-I thought the Sens might recall Robin Lehner for tonight’s game, but Ben Bishop is expected to start and there are no lineup changes against Toronto.

–Filip Kuba talked about the importance of creating separation from the teams chasing 8th in the conference, “That’s a big win for us. Not only are we leading the division, but we’re also trying to separate from the bottom teams as well. This is a big accomplishment, but it doesn’t really mean anything. We have to keep going. We’ve got plenty of games left and we’ll see where we are (at the end). To be there right now, with the way we’ve worked on the ice and off the ice, is big.”

–Daniel Alfredsson made a great point about why players should embrace the endlessly repetitive questions from media scrums, “It’s not you [the media] I’m talking to, it’s the fans behind you. I think when you get older, it’s not a burden at all. Maybe in the beginning, when you’re worried about saying the right thing all the time. I think I’m comfortable enough now where I can handle all the questions. You guys portray us to the fans. I’ve always taken pride in it too. I always talk to the media. Win, lose or otherwise. There’s always exceptions, but then the younger guys (on the team) pay attention, and see that’s the way to do it. It’s part of the job and I enjoy it.”

–Wayne Scanlan writes about the contrasts between Bryan Murray and Brian Burke.  Scanlan points to talent assessment as the reason for Ottawa’s current superiority over Toronto, specifically: 1. Goaltending, 2. Prospect depth, 3. Depth at center, and 4. Coaching.  I think internal pressure can be added to that–Burke has never fully embraced a rebuild, constantly pushing the envelope.  In one respect I’ll say the jury is out on Burke though, and that’s drafting.  Next fall will be when his first group of draftees (2009) truly impacts the organisation and that’s the true test of depth.

–Kurt Kleinendorst talked about last night’s win “We’re trying to hang onto positives. I know it’s not great, but that brings us back to .500 over our last eight. We need to be better than that, but at least we’re treading water. I saw a lot of good things, I really did. For 13 more games, if we can continue to do a lot of things well, I’ll be very pleased.  That was a good win. Guys were competing. I thought the first period was probably one of our best opening periods of the season. Our problem right now is we’re just not quite able to maintain that intensity throughout the whole game. But we found it in the third, and give the guys a lot of credit.”

–Will Moran provides an lengthy scouting report on Cole Schneider.  “His play without the puck is excellent and he drives the net hard. His skill around the net and ability to find the puck and the back of the net through extensive traffic is quite impressive. Schneider understands how to find the soft spot in coverage below in the circles and how to lose a defender deep in the offensive zone. He can get a shot off from in tight and can pick a spot through traffic with impressive accuracy.”  Schneider wants to emulate New York Ranger Ryan Callahan, which is a great template to follow.

–Lyle Richardson writes about the connection between team payroll and the Stanley Cup, despite the theoretical level playing field created by the CBA.  Richardson’s article illustrates how as the cap has increased payroll has become more integral to success (without guaranteeing it).

-Elmira lost 3-2 to Florida last night, with Brian Stewart taking the loss and Bobby Raymond picking up an assist.

-The International Scouting Service (ISS) has released their latest rankings and here’s the top-30 (for the previous list go here; I’ve listed their previous ranking in brackets where applicable):
1. Yakupov, Nail, LW 10/6/93 L 5.10.5 189 Sarnia OHL
2. Grigorenko, Mikhail, RW 5/16/94 L 6.03.25 200 Québec QMJHL
3. Murray, Ryan, LD 9/27/93 L 6.00.5 201 Everett WHL  (5)
4. Forsberg, Filip, RW 8/13/94 R 6.01 176 Leksands SweAl (3)
5. Trouba, Jacob, RD 2/26/94 R 6.02 196 USA Under-18 NTDP (4)
6. Dumba, Matt, RD 7/25/94 R 5.11.75 183 Red Deer WHL
7. Gaunce, Brendan, C 3/25/94 L 6.02 215 Belleville OHL
8. Rielly, Morgan, LD 3/9/94 L 5.11.5 190 Moose Jaw WHL
9. Ceci, Cody, RD 12/21/93 R 6.02.5 207 Ottawa OHL
10. Reinhart, Griffin, LD 1/24/94 L 6.03.75 207 Edmonton WHL
11. Collberg, Sebastian, RW 2/23/94 R 5.11 Vastra SweJE
12. Maatta, Olli, LD 8/22/94 L 6.01.5 202 London OHL
13. Finn, Matthew, LD 2/24/94 L 6.00.25 195 Guelph OHL
14. Skjei, Brady, LD 3/26/1994 L 6.03 203 USA Under-18 NTDP
15. Aberg, Pontus, LW 9/23/93 R 5.11 187 Djurgarden SweE
16. Galchenyuk, Alexander, RW 2/12/94 L 6.00.5 198 Sarnia OHL
17. Faksa, Radek, LW 1/9/94 L 6.03 202 Kitchener OHL  (19)
18. Koekkoek, Slater, LD 2/18/94 L 6.02 184 Peterborough OHL (17)
19. Pouliot, Derrick, D 1/16/94 L 5.11.25 186 Portland WHL (18)
20. Girgensons, Zemgus, F 1/5/94 L 6.01.25 201 Dubuque USHL
21. Dalton Thrower, D, 12/20/93 R 5.11.00 179 Saskatoon WHL
22. Bystrom, Ludvig, LD 7/29/94 L 6.00.75 208 Modo SweE
23. Hertl, Tomas, LW 11/12/93 L 6.02 198 pounds Slavia CzeE (24)
24. Matteau, Stefan, LW 2/23/94 L 6.01 210 USA Under-18 NTDP (25)
25. Matheson, Mike, LD 2/27/94 L 6.01.25 180 Dubuque USHL (26)
26. Sissons, Colton, C/R 11/5/93 L 6.01 189 Kelowna WHL (27)
27. Kerdiles, Nicholas, C/L 1/11/94 L, 6.01.5 200 USA Under-18 NTDP (28)
28. Anton Slepyshev, LW, 5/13/94 L, 6.02 187 Novokuznetsk KHL (NR)
29. Teuvo Teravainen, LW, 09/11/94, 5.11 161 Jokerit FinE (NR)
30. Maidens, Jarrod, C 3/4/94 L 6.00.5 178 Owen Sound OHL (23)

Falling out of the top-thirty: Andreas Athanasiou (29) and Mike Winther (30)

March 17, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 3 Comments

–Jason Spezza talks about the decline in scoring in the NHL and makes the obvious point that it’s because there are fewer powerplays. “It’s harder to score, it’s harder to be an offensive guy these days and if you’re scoring a point per game, you’re almost top five in the league right now. It seems like there are (fewer) penalties now and that’s the biggest thing. You’re getting one or two power plays per night, where before you were getting four or five a night.”

