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2008–09 Ottawa Senators
Division4th Northeast
Conference9th Eastern
2008–09 record2-2-1
Home record1-2-1
Road record1-0-0
Goals for16
Goals against15
Team information
General managerBryan Murray
CoachCraig Hartsburg
CaptainDaniel Alfredsson
Alternate captainsDany Heatley
Chris Phillips
ArenaScotiabank Place
Average attendanceAverage: 19,893
Capacity: 103.4%
Total: 59,679
Team leaders
GoalsDany Heatley (4)
AssistsFilip Kuba (7)
PointsFilip Kuba (7)
Jason Spezza (7)
Penalty minutesDany Heatley (8)
Plus/minusShean Donovan (+3)
Dean McAmmond (+3)
WinsAlex Auld (1)
Martin Gerber (1)
Goals against averageAlex Auld (1.00)

The 2008–09 Ottawa Senators season will be the 16th season of the franchise. The Senators regular season started in Europe. The Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins will played each other twice in Stockholm, Sweden on October 4 and October 5[1] , with the Senators losing in overtime and a win, respectively.Template:NHLSeasonTOC

Off-season

On June 5, it was reported that Wade Redden would not sign a $3.5 million per year contract with the Senators. He instead became an Unrestricted Free Agent on July 1 and signed a six-year, $39M contract with the New York Rangers.[2] On Friday, June 13, 2008, the Senators named Craig Hartsburg, coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, the new head coach after interviewing Bob Hartley and Peter DeBoer as candidates. Hartsburg signed a three-year agreement with the Senators.[3]

On June 20, the day of the NHL Entry Draft, the Senators placed Ray Emery on waivers and re-signed Chris Kelly to a 4-year, $8.5-million contract.[4] At the draft, the Senators selected Erik Karlsson with their first-round pick (15th overall) and proceeded to select Patrick Wiercioch (42 overall), Zack Smith (79 overall), Andre Petersson (109 overall), Derek Grant (119 overall), Mark Borowiecki (139 overall), and Emil Sandin (199 overall).

On July 1, the Ottawa Senators announced that they have signed goaltender Alex Auld to a two-year contract worth $1 million per season. Auld is expected to serve as a backup to Martin Gerber for the '08-'09 season.

On July 2, the Ottawa Senators announced that they have re-signed forward Shean Donovan to a two-year contract at $625,000 per season. The Sens also announced that they have signed forward Jarkko Ruutu to a 3-year contract worth $1.3 million per season.

On July 5, the Ottawa Senators announced that Antoine Vermette had elected to take the club to salary arbitration. The Senators and Vermette would agree to a two-year deal on July 31.

On July 8, the Senators announced that they had signed defenceman Jason Smith to a two-year, $5.2M contract.[5]

On July 16, the Senators announced that they will host the Detroit Red Wings in their official home-opener on October 11th.

On July 17, the Ottawa Senators and CHUM Radio announced that the club and The Team 1200 have signed a multi-year extension to their agreement to broadcast Senators' games. The original 10-year contract expired at the end of the '07-'08 season.

On July 31, the Ottawa Senators and Antoine Vermette avoided going to arbitration by agreeing to terms on a new 2-year contract worth $5.525-million(US). Vermette will make $2.525-million for the '08-'09 season, and $3-million in the '09-'10 season.

On August 29, in a deal similar to the Alexei Yashin trade in 2001, former first round pick Andrej Meszaros was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Filip Kuba, Alexandre R. Picard, and a first round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (obtained by Tampa Bay in an earlier deal with the San Jose Sharks).[6] Meszaros was a restricted free agent demanding $1 million more per season than the Senators were willing to pay. After Tampa threatened to offer Meszaros an offer sheet with picks as compensation on August 28, the Senators decided to make a deal with Tampa.[7] Meszaros signed a six year, $24 million dollar contract on August 30 with the Lightning.[6]

On September 2, the Senators made a deal with the Vancouver Canucks, and traded their defenseman Lawrence Nycholat for a center/right wing Ryan Shannon. On the same day, they signed another former-Canucks player, Brad Isbister, who was a unrestricted free agent. On September 27, a veteran defenseman Luke Richardson re-signed a 1 year, two-way with the Ottawa Senators for a second season.

Pre-season

On October 2, the Senators played their first-ever game in Europe, a pre-season exhibition game in Gothenburg, Sweden against the Frolunda HC team[1] which Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson played for before joining the NHL and during the lockout.

