators has been met with indignation in some corners, the fact is if the Senators were looking for a 26-year-old journeyman as the answer to their offensive woes, their troubles are deeper than we ever could have imagined.

Sens’ woes deep-seated and plenty

January 12, 2011

The Ottawa Senators could deal a few veterans and shed a little bit of salary before the NHL’s trade deadline to be sure, but in reality that would be tantamount to putting a Disney Princess Band-Aid on a blunt trauma victim.

Sens’ goal is clear: score

December 08, 2010

That the Ottawa Senators go into tomorrow night’s game against the New York Rangers riding a streak of 178 minutes and 30 seconds without a goal at home provides a fitting exclamation mark to just how much trouble this team has had scoring this season.

Heatley deserves the boos, then it's time to move on

December 01, 2010

Let the record show that when the Ottawa Senators host the San Jose Sharks tomorrow night, it will have been 447 days since they traded star winger Dany Heatley to the Sharks in the most acrimonious transaction in team history.

Some of the less-popular Senators charity auctions

November 26, 2010

Hockey players have a long history of lending their names and their time to good charitable causes. The Ottawa Senators are no exception, as evidenced by their participation in a $150-a-ticket charity fundraiser that was held last night for the Roger’s House pediatric palliative care facility and the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Programs.

Take heart, Senators fans: A win is still a win

November 17, 2010

As the Ottawa Senators approach the quarter point of the season, you can look at their performance so far from the glass-half-empty or the glass-half-full perspective.

Why the attendance troubles?

November 10, 2010

Someone apparently forgot to give the Ottawa Senators the memo about how crazed Canadian hockey fans are and how the league has never been more popular since the lockout in 2005.

About time for defence to light it up

November 03, 2010

There’s nothing like a trip to Toronto to cure what ails you and the Ottawa Senators are no exception. After all, it’s not playoff time yet.

D-man offers consolation for Senators

October 20, 2010

After getting off to a start eerily similar to two years ago, there is reason for both hope and consolation with the Ottawa Senators.

Alfredsson deserving of Hall of Fame status?

April 07, 2010

With his 1,000th NHL game in the books, Daniel Alfredsson will return to a hero’s welcome Saturday night when the Senators host the Buffalo Sabres.

Few college free agents become NHL standouts

March 31, 2010

The Ottawa Senators are undoubtedly aware that it’s possible to find quality NHL players among the graduating class in U.S. college hockey.

Playoffs nearing

March 24, 2010

It’s all but certain the Senators will have nothing to show for the Dany Heatley trade for the rest of the regular season and, depending on the state of Milan Michalek’s knee, possibly the playoffs.

Signing Volchenkov doable for Senators

March 10, 2010

The fact that the Ottawa Senators resisted the urge to trade pending unrestricted free agent Anton Volchenkov at the trade deadline indicates they are, as coach Cory Clouston often puts it, “here to win hockey games.”

Blue-line future looks bright for Sens

March 03, 2010

The Ottawa Senators thought they needed some short-term help on the blue-line, which is why they picked up veteran Andy Sutton from the New York Islanders yesterday for a second-round draft pick.

Sens face Caps in battle of the streakers

February 11, 2010

Who would have thought before the season began that tonight’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Washington Capitals would be between the two hottest teams in the NHL?

Sens’ coach proving his worth

February 03, 2010

When Cory Clouston steps behind the bench tonight for the Ottawa Senators game in Buffalo, things will be hugely different than they were a year ago.

The myth of visors impairing vision is foggy

January 27, 2010

The Ottawa Senators are one of the teams in the NHL that can clearly see that using a visor is a good idea.

Alfredsson can be depended on

January 20, 2010

Anyone who has followed Daniel Alfredsson’s NHL career should not be surprised how the Ottawa Senators’ captain returned from missing 11 games with a shoulder injury.

Sens slowly emerging from the rubble that 2009 created

January 07, 2010

If you’re the Ottawa Senators, you’re probably pretty happy to see 2009 in the rear-view mirror.

Trio of Sens make team of the decade

December 23, 2009

It has been something of a bittersweet decade for the Ottawa Senators.

Senators' Fisher deserves Olympic consideration

December 16, 2009

Those of you who predicted before the season that Jason Spezza would play his way off the Canadian Olympic team and Mike Fisher would play onto it go to the front of the class and collect your gold star.