–The Hockey News and TSN‘s power rankings are out, with Ottawa 12th and 10th.

–Joy Lindsay Tweets that Louie Caporusso has been recalled by Binghamton.  She says that Caporusso is a big fan of Elmira coach Pat Bingham and is looking forward to the ECHL playoffs.  Lines at practice: Hoffman-Da Costa-Parrish, Grant-Cannone-Petersson, Dziurzynski-Caporusso-Downing, Cowick-Hamilton-Bartlett/Lessard; Borowiecki-Gryba, Henningson-Conboy, Wiercioch-Schira, Godfrey.

–Michael Blinn writes about the top college free agents this year, indentifying the following: forwards Spencer Abbott, J. T. Brown, Jack Connolly, Brian Flynn, Brian O’Neill, Kelly Zajac, and Mark Zengerle, blueliners Danny Dekeyser, Torey Krug, and goaltenders Troy Grosenick and Chris Rawlings.  Nichols writes about the prospect of the Sens pursuing 6’8 Andrej Sustr (teammate of Sens prospect Bryce Aneloski), although the article doesn’t isolate Sustr‘s main impediment to playing the pro game, his skating (Red Line Report also thinks he needs to be more physical).  Anaheim 2008 2nd round blueliner Justin Schultz (37-16-28-44) could also become a UFA and would be hotly pursued.

–Red Line Report also has a list of top college agents, but unlike Blinn’s above its ranked and has more detailed information (those referenced above are marked with a *; Jack Connolly (38-18-38-56), Kelly Zajac (36-8-33-41), Mark Zengerle (37-13-37-50), and Troy Grosenik (1.66 .936) don’t make the list):
1. Danny DeKeyser* (D, 6’3, Western Michigan, sophomore, 38-5-11-16)
2. Nate Schmidt (D, 6’0, U of Minn, sophomore, 39-3-33-36)
3. Jeremy Welsh (LW, Union College, junior, 35-23-13-36)
4. Torey Krug* (D, 5’9, Michigan State, junior, 37-12-21-33)
5. J. T. Brown* (RW, 5’10, Minnesota-Duluth, sophomore, 36-23-23-46)
6. Brian Flynn* (RW, 6’1, Maine, senior, 37-17-29-46)
7. Ludwig Karlsson (LW, 6’2, Northeastern, freshman, 32-10-16-26)
8. Terry Broadhurst (RW, 5’11, Nebraska-Omaha, junior, 38-16-20-36)
9. Chris Rawlings* (G, 6’5, Northeastern, sophomore, 2.71, .916)
10. Brian O’Neill* (RW, 5’8, Yale, senior, 35-21-25-46)
11. Andrej Sustr* (D, 6’8, Nebraska-Omaha, sophomore, 33-4-13-17)
12. Drew Leblanc (C, 6’0, St. Cloud, senior, 10-2-10-12)
13. Nick Sorkin (LW, 6’3, New Hampshire, sophomore, 37-9-26-35)
14. Pat Mullane (C, 5’11, Boston College, junior, 38-8-25-33)
15. Eriah Hayes (RW, 6’4, Minnesota State, junior, 36-13-11-24)
16. Matt White (C, 5’10, Nebraska-Omaha, sophomore, 38-17-23-40)
17. Kyle Follmer (D, 6’1, Northern Michigan, junior, 36-4-22-26)
18. Karl Stollery (D, 5’11, Merrimack, senior, 37-7-14-21)
19. Spencer Abbott* (C, 5’10, Maine, senior, 37-20-39-59)
20. Jack Maclellan (LW, 5’11, Brown, senior, 30-15-15-30) [signed by Nashville]
21. Ross Mauermann (C, 5’9, Providence, freshman, 37-10-15-25)
22. Travis Oleksuk (C, 6’0, Minnesota-Duluth, senior, 38-21-29-50)

–Red Line Report‘s latest issue is out with an updated list of 2012′s top prospects (with the position changes noted; for the previous report go link).  Coming into the 2011-12 season scouts believed the 2012 draft was going to be a deep one, but now the sentiment is the opposite.
1. Nail Yakupov (Sarnia, OHL)
2. Filip Forsberg (Leksand, Sweden)
3. Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec, QMJHL)
4. Matt Dumba (Red Deer, WHL)
5. Ryan Murray (Everett, WHL)
6. Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw, WHL)
7. Pontus Aberg (Djurgarden, Sweden)
8. Sebastian Collberg (Frolunda, Sweden) (+2)
9. Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, WHL) (+2)
10. Alex Galchenyuk (Sarnia, OHL) (-2)
11. Andrey Vasilevski (Salavat, KHL)
12. Jacob Trouba (US NTDP, USHL)
13. Matt Finn (Guelph, OHL)
14. Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67s, OHL)
15. Derrick Pouliot (Portland, WHL)
16. Radek Faksa (Kitchener, OHL)
17. Slater Koekkoek (Peterborough, OHL)
18. Teuvo Teravainen (Jokerit, Finland) (+3)
19. Damon Severson (Kelowna, WHL) (-1)
20. Zemgus Girgensons (Dubuque, USHL) (-1)
21. Phil Di Giuseppe (U. Michigan, NCAA) (+1)
22. Scott Kosmachuk (Guelph, OHL) (+2)
23. Jordan Schmaltz (Sioux City, USHL) (-3)
24. Olli Maatta (London, OHL) (-1)
25. Brendan Gaunce (Belleville, OHL)
26. Oscar Dansk (Brynas, SEL) (+1)
27. Henrik Samuelsson (US NTDP, USHL) (-1)
28. Anton Slepyshev (Novokuznetsk, KHL)
29. Brady Skjei (US NTDP, USHL)
30. Tomas Hertl (Slavia, Cze) (+5)
One player fell out of the top-30 this month: Nick Ebert (#31, -1)  Here’s the movement among former top-30 players: Colton Sissons (#32, NC), Martin Frk (#38, -7), Scott Laughton (#49, +13), Gianluca Curcuruto (#51, -1), Chandler Stephenson (#55, -1), Troy Bourke (#60, -1), Calle Andersson (#79, -5), Jarrod Maidens (#85, +2), Eric Locke (#89, +2), Matia Marcantuoni (#105, -NC), Patrik Machac (#133, -29), Ryan Olsen (#216, -8), and Luca Ciampini (#263, -13).

