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Silver Nuggets: Should the Senators get a new AHL affiliate?
As mentioned yesterday, Andre Petersson isn't too pleased about his time in Binghamton. However, he isn't the only Senators prospects to have been unhappy down there. Robin Lehner wasn't too pleased about his time in Binghamton last year and Nikita Filatov left for Russia this year. David Rundblad...
Silver Nuggets: Paul MacLean is using Daniel Alfredsson very well
Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. As of Sunday afternoon, those are the only players in the NHL (with 40+ games) with a higher Corsi Relative than the +17.9 by Daniel Alfredsson. In 5-on-5 situations with Alfredsson on the ice, the Senators have outscored the opposition 3.00 to 2.16 per 60 minutes....
Silver Nuggets: Even strength scoring
Jason Spezza leads the Senators with 36 even strength points, but do you know who is second? It's Nick Foligno with 30, two ahead of Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson. In terms of per 60 minutes of 5-on-5, Foligno is in fact leading the way with 2.41 points per 60 minutes. On defence, Erik...
Silver Nuggets: Being outnumbered at home is our own fault
Having sat through the horror of a 5-0 home loss to Toronto and then yet another heartbreaking Super Bowl loss, I have moved on to the acceptance stage. However, I was further disappointed after reading this article by Wayne Scanlan that a season-ticket holder feels that it isn't "safe" to attend a...
Silver Nuggets: Senators dominating weaker teams
As the Ottawa Senators get ready to host the New York Islanders tonight, it is worth looking at Ottawa's record against the 'weaker' teams. Thanks to the overtime loss point, there are eight clubs in the NHL currently under a point a game. The Senators are 2-0 against Tampa Bay, 3-1-1 against...
Silver Nuggets: Should the Senators call up Robin Lehner?
In yet another Eugene Melnyk interview, he mentioned that Bryan Murray might call up Robin Lehner for a few games at the end of the season. But should Ottawa call up Lehner right now? Based on his numbers from this season, Lehner doesn't deserve an NHL call-up. His 3.19 goals against average might...
Silver Nuggets: Upcoming five game homestand is crucial
The Ottawa Senators have lost four games in a row, all in regulation. While they are still sixth in the eastern conference, they have dropped to eighth in the east in terms of points per game. That's the bad news. The good news is that the Senators played very well last night in a road game against...
Silver Nuggets: Filatov demoted to Russian junior league
Nikita Filatov has fallen quite a bit in four months. After having started the season in Ottawa on Jason Spezza's line, he was benched and then sent to the AHL. After a few weeks of performing well in the AHL, he was called up to Ottawa again, and played sparingly for the most part. At this point...
Silver Nuggets: Back to the regular season
The all-star game was great for the clubs's fans and the players, but now it is back to the regular season, starting with a game in Boston tomorrow night. This will be Ottawa's sixth consecutive road game, and after winning the first two in Toronto and San Jose, the Senators lost three in a row in...
Silver Nuggets: Is anything wrong with Zack Smith?
On 6 January, we gave out the mid-term report card and Zack Smith was given an A for having 12 goals in 41 games, which is a 24 goal pace. Since then, Zack Smith has 0 goals in the following 11 games and his assist last night was his first point in that span. He's still on pace for 19 goals and 35...
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