A SENSational Story | Nuka takes over GM for the Senators

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BREAKING NEWS

New Trade gone through

The Ottawa Senators would like to wish Konopka safe travels and a good time in Montreal. They will receive prospect Yannik Webber.
We feel like we have enough centers, with either Konopka or Regin scratched, and one on 4th line. We also have Neil, Phillips, and Smith who can fight. Parish is 34 years old, and plays in Baby Sens, while Konopka is 30 and a healthy scratch. He makes 1.030M this season, while Weber (23 y/o D, b- b- b-) makes 0.850M. He will be a health scratch, filling in for tired D until Carkner heals, while Diaz will be sent to the Baby Sens. Hopefully one day soon he will make it to the official Roster.

This is what the GM of Montreal had to say (after I closed it by accident, then resent it)

I don't get it, We just sent you this ofer, and you said No. Now you give it back to us in the same day?

What ever, Montreal still believes in the deal. It's done.

Ottawa Acquires: Yannik Webber, Rafael Diaz
Montreal Acquires: Zenon Konopka, Mark Parish

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Ottawa Senators [10 game update] Stats - 2011/12
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Daniel Alfredsson	10	6	2	8	0	2	0	30	20.0%
Bobby Butler	10	2	2	4	2	0	5	26	7.7%
Matt Carkner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Erik Condra	10	1	1	2	1	0	2	13	7.7%
Jared Cowen	10	1	1	2	4	1	2	4	25.0%
Nikita Filatov	7	0	3	3	3	0	10	9	0/0%
Nick Foligno	10	2	2	4	0	0	7	24	8.3%
Matt Gilroy	9	0	3	3	4	0	0	12	0.0%
Sergei Gonchar	10	1	6	7	-3	0	2	10	10.0%
Collin Greening	10	1	4	5	-1	0	7	25	4.0%
Raitis Ivanans	3	0	2	2	1	0	4	1	0.0%
Erik Karlsson	10	0	3	3	-2	0	9	26	0.0%
Rob Klinkhammer	9	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	0.0%
Filip Kuba	10	1	4	5	3	1	7	20	5.0%
Milan Michalek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%
Chris Neil	10	2	2	4	1	1	24	13	15.4%
Chris Philips	10	1	3	4	4	0	6	13	7.7%
Peter Regin	4	2	1	3	5	0	0	5	40.0%
Zack Smith	9	0	2	2	2	0	2	7	0.0%
Jason Spezza	10	2	5	7	-1	0	4	34	5.9%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Craig Anderson	10	7	3	0	2.33	541:45	209	.909%	1
Alex Auld	1	0	0	0	1.05	57:14	30	9.68	0

Ottawa Senators [10 game update] Stats - 2011/12
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Kyle Turris	10	4	1	5	0	2	0	28	14.3%
Yannick Weber	10	1	2	3	2	0	0	15	6.7%

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Rangers destroy Sens in 2nd period

The Ottawa Senators got embarrassed tonight against the Rangers. Anderson couldn't stop anything. Anderson let in a goal with 2 seconds left in the 2nd period. I guess he went off the ice a bit to early... Kuba left mid-way through the 3rd with an undisclosed injury. He will be a game-time decision against the Leafs. Weber is most likely going to fill in for him.

Hopefully they can beat Toronto at home tomorrow. They beat the Sens 3-0 last time. Gaborik has an amazing game.

Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers
Oct 1, 1 2 3 F OTT (7-3-0) 1 0 0 1 NYR (3-5-0) 1 2 1 4 Three Stars Carl Hagelin, (NYR) 1G, 1A, 3S Marian Gaborik, (NYR) 1G, 1A, 6S Brad Richards, (NYR) 0G, 2A, 3S	Team Stats Comparison OTT NYR Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD NYR 3:09 A. Anisimov (1), (C. Hagelin, B. Boyle) OTT 14:41 M. Michalek (1), (J. Spezza, D. Alfredsson) SECOND PERIOD NYR 16:21 C. Hagelin (1), (M. Zuccarello, D. Stephan) NYR 19:58 M. Staal (2), (M. Gaborik, B. Richards) THIRD PERIOD NYR 9:30 M. Gaborik (1), (D. Girardi, B. Richards)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 34 30 88% 4.00
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Henrik Lundqvist 20 19 95% 1.00

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He's Big, He's Bald, He's Alex Auld! Auld to get the start vs Leafs, giving Anderson a much needed break...