March 13, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 2 Comments

-Paul MacLean summed up yesterday’s win, “I thought our team was really ready to play. Obviously, scoring in the first minute or the first 90 seconds, getting two goals was good. It was a good sign of our preparation and our willingness to come here and compete today against a team that we knew was going to be able to skate real well.”

-For those interested in Erik Karlsson-Norris trophy speculation, Ian Mendes writes about it (summing up with a guess that he will be a nominee).

–The Silver Seven‘s bobbykelly has an entertaining piece on Jim O’Brien as a prospect.  It’s a good article and well worth reading, but I have a couple of notes to supplement/clarify it.  Two things were responsible for O’Brien‘s turnaround: he got himself into NHL shape and he played with Erik Condra.  Bobbykelly also makes an odd comparison in evaluating the pick (comparing him only to the following ten picks).   I think a more realistic comparison is to judge him between Ottawa’s picks, which is this case is from #29 (where he was selected) to #60 (Ruslan Bashkirov).  Bobbykelly also missed Brett MacLean (#32,who has played more games than either O’Brien or T. J Brennan and has more points than both).  Using my comparative criteria, the Sens missed out on P. K. Subban, T. J. Galiardi, Nick Spaling, and you can throw in in Wayne Simmonds who was picked right after Bashkirov.

-I sometimes wonder if analysts listen to themselves when they speak.  Chico Resch was being interviewed on Sportsnet this afternoon and after dismissing the advantage of larger pads for goaltenders (calling it “media hype”) he proceeded to talk about Martin Brodeur stopping more pucks after making his pads bigger.

–Joy Lindsay reports that Corey Locke “is seeing a doctor later today to determine the extent of the damage to his face, and whether he can play with a full shield this weekend. There is damage that needs to heal, and the B-Sens will not use him if playing will interrupt that healing in any way. He has a pretty nasty black eye after taking a puck to the right side of his face during Saturday’s game.”  And, “Parrish is still displaying concussion symptoms and is definitely out for the weekend.”  Joy speculates that if both can’t play that Corey Cowick will be recalled.

-I’ve found confirmation that Louie Caporusso is injured, although I still haven’t seen a report on what the injury is.

–Red Line Report‘s latest issue is out with an updated list of 2012′s top prospects (with the position changes noted; for the previous report go link).
1. Nail Yakupov (Sarnia, OHL)
2. Filip Forsberg (Leksand, Sweden)
3. Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec, QMJHL)
4. Matt Dumba (Red Deer, WHL) (+1)
5. Ryan Murray (Everett, WHL) (+1)
6. Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw, WHL) (+1)
7. Pontus Aberg (Djurgarden, Sweden) (+1)
8. Alex Galchenyuk (Sarnia, OHL) (+1)
9. Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, WHL) (+2)
10. Sebastian Collberg (Frolunda, Sweden) (+2)
11. Andrey Vasilevski (Salavat, KHL) (-7)
12. Jacob Trouba (US NTDP, USHL) (-2)
13. Matt Finn (Guelph, OHL) (+9)
14. Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67s, OHL) (+7)
15. Derrick Pouliot (Portland, WHL) (+4)
16. Radek Faksa (Kitchener, OHL) (+5)
17. Slater Koekkoek (Peterborough, OHL) (-2)
18. Damon Severson (Kelowna, WHL) (-2)
19. Zemgus Girgensons (Dubuque, USHL) (-1)
20. Jordan Schmaltz (Sioux City, USHL) (-3)
21. Teuvo Teravainen (Jokerit, Finland) (+9)
22. Phil Di Giuseppe (U. Michigan, NCAA)
23. Olli Maatta (London, OHL) (-3)
24. Scott Kosmachuk (Guelph, OHL) (+1)
25. Brendan Gaunce (Belleville, OHL) (+1)
26. Henrik Samuelsson (US NTDP, USHL) (+3)
27. Oscar Dansk (Brynas, SEL)
28. Anton Slepyshev (Novokuznetsk, KHL) (+5)
29. Brady Skjei (US NTDP, USHL) (+9)
30. Nick Ebert (Windsor, OHL) (-7)
Two players fell out of the top-30 this month: Martin Frk (#31, -3) and Gianluca Curcuruto (#50, -26).  Here’s the movement among former top-30 players: Colton Sissons (#32, -1), Chandler Stephenson (#54, -15), Troy Bourke (#59, -1), Scott Laughton (#62, -2), Calle Andersson (#74, -8), Jarrod Maidens (#87, -3), Eric Locke (#91, -8), Patrik Machac (#104, -23), Matia Marcantuoni (#105, -20), Ryan Olsen (#208, -136), and Luca Ciampini (#250, -70).

February 21, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 2 Comments

–Don Brennan writes that the Sens are 5-0-1 when their fathers are with them.

–Daniel Alfredsson talks about hitting 20 goals, “Not knowing how things were going to go coming into this year, I knew if I could stay healthy I could get to 20. It feels good. Hopefully, I can keep pushing and who knows, maybe even flirt with 30.”

–Joy Lindsay reports that Mark Parrish, Tim Conboy, Stephane Da Costa and David Dziurzynski will be in the lineup for Binghamton’s game on Friday.  The lines today were: Dziurzynski-Locke-Parrish, Klinkhammer-Da Costa-Downing, Hoffman-Cannone-Petersson, Grant-Hamilton-Bartlett/Lessard; Borowiecki-Gryba, Henningson-Conboy, Wiercioch-Godfrey, Raymond-Schira.  Robin Lehner is expected to start.

