If I didn’t know any better, I would say the Senators are so hot right now that you might find planets orbiting around them.   After securing their 9th victory in a row on Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens, there’s a nervous tension engulfing Canada’s Capital.  Part of that tension is from knowing that the team will lose a game eventually and come back down to Earth; part is from... 

With the trade deadline looming, questions are being raised as to whether or not Senators’ defenseman Anton Volchenkov will still be around at the end of the season.  While Sens GM Bryan Murray has expressly stated that he would like to try and keep the hulking Russian, surprisingly little has come in the way of discussions, which has left fans in the Nation’s Capital resting uneasy. On... 

A shocking controversy broke out in the National Hockey League this week as Vancouver Canucks’ forward Alex Burrows used a post-game media to accuse referee Stephane Auger of intentionally targeting him in a plot of revenge.  Burrows alleged that while warming up before the game versus Nashville, Auger approached him and told him that he would be penalized during the game for embarrassing Auger... 

Following an embarrassing 5-2 defeat to the Washington Capitals, the Ottawa Senators must really be starting to question the integrity of their goaltending and whether Pascal LeClaire will ever come to form.  In a battle with the Southeast Division leading Capitals, where Milan Michalek was lost to injury early, LeClaire put forth one of the single worst goaltending performances in Senators history... 

“We’re going to have to be more of a team than ever…We’re going to have to have guys step up and play with structure. It’s a great opportunity for some guys.” These were the words echoed by Senators’ Coach Cory Clouston after revealing that his 1st line center Jason Spezza would be out for 2 months with a torn MCL in his knee.  With 34 seconds left and the Sens trailing the... 

Step aside Wade Redden, step aside Ray Emery and step aside Jason Spezza…there’s a new whipping boy in Ottawa this year and his name is Alexei Kovalev.  In Montreal they once called him “L’Artiste”, in Ottawa the praise is not quite as lavish.  While drafting this article I thought to myself, if only I could manufacture an Alexei Kovalev Voodoo Bobblehead, something... 

In 2009, it’s safe to say that hockey is a global sport.  However, there is a group of passionate fans who reside north of the 44th parallel, of whom many believe that hockey is something of a birthright.  As such, many of these fans also look at bringing NHL teams back to Canada much like Greenpeace looks at repatriating a stranded whale to it’s native waters. Being a Canadian and living... 

Taking a look at the Ottawa Senators are and how they will position themselves, it’s hard to make a call on what this team’s true potential is. Like many teams around the league, the Senators have faced their share of injuries as well as a fair share of those who might as well be injured. The Senators, who have put together a good string of play recently, struggled to find their groove...