As thought, Kuba was out with a sore foot, so Weber took his place for his 1st game as a Senator. Auld started in net, giving Anderson a well-deserved break. Klinkhammer recorded his 1st ever NHL goal off a rebound and nailed it top shelf. This is pretty much a battle for LW between Klinkhammer and Ivanans. Once Greening comes back, one of the two have to be scratched or sent down to Baby Sens. Zack Smith got the winner by a Deflection against Reimer in the 3rd period. Anderson blew his shutout with 5.1 seconds in the 3rd period, after a goal by Lupul was scored.

Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators
Oct 30, 2011 1 2 3 F TOR (4-5-1) 0 0 1 1 OTT (7-4-0) 1 1 0 2 Three Stars Alex Auld, (OTT) 1.00 GAA, .962 SV%, 26 SA Zack Smith, (OTT) 1G, 0A, 1S Sergei Gonchar, (OTT) 0G, 3A, 0S	Team Stats Comparison TOR OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 8:50 R. Klinkhammer (1), (P. Regin, B. Butler) THIRD PERIOD OTT 14:33 Z. Smith (1), (S. Goncahr, J. Cowen) TOR 19:55 J. Lupul (4), (C. MacArthur, P. Kessel)
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA James Reimer 17 15 88% 2
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Alex Auld 26 25 96% 1.00

Game Notes
With Greening coming back after this game, He took 3rd line LW, and I sent down Klinkhammer to Baby Sens. I brought up RW Conboy as a Scratch, just so Klinkhammer could get some playing time, and improve a bit before we bring him back up to our roster.

***Edit***
Gonchar had 2 assists, not 3.

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Good luck with your Senators dynasty. I think you got the best out of both trades.

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Good luck with your Senators dynasty. I think you got the best out of both trades.

Thanks man.

Both trades came to me. i was expecting the montreal one but the calgary one caught me off guard. im not sure why they did it. Unless they clearing up cap.

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Not enough rest for Anderson, comes up with a Loss

Both teams are hot, Boston has lost only 2 of its last 10 games while Ottawa has dropped 4 out of its last 12 games. After a night's rest, Anderson got the start for Ottawa, while Rask went between the pipes for the Bruins.

After a scrap with Lucic, Foligno head to the dressing room with an undisclosed upper body injury. It was later determined that he broke his jaw and will be out of the rest of game. The Senators beat Rask to end ruin his shutout streak, but it wasn't enough to stop Seguin's hat-trick.

Alfredsson showed leadership, getting 1 goal and giving a couple hits. At one point, Anderson took on Lucic, then Cowen came in and a big scrum happened. A total of 10 goals were scored, kind of a repeat of the previous game against

Quick Goalie Comparison:

Anderson: 11 GP, 7W, 4L, 1SO, .905 SV%, 2.49 GAA
Rask: 1GP, 1W, 0L, 1SO, 1.000 SV%, 0.00 GAA

Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins
Nov 1, 2011 1 2 3 F OTT (8-4-0) 1 2 1 4 BOS (8-2-0) 3 3 3 6 Three Stars Tyler Seguin, (BOS) 3G, 0A, 4S Zdeno Chara, (BOS) 0G, 3A, 5 Hits, 1S Daniel Paille, (BOS) 1G, 0A, 3S	Team Stats Comparison OTT BOS Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD BOS 8:30 T. Seguin (6), (P. Bergeron) OTT 11:27 J. Spezza (3), (R. Ivanans) SHG BOS 11:55 T. Seguin (7), (P. Bergeron, Z. Chara) SECOND PERIOD OTT 2:23 K. Turris (5), (C. Greening, M. Gilroy) BOS 8:42 M. Savard (2), (G. Campbell, Z. Chara) BOS 16:32 A. McQuaid (2), (B. Marchand) OTT 19:39 B. Butler (3), (J. Cowen, C. Anderson) THIRD PERIOD OTT 5:58 D. Afredsson (7), (M. Michalek, Y. Weber) BOS 17:52 D. Paille (3), (Z. Chara, A. Fernence) BOS 19:57 T. Seguin (8), (Unassisted)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 24 18 75% 6.01
Boston Bruins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Tukka Rask 19 15 79% 4

Game Notes:
Foligno left the game in the 1st period, and will be injured for the next 1 - 2 weeks with a sprained hand. The doctors said he was OK to play though, so he remains on the roster.

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Carkner comes back after missing about 12 games due to a broken leg.

Line Changes:

Carkner goes with Phillips on 2nd line.
Weber goes to 3rd line with Cowen.
Gilroy is scratched (possibly being traded)

Next game, Konopka comes back to The Scotia Bank Place to face the Sens, after being traded for Weber a couple weeks ago.


Around the league:
NJ Claimed Taylor Pyatt off waivers from Phoenix
WPG Claimed RW Trent Hunter off waivers from L.A


Trade:
New Jersey Acquired G Jeff Zatkoff
L.A Acquired `12 4th round pick (NJ) and a `12 5th round pick (NJ)

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OT Loss, Heartbreaking...