–Joy writes about the return of Patrick Wiercioch to the lineup after his horrific throat injury.  Kurt Kleinendorst said, “Initially, I had no idea how serious it was. Then after the period, when I got word of the seriousness of it, obviously I was very concerned. The thing is, when you spend the time we spend with each other, when you get to know these guys the way we get to know our players, we care a lot about each and every one of them. You don’t want anything bad to happen to any of them in any way, so obviously that was a concerning moment for me. When I went over to see him at the hospital, that was a concerning moment for me. But I was assured at the time that everything was going to be OK. We weren’t allowed to visit him. The coaches, they kept us updated. Every morning, they were giving us updates, telling us he was going to be all right, he was going to play again and everything was going to be OK, so that was always nice to hear.”

-For those keen on Rick Nash trade-mania, Lyle Richardson sums up the latest rumours, none of which include Ottawa.

-ISS has updated their rankings (click link for the last update; I’ve listed their previous ranking in brackets where applicable):
1. Yakupov, Nail, LW 10/6/93 L 5.10.5 189 Sarnia OHL (2)
2. Grigorenko, Mikhail, RW 5/16/94 L 6.03.25 200 Québec QMJHL (1)
3. Forsberg, Filip, RW 8/13/94 R 6.01 176 Leksands SweAl
4. Trouba, Jacob, RD 2/26/94 R 6.02 196 USA Under-18 NTDP
5. Murray, Ryan, LD 9/27/93 L 6.00.5 201 Everett WHL
6. Dumba, Matt, RD 7/25/94 R 5.11.75 183 Red Deer WHL
7. Gaunce, Brendan, C 3/25/94 L 6.02 215 Belleville OHL
8. Rielly, Morgan, LD 3/9/94 L 5.11.5 190 Moose Jaw WHL
9. Ceci, Cody, RD 12/21/93 R 6.02.5 207 Ottawa OHL (11)
10. Reinhart, Griffin, LD 1/24/94 L 6.03.75 207 Edmonton WHL (9)
11. Collberg, Sebastian, RW 2/23/94 R 5.11 Vastra SweJE (12)
12. Maatta, Olli, LD 8/22/94 L 6.01.5 202 London OHL (10)
13. Finn, Matthew, LD 2/24/94 L 6.00.25 195 Guelph OHL (17)
14. Skjei, Brady, LD 3/26/1994 L 6.03 203 USA Under-18 NTDP (20)
15. Aberg, Pontus, LW 9/23/93 R 5.11 187 Djurgarden SweE (14)
16. Galchenyuk, Alexander, RW 2/12/94 L 6.00.5 198 Sarnia OHL (18)
17. Koekkoek, Slater, LD 2/18/94 L 6.02 184 Peterborough OHL (15)
18. Pouliot, Derrick, D 1/16/94 L 5.11.25 186 Portland WHL (21)
19. Faksa, Radek, LW 1/9/94 L 6.03 202 Kitchener OHL
20. Girgensons, Zemgus, F 1/5/94 L 6.01.25 201 Dubuque USHL (24)
21. Dalton Thrower, D, 12/20/93 R 5.11.00 179 Saskatoon WHL (NR)
22. Bystrom, Ludvig, LD 7/29/94 L 6.00.75 208 Modo SweE (30)
23. Maidens, Jarrod, C 3/4/94 L 6.00.5 178 Owen Sound OHL (16)
24. Hertl, Tomas, LW 11/12/93 L 6.02 198 pounds Slavia CzeE (22)
25. Matteau, Stefan, LW 2/23/94 L 6.01 210 USA Under-18 NTDP (23)
26. Matheson, Mike, LD 2/27/94 L 6.01.25 180 Dubuque USHL (25)
27. Sissons, Colton, C/R 11/5/93 L 6.01 189 Kelowna WHL (26)
28. Kerdiles, Nicholas, C/L 1/11/94 L, 6.01.5 200 USA Under-18 NTDP (27)
29. Athanasiou, Andreas, C 8/6/94 L 6.00 179 London OHL (13)
30. Mike Winther, C 9/7/94 R 5.11.00 170 Prince Albert WHL (NR)

Falling out of the top-thirty: Thomas Wilson (28) and Anton Slepyshev (29)

February 16, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

-As Ottawa slides down the standings with every team in the league having games in hand, their playoff window gets smaller and smaller.  What’s become apparent is that many of the players who got off to hot starts (particularly Milan Michalek) are coming back down to earth and will post up their usual numbers by season’s end.  This should make organisational decisions easier, although being on the cusp of the post-season may mean Murray won’t pull the trigger are some obvious deadline deals (Filip Kuba, for example).

–Don Brennan includes an illuminating quote from Zenon Konopka about the talk between tough guys in warm-up, “Some of those chats can be pretty vulgar, and promoting for later in the night. When I was talking with (Shawn) Thornton in Boston, I knew he went to Turks and Caicos for the break and I was asking how the hotel was. We both know the owner. He says it was pretty nice. He had a real nice time. That was nice. When we played in Pittsburgh, I had a chat with (Matt) Cooke, then (Arron) Asham came over, and I fought Asham first shift. What happened (in the warmup) was, Cooke actually owes a buddy of mine a signed jersey, so I told him he better get it to him or there’s going to be juice, and the juice is running. Then Asham came over and said ‘Zee, what are you talking about?’ I told him and he said, ‘Oh, OK, cool. So are we going tonight?’ And I said, I’m willing if you are. So the first shift we go. Then we played Philadelphia, and I saw that Zac Rinaldo, and I just told him, we’re going tonight. And he’s like, ‘No we’re not.’ I said, that isn’t how it works. I’m the older player. When I was your age, I didn’t ask questions, I just dropped my gloves. We’re going tonight. And he said ‘OK, I guess,’ so later, we went.”  As amusing as this is, it goes to show that staged fights are the norm in the league.

-In the same article, Brennan reveals that Brian Lee played with both a broken toe and thumb for 20 games last year.  That’s the kind of things coaches and teammates respect.

