End of the line for Cheechoo?
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Jonathan Cheechoo's offensive struggles in Ottawa have The Hockey News wondering if the former 50-goal scorer is washed up.
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Empty Netter Assists - 11-16-09
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Penguins -Jay McKee's truck is all nice and shiny thanks to Dan Bylsma . -Time to trade that bum Crosby . -The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins recalled defenseman Alex Grant and forward Joey Haddad from Wheeling of the ECHL . -Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock considers former Penguins forward Rob Brown ( above ) the best junior player he's ever seen . -Happy 54th birthday to former Penguins all-star...
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Two Points is Two Points
Sens Chirp (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Senators were able to escape with an important two points tonight in what was a terribly sloppy game against the Oilers. Ottawa took the lead in the third period only to see Brule score on a weak goal to tie things up at 3-3 late in the third. The Senators were sloppy throughout the final frame but were in a position to win the game after a hard work goal by Chris Neil. It was definitely a goal...
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Poking My Heatley Voodoo Doll Again
Steve Warne's TGOR Nation Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
With the Edmonton Oilers visiting Scotiabank Place last night, it seems a fine time to tell a good ol’ fish story and lament the one that got away. When legend Dany Heatley went sideways last spring, Sens GM Bryan Murray went fishing for offers. He hooked onto a good one in Edmonton, a deal quickly vetoed by Legend. The Sens would have received Dustin Penner, Andrew Cogliano and Ladislav Smid....
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NHL`s Opportunistic Fight With The NHLPA
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The NHLPA is in a shambles. The NHL is using this weakness to launch an attack on the NHLPA, as the NHLPA is not in a position to defend itself well. This summer, Dany Heatley, then an Ottawa Senator, demanded a trade. Heatley then declined to be traded to the Edmonton Oilers, as he had a no movement clause in his contract. This allowed him to deny any trades (despite the fact he requested one). Ottawa...
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A Happy Halloween for the Sens
Steve Warne's TGOR Nation Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I've always hated any statement that begins with, "If the season were to end today..." The season doesn’t end today. It’s a flawed premise which makes it a flawed statement. So any person using that statement is a complete idiot. That being said…IF THE SEASON WERE TO END TODAY, THE SENS WOULD BE IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!! Right. We're 11 games in. Too early for parade planning....
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Elliott to Start vs. Bruins
Sens Chirp (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Back up Brian Elliott will make his second start of the season tonight when the Senators host the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank Place. Pascal Leclaire has been battling a little bit of a flu the past couple days and was not on the ice for the morning skate. That being said, Clouston did say Elliott would start one of the two games this week so I guess this makes sense. Elliott's only other start this...
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Spezza Becoming A Complete Player
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
from Chris Stevenson of the Ottawa Sun, In past years, four assists in seven games for Spezza would have pretty much indicated a disaster for the Senators, given their reliance on him, captain Daniel Alfredsson and former winger Dany Heatley, who supplied the offence on a top-heavy group of forwards. The offence is now spread out, giving Spezza time to adjust to some significant role changes. After...
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Above All Else, Don't Panic
Steve Warne's TGOR Nation Blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
With Dany Heatley’s hot start, I’m already hearing complaints from some Sens’ fans that Ottawa should have held on to him. Former Sharks Milan Michalek and Jonathan Cheechoo are being counted on to help fill the offensive void Legend created with his demands and “diminished role” blather. The Sens’ new duo has three points after positively erupting for 2 on their...
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Penguins dispose of Senators, 4-1
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The Penguins and the Ottawa Senators renewed acquaintances from playoffs past tonight. While sniper Dany Heatley has departed (finallly, many said) to San Jose, they signed former Penguin Alex Kovalev, along with trade returnees Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek. After a ‘07 playoff defeat in five games, the ‘08 Penguins swept the Sens in the first round. And after 60 minutes of play,...
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Penguins 4, Senators 1 - 10-12-09
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
PREGAME Sorry for the delay folks. All kinds of technical problems tonight. Here's an abbreviated version of the first period. -Chris Bourque and Martin Skoula are the Penguins' scratches. -Ottawa has scratched Filip Kuba and Peter Regin. -Marc-Andre Fleury and Pascal Leclaire are the starting goaltenders. FIRST PERIOD 4:01: Milan Michalek scores. Jonathan Cheechoo and Jason Spezza get assists. Senators...
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Starting over - 10-01-09
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
( This is something of a rehash of our season-opening post from last year . Apologies for being unoriginal. ) So here we are. The 2009-10 season. The start of a new season seems like a new Christmas or birthday gift to us. It's still wrapped up. Unsmudged, unscratched, unbroken. We can't wait to pull it out of the box to start playing with it. Everyone's record is the same. 0-0-0. Everyone is even...
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Can Sharks stay away from playoff despair?
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Being a Sharks hockey fan must be like being a Cal football fan. The expectations are always there, but they seem to come crashing down. For the Sharks, that crash comes in the playoffs. Almost every season they open with expectations of playing in the Stanley Cup Finals. Last season, they earned their ninth playoff berth in 10 seasons. But only once in that run have they reached the conference finals....
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I Think It Is A Preview
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
from Michael-Louis Ingram and Gary Norris Gray of Black Athlete, The Ottawa Senators traded Dany Heatley to the San Jose Sharks for Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michael. This greatly improves San Jose’s scoring power. The Sharks will miss their young feisty pacesetter Cheechoo’s heart, which cannot be taught.... Will the tough Philadelphia Flyers, a.k.a. the New Broad Street Bullies reclaim...
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Your Peerless Prognostos for the 2009-2010 Season -- The Western Conference
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
We’ve done the East, and now, the West… 1. San Jose The good… On paper, lots. The Sharks subtracted a player who went from 56 to 12 goals in the blink of an eye (Jonathan Cheechoo) and added a player who has averaged 37 goals a year over his seven year career and who is in his prime (Dany Heatley). The Sharks otherwise return their top four goal scorers and point producers from...