Silver Nuggets: Playoff schedule released, Crosby vs. Phillips & Volchenkov

Hey all! A quick and dirty set of Ottawa Senators headlines coming your way:

  • For those of you who missed it, the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule has been released. The Senators' first game is Wednesday at 7:00pm. (NHL)
  • The games will be on CBC and called by Bob Cole, Garry Galley, and Elliotte Friedman (Mendes)
  • Fanhouse has a nice piece up on the big series matchup: Sidney Crosby vs. Anton Volchenkov and Chris Phillips (Fanhouse)
  • The Penguins' website has a nice series preview as well. (Penguins)
  • The Senators players -- particularly the rookies -- are energized for the playoffs. In case you're wondering why Matt Carkner has had a shaved head the last few games, he got Erik Karlsson to give him a "playoff cut" once they clinched their spot. (Gazette)
  • Our friend Meaghan puts up her Ottawa Senators playoff preview post, which is a good read. (Sens at Land's End)
  • We'll be compiling playoff predictions as much as we can, but here it starts: Ray Ferrarro says Penguins in 6. (TSN)

Stay tuned here for lots of playoff coverage. Tomorrow we'll have a guest post from our friend Hooks Orpik of PensBurgh, and Wednesday we'll have our own special playoff roundtable. There will also be plenty of other things in the meantime to look forward to as well.


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