-Continuing with Brennan, he has an interesting quote from Ken Hitchcock about how the game is played, “It used to be tennis when we came out of the lockout. Now it’s like ping pong. The game is so fast now. We go stretches … we’ve come out of the break, played two games now, and we played one game 8:30 no whistles, and then we played 5;35 no whisteles. You never saw that before. It’s unbeliveale how fast the game is,but it’s fast without puck possession. It’s like, forecheck, forecheck, forecheck. … it’s really different. Sometimes it feels like it’s organizaed chaos out there, to be honest with you. It’s what it is. With no red line, and with teams playing three forwards high in the neutral zone, you’re not going to get a puck possesssion game. You’re just going to have to deal with it, get used to it. It’s really different now. The last two years it’s changed even more.”  In case it isn’t clear, by “tennis” Hitch is referring to scoring.

–The Hockey News and Sports Illustrated‘s power rankings are out, with Ottawa 16th in both.

–Joy Lindsay Tweets today’s lines at practice: Klinkhammer-Locke-Downing, Hoffman-Da Costa-Petersson, Dziurzynski-Cannone-Bartlett, Grant-Hamilton-Lessard; Henningson-Gryba, Wiercioch-Borowiecki, Raymond-Schira, Godfrey.

–Bob McKenzie has his mid-season draft rankings posted:
1. Nail Yakubov, OHL
2. Mikhail Grigorenko, QMJHL
3. Ryan Murray, WHL
4. Filip Forsberg, SEL
5. Mathew Dumba, WHL
6. Jacob Trouba, USHL
7. Alex Galchenyuk, OHL
8. Morgan Rielly, WHL
9. Griffin Reinhart, WHL
10. Radek Faksa, OHL
11. Zemgus Girgensons, USHL
12. Cody Ceci, OHL
13. Brendan Gaunce, OHL
14. Olli Maatta, OHL
15. Slater Koekkoek, OHL
16. Sebastian Collberg, SEL
17. Derrick Pouliot, WHL
18. Andrei Vasilevski, MHL
19. Pontus Aberg, SEL
20. Thomas Wilson, OHL
21. Brady Skjei, USHL
22. Malcolm Subban, OHL
23. Tomas Hertl, Cze
24. Martin Frk, QMJHL
25. Stefan Matteau, USHL
26. Tanner Pearson, OHL
27. Phillip Di Giuseppe, NCAA
28. Teuvo Teravainen, SM-Liiga
29. Matt Finn, OHL
30. Colton Sissons, WHL
31. Ville Pokka, SM-Liiga
32. Damon Severson, WHL
33. Oscar Dansk, SEL
34. Jordan Schmaltz, USHL
35. Jarrod Maidens, OHL
36. Patrick Sieloff, USHL
37. Michael Matheson, USHL
38. Nicolas Kerdiles, USHL
39. Andreas Athanasiou, OHL
40. Daniil Zharkov, OHL
Honourable Mentions:
Ludvig Bystrom, SEL
Brian Hart, US High School
Scott Kosmachuk, OHL
Hampus Lindholm, SEL
Dalton Thrower, WHL

February 8, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

-I have started Tweeting, so site updates will appear there (among other things)

-The Sens lineup for tonight won’t be updated until 4:00, so we won’t know until then if either call-up will see action against the Sharks tonight

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan talked to Bryan Murray about the team thus far, with Murray saying, “When you get into the playoffs, you know anything can happen. My thought has always been at deadline time that if you can add something to your team that the players believe is a good addition, that really adds a lot to your roster. They see we’re trying. I think our depth is okay right now, but we made need a substantial piece.”  Brennan points out the Sens don’t have a great track record with deadline deals.  Murray talked about the process of making those trades, “We do depth charts of every team, we look at the teams that look like they’re going to have a tough time down the stretch to make the playoffs, then we take players on that team that might be unrestricted or might be available. Those are the people we talked about. We’ve got a bit of a handle on that now.”  The Ottawa Citizen‘s Allen Panzeri writes about the same subject, pointing out that the recall of Mark Borowiecki and Andre Petersson is about testing the team’s depth to see if a trade is required.  It’s also possible one or both are being showcased for a trade, although I’d like to think the organisation won’t give up on them for potential short-term gain.

-Joy Lindsay Tweet‘s that Patrick Wiercioch returned to practice for the first time since his throat injury.  Kurt Kleinendorst thinks he could be ready to play before the all-star break.  Here were the lines at practice: Klinkhammer-Locke-Downing, Dziurzynski-Cannone-Bartlett, Hoffman-Da Costa-O’Brien (Lessard), Cowick-Hamilton-Grant; Henningson-Gryba, Raymond-Conboy, Thomas-Schira, Wiercioch-Godfrey.

–Mike Ratchuk was released from his PTO and returned to Elmira

–Red Line Report‘s latest issue is out with an updated list of 2012′s top prospects (with the position changes noted; for the previous report go here).
1. Nail Yakupov (Sarnia, OHL)
2. Filip Forsberg (Leksand, Sweden)
3. Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec, QMJHL)
4. Andrey Vasilevski (Salavat, KHL) (+20)
5. Matt Dumba (Red Deer, WHL)
6. Ryan Murray (Everett, WHL) (-2)
7. Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw, WHL)
8. Pontus Aberg (Djurgarden, Sweden)
9. Alex Galchenyuk (Sarnia, OHL)
10. Jacob Trouba (US NTDP, USHL)
11. Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, WHL) (+1)
12. Sebastian Collberg (Frolunda, Sweden) (-1)
13. Matt Finn (Guelph, OHL) (+9)
14. Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67s, OHL) (+7)
15. Slater Koekkoek (Peterborough, OHL) (+2)
16. Damon Severson (Kelowna, WHL) (-1)
17. Jordan Schmaltz (Sioux City, USHL) (-2)
18. Zemgus Girgensons (Dubuque, USHL) (-12)
19. Derrick Pouliot (Portland, WHL) (+1)
20. Olli Maatta (London, OHL) (-6)
21. Radek Faksa (Kitchener, OHL) (+5)
22. Phil Di Giuseppe (U. Michigan, NCAA) (+10)
23. Nick Ebert (Windsor, OHL) (-7)
24. Gianluca Curcuruto (Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) (-6)
25. Scott Kosmachuk (Guelph, OHL) (+3)
26. Brendan Gaunce (Belleville, OHL) (-3)
27. Oscar Dansk (Brynas, SEL) (-2)
28. Martin Frk (Halifax, QMJHL) (-1)
29. Henrik Samuelsson (US NTDP, USHL) (-16)
30. Teuvo Teravainen (Jokerit, Finland) (-1)
One player fell out of the top-30 this month: Colton Sissons (#31, -1).  Here’s the movement among former top-30 players: Chandler Stephenson (#39, +2), Troy Bourke (#58, +1), Scott Laughton (#60, +2), Calle Andersson (#66, -14), Ryan Olsen (#72, +3), Patrik Machac (#81, -28), Eric Locke (#83, -50), Jarrod Maidens (#84, -29), Matia Marcantuoni (#85, -29), and Luca Ciampini (#180, -65).

