Opinion

Although Bryan Murray seems to think the Ottawa Senators need a scoring forward more than anything else, I'm of the opinion that the biggest void on the Sens' roster is on the blue line. Although Erik Karlsson is the team's top defender, he's

When the NHL All-Star weekend wraps up Sunday night at Scotiabank Place, the Ottawa Senators will be facing the last 30 games of their season. They currently sit sixth in the Eastern Conference with 60 points. Toronto, Florida and New Jersey are all five points back of the Sens. However,

The NHL's 2011-12 season has been filled with surprises, both good and bad. Although some of the divisional leaders (the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins, for instance) are fulfilling expectations, there are a lot of teams which have fallen well short of their expectations, and in their place

The Ottawa Senators have given out their fair share of restricted-movement clauses since those contractual bonuses became in vogue since the lockout. Obviously, the most memorable instance if the one handed to Diminished Dany Heatley, but other players who had some limited-trade, no-trade, or no-movement clauses have also included Jason

With their 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning last night, the Ottawa Senators have arrived at the half-way point of the 2011-12 season. Virtually no one predicted the team would be as successful as they have been: A 21-15-5 record has Ottawa sitting in fifth place in the Eastern

The NHL is a reputation league. Let's not pretend it's not. Rookies don't draw the same calls as veterans, and third-liners don't draw the same calls as superstars. Sidney Crosby draws penalty calls in part because his skill on the ice often