Anderson did an amazing job in the 3rd period with all the saves, after letting in 2 goals in the 2nd period. Nick Foligno played splended with a broken jaw, scoring a goal and grabbing an assist. The Senators made a push in the 3rd to force overtime, where they succumbed to the pressure of Montreal.

Konopka, unlike many assumed, did not make the starting lineup for Montreal, but was a healthy scratch. This now marks two losses in a row for Ottawa.

Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators
Nov 4, 2011 1 2 3 OT F MON (6-3-2) 0 2 1 1 4 OTT (8-5-0) 0 0 3 0 3 Three Stars Nick Foligno, (OTT) 1G, 1A, 2S Chris Neil, (OTT) 1G, 1A, 3S Brian Gionta, (MTL) 1G, 1A, 3S	Team Stats Comparison MON OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD MON 4:59 T. Moen (1), (E. Cole, P. Subban) MON 17:56 B. Gionta (8), (R. Bourque, P. Nokelainen) THIRD PERIOD MON 4:46 M. Blunden (1), (A. Markov) OTT 9:07 C. Neil (3), (K. Turris, N. Foligno) OTT 10:50 N. Foligno (3), (C. Neil) OTT 11:18 E. Karlsson (1), (S. Gonchar, K. Turris) OVERTIME MON 3:31 T. Plekanec (4), (B. Gionta, T. Kaberle)
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Carey Price 33 30 91% 2.83
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 27 23 85% 3.78

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In the Klink of time - Anderson pulls out a W, Klinkhammer gets called up.

The Senators have beat the Sabres in regulation. They play again November 11th, which should be an exciting game. Both Anderson and Miller had fantastic games. There were many shots, hits and fights. The Sens have 3 days rest, til the Rangers come to visit them. After the Rangers, the Sens hit the road for 8 of the next 9 games.

With Michalek out again fixing his sore knee, We called back up Klinkhammer. He will be playing in 2nd line along with Turris and Butler. Foligno will remain on 3rd line, while Ivanas is playing 4th. We felt Greening stepped up his game in the past couple weeks, and deserves a shot to play alongside Spezza and Alfreddson on 1st line.

Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators
Nov 5, 2011 1 2 3 F BUF (10-2-0) 1 0 1 2 OTT (8-5-0) 2 1 0 3 Three Stars Chris Phillips, (OTT) 1G, 0A, 2S Peter Regin, (OTT) 0G, 2A, 0S Craig Anderson, (OTT) 2.00 GAA, .923 SV%, 26 SA	Team Stats Comparison BUF OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 6:11 C. Greening (2), (K. Turris, B. Butler) OTT 16:05 C. Neil (4), (P. Regin, E. Karlsson) BUF 19:22 D. Roy (7), (T Vanek, J. Pominville) SECOND PERIOD OTT 5:25 C. Phillips (2), (P. Regin) THIRD PERIOD BUF 16:14 T. Ennis (6), (C. Ehrhoff, D. Stafford)
Buffalo Sabres - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Ryan Miller 31 28 90% 3.04
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 26 24 92% 2.00

Game Notes:
Michalek collided and injured his knee. Here in Ottawa, We felt that he should have a couple games off to recuperate and rest. We

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Anderson makes it 2, saves the Sens from sinking

The Senators now are in the top 5 in the NHL, and are currently sitting in 4th place. They jumped to a double-digit number in the W column, joined by Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Vancouver and Boston.
Michalek now joins the Sens for their next road trip in Buffalo. They will seek revenge for the hit on him, and will also try to extend their winning streak to 3, tying a season record.

New York Rangers at Ottawa Senators
Nov 9, 2011 1 2 3 F NYR (8-5-0) 1 1 0 2 OTT (9-5-1) 2 0 1 3 Three Stars Craig Anderson, (OTT) 2.00 GAA, .941 SV%, 34 SA Bobby Butler, (OTT) 1G, 0A, 3S Chris Phillips, (OTT) 0G, 1A, 0S	Team Stats Comparison NYR OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 5:38 Z. Smith (2), (S. Gonchar, R. Ivanans) NYR 16:29 M. Gaborik (8), (D. Stepan, S. Eminger) OTT 19:59 D. Alfredsson (8), (E. Karlsson, J. Spezza) SECOND PERIOD NYR 8:21 B. Dubinsky (4), (A. Stralman, R. Callahan) THIRD PERIOD OTT 4:18 B. Butler (4), (F. Kuba, C. Phillips)
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Henrik Lundqvist 23 20 87% 3.04
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 34 32 94% 2.