Both ISS and CS have highly ranked players who do not appear in RLR’s list.  Here’s a look at the ISS and CS players who don’t appear the lists (Central Scouting has wonky divisions between North Americans and Europeans and skaters and goaltenders).

ISS
13. Andreas Athanasiou (#55 RLR, #24 CSNA)
16. Jarrod Maidens (#84 RLR, #21 CSNA)
20. Brady Skjei (#38 RLR, #18 CSNA)
22. Tomas Hertl (#42 RLR, #3 CSE)
23. Stefan Matteau (#61 RLR, #13 CSNA)
25. Mike Matheson (#45 RLR, #29 CSNA)
26. Colton Sissions (#31 RLR, #14 CSNA)
27. Nicolas Kerdiles (#32 RLR, #27 CSNA)
28. Thomas Wilson (#48 RLR, #33 CSNA)
29. Anton Slepyshev (#33 RLR, #13 CSE)
30. Ludwig Bystrom (#35 RLR, #8 CSE)

CSNA (not appearing above)
19. Daniil Zharkov (#52 RLR)
20. Gemel Smith (#68 RLR)
22. Tanner Pearson (#43 RLR)
26. Mike Winther (#70 RLR)
30. Dalton Thrower (#34 RLR)

CSE (only those also ranked by RLR)
5. Ville Pokka (#65 RLR)
6. Hampus Lindholm (#51 RLR)
9. Nikolai Prokhorkin (#62 RLR)
10. Mikko Vainonen (#162 RLR)
11. Esa Lindell (#132 RLR)
12. Christian Djoos (#166 RLR)
20. Alexei Filippov (#161 RLR)
24. Niklas Tikkinen (#129 RLR)
25. Mikko Lehtonen (#121 RLR)

CSNA Goaltenders (only those also ranked by RLR)
1. Malcolm Subban (#90 RLR)
2. Matthew Murray (#114 RLR)
3. Brandon Whitney (#53 RLR)
4. Jon Gillies (#128 RLR)
5. Jake Paterson (#170 RLR)
6. Francois Tremblay (#117 RLR)
7. Daniel Altshuller (#92 RLR)
8. Andrey Makarov (#49 RLR)
9. Collin Olson (#72 RLR)
10. Patrik Bartosak (#120 RLR)

CSE Goaltenders (only those also ranked by RLR)
4. Marek Langhamer (#108 RLR)

January 19, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

-Paul MacLean talked about last night’s effort, “I didn’t think we were very good at all in the first two periods. I thought we were real sluggish. We looked like we were playing uphill and they were playing downhill. I thought Craig Anderson really played well and I thought our defence did some yeomen’s work, even though our execution at times wasn’t very good. We played too much in our end of the rink, but we found a way to play well defensively and not give up too many goals.”

–Toronto Star‘s Lance Hornby points to the big swing in the standings between Toronto and Ottawa since they met back in November, with the Leafs 10 points ahead at the time and now 9 points behind.

-The Sens have confirmed the inevitable: Peter Regin‘s season is done with shoulder surgery forthcoming.  I feel bad for Regin who plays hard and is a smart player, but his career may be over in the NHL.

-There’s been a lot of chatter about Bryan Murray making a deadline deal to help the Sens playoff run, but it’s not something that excites me.  Murray’s deadline track record is poor and I wouldn’t want key assets (top prospects or high draft picks) moved for a rental.  I don’t think the Sens have a realistic shot to go deep into the playoffs, so there’s no point in sacrificing some of the future for a short playoff run.

–Sports Illustrated‘s power rankings are out with Ottawa 10th

–Joy Lindsay reports that Binghamton has called up Jack Downing from Elmira while signing defensemen Dan Henningson (Chicago Express, 27-1-2-3) and Andrew Thomas (Trenton Titans, 24-0-3-3) to PTO’s.

-ISS has updated their rankings (click here for the last update; I’ve listed their previous ranking in brackets where applicable):
1. Grigorenko, Mikhail, RW 5/16/94 L 6.03.25 200 Québec QMJHL
2. Yakupov, Nail, LW 10/6/93 L 5.10.5 189 Sarnia OHL
3. Forsberg, Filip, RW 8/13/94 R 6.01 176 Leksands SweAl
4. Trouba, Jacob, RD 2/26/94 R 6.02 196 USA Under-18 NTDP (6)
5. Murray, Ryan, LD 9/27/93 L 6.00.5 201 Everett WHL (4)
6. Dumba, Matt, RD 7/25/94 R 5.11.75 183 Red Deer WHL (5)
7. Gaunce, Brendan, C 3/25/94 L 6.02 215 Belleville OHL
8. Rielly, Morgan, LD 3/9/94 L 5.11.5 190 Moose Jaw WHL (9)
9. Reinhart, Griffin, LD 1/24/94 L 6.03.75 207 Edmonton WHL (12)
10. Maatta, Olli, LD 8/22/94 L 6.01.5 202 London OHL (11)
11. Ceci, Cody, RD 12/21/93 R 6.02.5 207 Ottawa OHL (10)
12. Collberg, Sebastian, RW 2/23/94 R 5.11 Vastra SweJE (15)
13. Athanasiou, Andreas, C 8/6/94 L 6.00 179 London OHL (16)
14. Aberg, Pontus, LW 9/23/93 R 5.11 187 Djurgarden SweE (8)
15. Koekkoek, Slater, LD 2/18/94 L 6.02 184 Peterborough OHL (13)
16. Maidens, Jarrod, C 3/4/94 L 6.00.5 178 Owen Sound OHL (14)
17. Finn, Matthew, LD 2/24/94 L 6.00.25 195 Guelph OHL (24)
18. Galchenyuk, Alexander, RW 2/12/94 L 6.00.5 198 Sarnia OHL
19. Faksa, Radek, LW 1/9/94 L 6.03 202 Kitchener OHL (28)
20. Skjei, Brady, LD 3/26/1994 L 6.03 203 USA Under-18 NTDP (30)
21. Pouliot, Derrick, D 1/16/94 L 5.11.25 186 Portland WHL (20)
22. Hertl, Tomas, LW 11/12/93 L 6.02 198 pounds Slavia CzeE (NR)
23. Matteau, Stefan, LW 2/23/94 L 6.01 210 USA Under-18 NTDP (29)
24. Girgensons, Zemgus, F 1/5/94 L 6.01.25 201 Dubuque USHL (19)
25. Matheson, Mike, LD 2/27/94 L 6.01.25 180 Dubuque USHL (23)
26. Sissons, Colton, C/R 11/5/93 L 6.01 189 Kelowna WHL (25)
27. Kerdiles, Nicholas, C/L 1/11/94 L, 6.01.5 200 USA Under-18 NTDP (21)
28. Wilson, Thomas, RW 3/29/94 R 6.03.5 203 Plymouth OHL (27)
29. Slepyshev, Anton, LW 5/13/94 R 6.02 187 Novokuznetsk KHL (22)
30. Bystrom, Ludvig, LD 7/29/94 L 6.00.75 208 Modo SweE (26)
Falling out of the top-thirty: Martin Frk (17)

