Silver Nuggets

Silver Nuggets: Season begins tonight against Sabres; Leclaire starts

First batch of headlines for the 2010-11 Ottawa Senators regular season:

Pascal Leclaire starts the season opener. Seems like the right choice, to me. (Twitter)
The prediction panel is back! I'm, obviously, calling a Senators win. Five of seven panelists are. (Citizen)
Apparently Cory Clouston lets the starting goaltender know he's starting via text message, sometimes as little as 10 minutes before game time. (Sun)
Jason Spezza says he can be better than he has been. I look forward to seeing it. (Citizen)
But we might not see it from Spezza, because he's a game-time decision with his groin "tweak". (Sun)
We might be jealous of those teams with solid goaltending, but most of the league have as many question marks in net as the Senators do. (Citizen)
The Sens want to start the season "with a bang". I thought they were just going to take it easy for a while, but that's probably a better idea. (Sun)
Pre-season predictions for Ottawa has them finishing anywhere in the East, from the top of the Northeast Division right to the bottom--and out of the playoffs. (Citizen)

Ottawa's defence might need a bit of time to get adjusted to one another. (Citizen)
It seems everyone is asking "burning" questions these days. I don't understand what makes that adjective so popular these days... (Citizen)
Maybe driving a Zamboni is good luck. Jarkko Ruutu hopes so. If it is, I suggest every Sens player do it at least once this season. (Citizen)
Ken Warren outlines five Sens players to watch this season. I'll probably just go ahead and watch all 22-23, if that's okay. (Citizen)
Robin Lehner is still in Ottawa. But only due to visa issues. (Citizen)
Daniel Alfredsson isn't slowing down, but he is smartening up. (Citizen)
Filip Kuba is on schedule in his rehab. (Sens)
To better their chances at the post-season, the Senators need to win more shootouts and get more bonus points. (Sun)
Mike Fisher will henceforth be known as "Carrie Underwood's husband". And he's a nice guy. (USA Today)
Good news: Jared Cowen would rather be with Ottawa this year than back in Spokane. (Spokesman-Review)
Jonathan Cheechoo got a gig, he's back with the Worcester Sharks of the AHL. (NBC Bay Area)