Silver Nuggets: All-Time Senators: Right Defence
After wrapping up our group of forwards on Friday, it is time to look at the back end. Many great defencemen have played for the Ottawa Senators over the years, today we look at the ones who played predominantly on the right side.
We will save the huge left defence debate for tomorrow, today I present a couple options for best right defenceman, starting with one that is currently dear to our hearts.
Erik Karlsson: Karlsson was drafted in that great '08 defense draft, and he has been the crown jewel of the new generation of Senators ever since. Winner of the team's only Norris trophy, in just his third year in the league he posted a team record for points as a blueliner with 78. He is one of the quickest players in the league and brings a dynamic to the team that it has never had. Fun fact: in 83 less games played than Zdeno Chara had with the team, Karlsson already has more points as a Senator.
Anton Volchenkov: A player with quite the cult following among Senators fans, especially amongst this community, Anton got black and blue for the Senators in each of the 428 games he played for the club. Sure, he only scored 16 goals in all of those games, but that was never the measure of worth for Anton. He fought bears with his bare hands blocked hundreds of shots and formed half of Ottawa's great shut down pair with Chris Phillips. I have a feeling A-Train will have a few votes today.
Steve Duchesne: I cannot be sure he played the right side (I was a little young to pay attention to details like that) but I've put him here because he scored "the goal" from the right side, so I figure he was just pinching down. Duchesne only played 140 games with the Senators, but it didn't stop me from being extremely upset the day he left town. 83 points in that time span, including 19 goals in one season. But he will get votes for one thing and one thing only. The goal.
Sens Links
- As our Peter let you all know this morning, Peter Regin is reportedly on his way back to Denmark to play out the rest of the lockout. Here is hoping he gets back into game shape and gets some confidence back. [SSS]
- Desperate to write about some more hockey, Peter tells you of Guillaume Latendresse's foray into charity hockey in Quebec. A goal in his first game, letting me wonder what could be if this lockout ever ends!! [SSS]
- Story by Allen Panzeri who talks to Chris Phillips about his experience playing in Europe during the last lockout. Phillips joined former team mate Andreas Dackell to play in Gälve in Sweden. [Panzeri]
- Cool story about how a dream became a reality for Cyril Leeder and the gang 21 years ago. [Sens]
B-Sens Links
- Story about the Sens giving a fresh start to
Huge SpecimenHugh Jessiman. [Warren] - Binghamton is full of Swedes right now with Mika Zibanejad, Jakob Silfverberg, Andre Petersson, Robin Lehner and Fredrik Claesson. Here's hoping they can bring the team some success. [SensExtra]
- Speaking of Lehner, he has shown up to camp "fit and feisty". This is nothing but good news for the organization. [SensExtra]
- Luke Richardson's motivation to AHL prospects? Someone is always watching, so bust your butt. [SensExtra]
Who is the best D-man to ever play the right side in Ottawa?
| Erik Karlsson | 150 |
| Anton Volchenkov | 28 |
| Steve Duchesne | 5 |