January 18, 2012
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

-A lot has been written about the Turris–Rundblad trade and I’ll start with The Ottawa Sun‘s Bruce Garrioch (link) who talks about the process and how Murray had been pursuing him since the fall and that Sportsnet‘s Nick Kypreos likes the deal for Ottawa .  Senators Extra‘s James Gordon (link) muses that Murray’s rhapsodic waxings are essentially the same he made in 2009 when he traded for Rundblad in the first place.  The Team 1200‘s Steve Lloyd (link) talks about the risk of trading for potential but adds “you can live with giving up Rundblad as it has become apparent that the big money on the blue-line will be going to Karlsson and eventually Cowen for the foreseeable future.”  The implication being that a successful Rundblad would be too expensive is an odd argument to make (I certainly don’t agree with it).  Senshot‘s Jared Crozier (link) doesn’t like the trade at all, “Rundblad has had some growing pains, but his pedigree shows that once he makes the transition to the North American game, he could be a star.  Turris is by no means in his prime yet, but in 4 years as a pro he has yet to make a real impact in the NHL.  I don’t believe for a minute based on what I have seen (admittedly limited exposure) or heard that he just needs a change in venue to suddenly become a breakout star.”  Finally, The Silver Seven‘s Mark Parisi tries to argue that Rundblad became expendable because of Brian Lee (link) because of the crowded.  This lack of space is short term (Kuba isn’t staying and Gonchar isn’t long term either) and ignores the possibility of sending him to Binghamton, but I can’t criticise Parisi too much because Bryan Murray made very similar comments when discussing the trade.

So what’s my opinion of the trade?  It can’t fully be judged for years, but in the short-term I give the edge to Phoenix.  David Rundblad has fantastic pedigree and only a short history in the pro game–there’s plenty of room to grow and develop.  The Coyotes also got a 2nd round pick from the Senators, which will be a mid-to early pick who has a decent chance to turning into an NHL player down the line.  For Ottawa, they get a well-scouted and known quantity in Kyle Turris who can dominate in the AHL but has yet to establish himself in the NHL.  Many argue that Turris wasn’t given the opportunity to grow, but I don’t think Dave Tippett would deny him ice time if he thought Turris would help him win.  The acquisition makes it clear the Sens don’t see either Peter Regin, Nick Foligno, or Stephane Da Costa as near-term solutions and that may not go down well with any of them.  The silver-lining for the Sens is that should the lightbulb go on for Turris his upside is better than Rundblad‘s, but that’s a big “if”.

-Binghamton lost 5-2 to Worcester last night, with Mike McKenna taking the loss and Mark Parrish and Mike Bartlett scoring.  For the box score go here link and for Joy Lindsay’s game summary go here link.  In Joy’s post-game report (link) she reports “Patrick Wiercioch, who suffered a throat injury when he was struck by a puck last Friday, was at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena to watch the game.”  On the loss Kurt Kleinendorst said, “We made too many mistakes, and when we make mistakes, the puck’s ending up in the back of our net. That’s just the way it is right now.”  He liked the play of Mike Ratchuk, Mark Borowiecki, Corey Cowick, and Tim Conboy.

-Elmira won 4-3 last night and Louie Caporusso had a huge game with a hat-trick and an assist; Jack Downing added a goal and an assist.

