The Ottawa Senators are a bad team from a nowhere place that not many people know about, let alone like. They had a bad season, and despite a lot of heart, are a losing bet.
The Players
A team is only as good as its players. Rounding out the roster for the Ottawa Senators at the moment are:
No. Player Flag Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date
41 Craig Anderson us G 36 6-2 185 -/L 14 May 21, 1981
| Mike Blunden ca RW 31 6-4 217 R/- 10 December 15, 1986
74 Mark Borowiecki ca D 28 6-1 207 L/- 6 July 12, 1989
| Derick Brassard ca C 30 6-1 202 L/- 10 September 22, 1987
| Logan Brown us C 19 6-6 220 L/- R March 5, 1998
| Erik Burgdoerfer us D 29 6-1 207 R/- 1 December 11, 1988
| Alexandre Burrows ca LW 36 6-1 197 L/- 12 April 11, 1981
5 Cody Ceci ca D 24 6-2 209 R/- 4 December 21, 1993
72 Thomas Chabot ca D 21 6-2 196 L/- 1 January 30, 1997
| Filip Chlapik cz C 20 6-1 196 L/- R June 3, 1997
33 Fredrik Claesson se D 25 6-1 200 L/- 2 November 24, 1992
1 Mike Condon us G 27 6-2 195 -/- 2 April 27, 1990
| Christopher Didomenico ca C 28 5-11 174 R/- 1 February 20, 1989
95 Matt Duchene ca C 27 5-11 195 L/- 8 January 16, 1991
| Gabriel Dumont ca C 27 5-10 190 R/- 5 October 6, 1990
18 Ryan Dzingel us C 25 6-0 190 L/- 2 March 9, 1992
| Andreas Englund se D 22 6-3 189 L/- 1 January 21, 1996
| Alex Formenton ca LW 18 6-2 165 L/- R September 13, 1999
12 Marian Gaborik cs RW 35 6-1 200 L/- 16 February 14, 1982
67 Ben Harpur ca D 23 6-6 222 L/- 2 January 12, 1995
| Mike Hoffman ca C/LW 28 6-0 181 L/- 6 November 24, 1989
| Christian Jaros sk D 21 6-3 201 R/- R April 2, 1996
65 Erik Karlsson (C) se D 27 6-0 191 R/- 8 May 31, 1990
89 Max McCormick us LW 25 5-11 188 L/- 2 May 1, 1992
| Jim O'Brien us C 29 6-3 195 R/- 4 January 29, 1989
| Johnny Oduya se D 36 6-0 191 L/- 11 October 1, 1981
56 Magnus Paajarvi se LW 26 6-3 206 L/- 7 April 12, 1991
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau ca C 25 5-10 184 R/- 5 November 11, 1992
| Nick Paul ca LW 22 6-4 230 L/- 2 March 20, 1995
| Dion Phaneuf ca D 32 6-4 225 L/- 12 April 10, 1985
10 Tom Pyatt ca C 30 5-11 185 L/- 6 February 14, 1987
| Jack Rodewald ca RW 23 6-2 189 R/- R February 14, 1994
9 Bobby Ryan us LW 30 6-2 209 R/- 10 March 17, 1987
| Ben Sexton ca C 26 5-11 196 R/- R June 6, 1991
| Nick Shore us C 25 6-1 195 R/- 3 September 26, 1992
| Patrick Sieloff us D 23 6-1 205 L/- 1 May 15, 1994
15 Zack Smith ca C 29 6-2 208 L/- 9 April 5, 1988
61 Mark Stone ca RW 25 6-4 219 R/- 5 May 13, 1992
| Daniel Taylor gb G 31 6-0 198 -/- 2 April 28, 1986
| Nate Thompson us C 33 6-1 214 L/- 10 October 5, 1984
| Kyle Turris ca C 28 6-1 190 R/- 9 August 14, 1989
| Colin White us C 21 6-0 183 R/- 1 January 30, 1997
6 Chris Wideman us D 28 5-10 183 R/- 2 January 7, 1990
86 Christian Wolanin ca D 22 6-2 185 L/- R March 17, 1995
They only won 28 games this season, losing 43, putting them well below even the low end of average. It is no wonder they are not a hot topic when you step into a sporting goods store.
Why Fans Love Them
Do they? We wonder. Considering their last season, we doubt it.