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Miller Blanks Sens

Ryan Miller had sweet revenge against the Sens after a loss about a week ago. Miller faced and saved all 30 shots, while Roy, Ehrhoff and Leopold all got on the score sheet for Buffalo. Anderson saved 32 out of 35 shots.
Buffalo took 1 of the 2 meetings of these two teams so far.

Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres
Nov 11, 2011 1 2 3 F OTT (10-5-1) BUF (11-3-0) Three Stars Ryan Miller, (BUF) 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%, 30 SA Derek Roy, (BUF) 1G, 0A, 4S Tyler Myers 0G, 1A, 5 Hits, 0S	Team Stats Comparison OTT BUF Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD BUF 0:55 D. Roy (8), (T. Vanek, J. Pominville) BUF 5:58 C. Ehrhoff (4), (T. Ennis, D. Stafford) SECOND PERIOD BUF 5:40 J. Leopold (1), (V. Leino, T. Myers)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 35 32 91% 3.00
Buffalo Sabres - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Ryan Miller 30 30 100% 0.00

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The Battle Of Ontario at its best

With Anderson getting the start, the Sens started going down hill in the 1st period trailing by 1. Carkner left at the end of the 1st, with what was determined to be bruised ribs, and did not return. He just got back from a broken leg less then a week ago.

Condra had two nice goals, but unfortunally Toronto came through strong in the 2nd and 3rd. Anderson was pulled after 5, 1 goal being a SHG 5 - 3, and Auld was put in. Spezza went down half way through the 3rd and also did not return.

Spezza ended up being fine, but Carkner had bruised ribs, and is a bit banged up. He will play the next game vs Calgary though. Over 100 PIMS were giving out total this game.

Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs
Nov 11, 2011 1 2 3 F OTT (10-6-1) 0 3 1 4 TOR (6-9-1) 1 1 4 6 Three Stars John-Michael Liles, (TOR) 1G, 2A, 1S Mark Fraser, (TOR) 1G, 1A, 2S Joffrey Lupul, (TOR) 1G, 1A, 6S	Team Stats Comparison OTT TOR Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TOR 11:46 T. Connolly (3), (J.Liles, J. Lupul) SECOND PERIOD OTT 1:17 E. Condra (2), (S. Gonchar) OTT 2:35 E. Condra (3), (K. Turris, S. Gonchar) OTT 7:03 J. Spezza (4), (Unassisted) TOR 12:08 M. Grabovski (6), (Unassisted) THIRD PERIOD TOR 0:57 J. Liles (2), (D. Phaneuf, P. Kessel) TOR 1:50 C. Armstrong (3), (M. Komisarek, J. Liles) TOR 3:09 M. Fraser (1), (M. Grabovski) OTT 4:51 B. Butler (5), (C. Greening, F. Kuba) TOR 13:06 J. Lupul (6), (M. Fraser, P. Kessel)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 24 19 79% 6.96 Alex Auld 22 21 95% 3.56
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA James Reimer 20 16 80% 4.01

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Around The League:

Trade Done!

11/12/2011

Tampa Bay acquires D - Nathan Oystrick
Phoenix acquires D - Keith Aulie and D - Scott Jackson

11/3/2011
New Jersey Acquires G - Jeff Zatkoff
L.A Acquires `12 4th round pick (NJ), `12 5th round pick (NJ)

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Sens lose in OT for the 2nd time

After being up 2-1 in the first two periods, Anderson let the W slip away after Kostopoulos scored with only 2:30 left in the period, then in OT, Iginla pulled off his 9th of the year, making the Flames burn the Sens. This also marked Irvanans 1st game back in Calgary after being acquired in a trade.

Ottawa Senators at Calgary Flames
Nov 15, 2011 1 2 3 OT F OTT (10-7-1) 0 3 1 4 CGY (8-7-1) 1 1 4 6 Three Stars Jarome Iginla, (CGY) 1G, 0A, 7 Hits, 3S Miikka Kiprusoff, (CGY) 1.90 GAA, .929 SV%, 28 SA Chris Butler, (CGY) 0G, 2A, 1S	Team Stats Comparison OTT CGY Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD CGY 10:21 M. Stajan (5), (C. Butler, A. Tanguay) OTT 13:18 B. Butler (6), (Z. Smith, R. Ivanans) SECOND PERIOD CGY 12:19 M. Michalek (2), (J. Spezza, E. Karlsson) THIRD PERIOD OTT 17:30 T. Kostopoulos (1), (A. Babchuk, C. Butler) OVERTIME OTT 3:01 J. Iginla (9), (J. Bouwmeester)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 26 23 88% 2.86
Calgary Flames - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Miikka Kiprusoff 28 26 93% 1.90