-ISS has released their latest 2012 draft rankings (for the previous rankings go here link; I’ve listed their previous rank in brackets if it’s changed):
1. Grigorenko, Mikhail, RW 5/16/94 L 6.03.25 200 Québec QMJHL
2. Yakupov, Nail, LW 10/6/93 L 5.10.5 189 Sarnia OHL
3. Forsberg, Filip, RW 8/13/94 R 6.01 176 Leksands SweAl
4. Murray, Ryan, LD 9/27/93 L 6.00.5 201 Everett WHL
5. Dumba, Matt, RD 7/25/94 R 5.11.75 183 Red Deer WHL
6. Trouba, Jacob, RD 2/26/94 R 6.02 196 USA Under-18 NTDP
7. Gaunce, Brendan, C 3/25/94 L 6.02 215 Belleville OHL (9)
8. Aberg, Pontus, LW 9/23/93 R 5.11 187 Djurgarden SweE
9. Rielly, Morgan, LD 3/9/94 L 5.11.5 190 Moose Jaw WHL (10)
10. Ceci, Cody, RD 12/21/93 R 6.02.5 207 Ottawa OHL (11)
11. Maatta, Olli, LD 8/22/94 L 6.01.5 202 London OHL (13)
12. Reinhart, Griffin, LD 1/24/94 L 6.03.75 207 Edmonton WHL
13. Koekkoek, Slater, LD 2/18/94 L 6.02 184 Peterborough OHL (7)
14. Maidens, Jarrod, C 3/4/94 L 6.00.5 178 Owen Sound OHL
15. Collberg, Sebastian, RW 2/23/94 R 5.11 Vastra SweJE (16)
16. Athanasiou, Andreas, C 8/6/94 L 6.00 179 London OHL (23)
17. Frk, Martin, RW 10/5/93 L 5.11.5 204 Halifax QMJHL (15)
18. Galchenyuk, Alexander, RW 2/12/94 L 6.00.5 198 Sarnia OHL (17)
19. Girgensons, Zemgus, F 1/5/94 L 6.01.25 201 Dubuque USHL (20)
20. Pouliot, Derrick, D 1/16/94 L 5.11.25 186 Portland WHL (18)
21. Kerdiles, Nicholas, C/L 1/11/94 L, 6.01.5 200 USA Under-18 NTDP (19)
22. Slepyshev, Anton, LW 5/13/94 R 6.02 187 Novokuznetsk KHL (25)
23. Matheson, Mike, LD 2/27/94 L 6.01.25 180 Dubuque USHL (21)
24. Finn, Matthew, LD 2/24/94 L 6.00.25 195 Guelph OHL (29)
25. Sissons, Colton, C/R 11/5/93 L 6.01 189 Kelowna WHL (24)
26. Bystrom, Ludvig, LD 7/29/94 L 6.00.75 208 Modo SweE (NR)
27. Wilson, Thomas, RW 3/29/94 R 6.03.5 203 Plymouth OHL (26)
28. Faksa, Radek, LW 1/9/94 L 6.03 202 Kitchener OHL (NR)
29. Matteau, Stefan, LW 2/23/94 L 6.01 210 USA Under-18 NTDP (NR)
30. Skjei, Brady, LD 3/26/1994 L 6.03 203 USA Under-18 NTDP (28)
Falling out of the top-thirty: Nick Ebert (22), Gianluca Curcuruto (27), and Dalton Thrower (30).

December 18, 2011
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment

–The Ottawa Sun‘s Don Brennan writes about the return of Matt Carkner (link), with Brennan talking about how the big blueliner played with the injury last year, “For a month and a half, he played with a bum knee, sometimes getting it drained right before a game. His effectiveness dwindled.”  Paul MacLean talked about David Rundblad and Brian Lee, stating the obvious, “The biggest part for that is Rundblad’s play without the puck struggled. Brian Lee went in and played real well, and the team played well. The team continued to win, and Brian Lee’s play didn’t go down. It elevated. He played the way he needed to play, and over this last stretch of the time, Brian Lee has been a better player, so he was in the lineup. And for those two guys, that’s the way it’s going to be.”

–The Ottawa Citizen‘s Wayne Scanlan thinks Craig Anderson‘s personality has been key to helping the Senators win (link), referencing his first game with Ottawa last year.  Scanlan might have had a point last year, but given that he included no comments or quotes from teammates or management about it I don’t put much stock into it (if anything, Anderson‘s mouth was getting him into trouble earlier in the season)

–Sports Illustrated‘s power rankings are out (link), with Ottawa 23rd (just like all the other rankings), Adrian Dater adding, “They’ve been better than many thought, but even while playing over their heads a little, they’re still just a .500 team. The recent return of Daniel Alfredsson has spurred them to snare at least a point in their last four games. I probably should have ranked these guys a little higher here, but you know once you start to buy into a team like this, things often immediately go the other way.”

-Joy Lindsay Tweets that Tim Conboy has returned to practice (link)

–Red Line Report‘s latest issue is out with an updated list of 2012’s top prospects (with the position changes noted; for the previous go here link).  RLR has become disappointed with this year’s crop of draftees, saying “The injuries [to top prospects], combined with some pretty uninspiring performances from the prospects we were counting on to fill in from the late-1st through the mid-2nd rounds, have the scouting community shaking its collective head.  What had been perceived as a strong draft year is suddenly looking somewhat barren.”
1. Nail Yakupov (Sarnia, OHL)
2. Ryan Murray (Everett, WHL) (+1)
3. Filip Forsberg (Leksand, Sweden) (+2)
4. Henrik Samuelsson (US NTDP, USHL) (+1)
5. Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec, QMJHL) (+4)
6. Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw, WHL) (+4)
7. Matt Dumba (Red Deer, WHL) (+5)
8. Zemgus Girgensons (Dubuque, USHL)
9. Alex Galchenyuk (Sarnia, OHL) (-2)
10. Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, WHL) (-4)
11. Sebastian Collberg (Frolunda, Sweden) (+2)
12. Olli Maatta (London, OHL) (-1)
13. Nick Ebert (Windsor, OHL) (-9)
14. Pontus Aberg (Djurgarden, Sweden) (+1)
15. Damon Severson (Kelowna, WHL) (+14)
16. Slater Koekkoek (Peterborough, OHL)
17. Jacob Trouba (US NTDP, USHL) (-3)
18. Gianluca Curcuruto (Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) (+5)
19. Jordan Schmaltz (Sioux City, USHL) (+1)
20. Derrick Pouliot (Portland, WHL) (-3)
21. Cody Ceci (Ottawa 67s, OHL) (+3)
22. Martin Frk (Halifax, QMJHL) (-4)
23. Brendan Gaunce (Belleville, OHL) (+3)
24. Andrey Vasilevski (Salavat, KHL) (+10)
25. Oscar Dansk (Brynas, SEL) (+35)
26. Scott Kosmachuk (Guelph, OHL) (+21)
27. Teuvo Teravainen (Jokerit, Finland)
28. Radek Faksa (Kitchener, OHL) (+8)
29. Colton Sissons (Kelowna, WHL) (+6)
30. Eric Locke (Barrie, OHL) (-9)
Five players fell out of the top-30 this month: Matia Marcantuoni (#31, -12), Calle Andersson (#35, -13), Chandler Stephenson (#37, -12), Jarrod Maidens (#53, -23), and Troy Bourke (#54, -26).  Here’s the movement among former top-30 players: Luca Ciampini (#50, -11), Patrik Machac (#51, +2), Scott Laughton (#58, -26), and Ryan Olsen (#59, -19).

November 23, 2011
Categories: Binghamton Senators, NHL Draft, Ottawa Senators . . Author: Eye on the Sens . Comments: 1 Comment