Date Time Opponent Location Score
September 20 7:00pm New York Rangers Scotiabank Place W, 3-2
September 22 7:00pm New York Rangers Madison Square Garden L, 2-1
September 24 7:00pm Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Place W, 3-1
September 26 7:30pm Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre L, 5-0
September 27 7:00pm Montreal Canadiens Scotiabank Place W, 3-1
October 2 1:00pm Frolunda Indians Scandinavium Arena W, 4-1

The Senators finished the 2008 pre-season with a record of 4-2-0-0.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Northeast Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Boston Bruins 82 53 19 10 274 196 116
2 Montreal Canadiens 82 41 30 11 249 247 93
3 Buffalo Sabres 82 41 32 9 250 234 91
4 Ottawa Senators 82 36 35 11 217 237 83
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 35 13 250 293 81

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Boston Bruins NE 82 53 19 10 274 196 116
2 y – Washington Capitals SE 82 50 24 8 272 245 108
3 y – New Jersey Devils AT 82 51 27 4 244 209 106
4 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 45 28 9 264 239 99
5 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 44 27 11 264 238 99
6 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 45 30 7 239 226 97
7 New York Rangers AT 82 43 30 9 210 218 95
8 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 11 249 247 93
8.5
9 Florida Panthers SE 82 41 30 11 234 231 93
10 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 41 32 9 250 234 91
11 Ottawa Senators NE 82 36 35 11 217 237 83
12 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 34 35 13 250 293 81
13 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 35 41 6 257 280 76
14 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 24 40 18 210 279 66
15 New York Islanders AT 82 26 47 9 201 279 61

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


Game log

2008–09 Game Log
October
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
1 October 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 (OT) Scandinavium Arena
Stockholm, SE
13,699		 0-0-1
2 October 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 (W) Scandinavium Arena
Stockholm, SE
13,699		 1-0-1
3 October 11 Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 (L) Scotiabank Place
20,182		 1-1-1
4 17 Phoenix Coyotes 6-3 (W) Scotiabank Place
20,179		 2-1-1
5 18 Boston Bruins 4-2 (L) Scotiabank Place
19,318		 2-2-1
6 22 Florida Panthers 3-1 (L) Scotiabank Place 2-3-1
7 24 Anaheim Ducks Scotiabank Place
8 25 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre
9 27 Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena
10 30 Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center
November
December
January
February
March
April
Schedule

Playoffs

The Senators will attempt to make the playoffs for the 12th straight season. Prior to the season, a majority of predictions by the media placed the Senators to finish in the playoffs in fourth or lower.[8][9] Some placed the team to miss the playoffs.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Jason Spezza 5 3 4 7 -2 2
Filip Kuba 5 0 7 7 1 0
Dany Heatley 5 4 2 6 -2 8
Daniel Alfredsson 4 1 4 5 -1 0
Nick Foligno 5 2 1 3 -2 2
Shean Donovan 5 1 2 3 3 4
Jarkko Ruutu 5 2 0 2 2 4
Alexandre Picard 5 1 1 2 -1 0
Anton Volchenkov 5 1 1 2 -4 2
Chris Kelly 5 0 2 2 -1 2
Antoine Vermette 5 1 0 1 -2 4
Dean McAmmond 5 0 1 1 3 4
Brian Lee 5 0 1 1 1 0
Jesse Winchester 5 0 1 1 -2 0
Chris Phillips 5 0 1 1 -3 6
Christoph Schubert 3 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Fisher 3 0 0 0 -2 0
Jason Smith 5 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Neil 5 0 0 0 -4 6

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L OT GA SO Sv% GAA
Alex Auld 1 59:49 1 0 0 1 0 .968 1.00
Martin Gerber 4 242:33 1 2 1 14 0 .896 3.46

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Chris Phillips 700th NHL Game October 4, 2008
Filip Kuba
Alexandre R. Picard
Jarkko Ruutu
Jason Smith		 First Game with Ottawa October 4, 2008
Filip Kuba First Assist with Ottawa
First Point w/ Ottawa		 October 4, 2008
Alex Auld First Game with Ottawa
First Start with Ottawa
First Win with Ottawa		 October 5, 2008
Alexandre R. Picard First Goal with Ottawa
First Point with Ottawa		 October 11, 2008
Daniel Alfredsson 850th career point October 17, 2008
Jason Spezza 350th career point October 17, 2008
Chris Kelly 100th career point October 18, 2008

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008
 To Ottawa Senators
15th overall pick in 2008 		To Nashville Predators
17th overall pick in 2008
Third round pick in 2009
June 25, 2008
 To Ottawa Senators
Fifth round pick in 2009 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Brian McGrattan
August 29, 2008
 To Ottawa Senators
First round pick in 2009
Filip Kuba
Alexandre Picard 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Andrej Meszaros
September 2, 2008
 To Ottawa Senators
Ryan Shannon 		To Vancouver Canucks
Lawrence Nycholat

Free agent acquisitions

Player Former team Contract Terms
Alex Auld Boston Bruins 2 years/$2 Million
Jarkko Ruutu Pittsburgh Penguins 3 years/$3.9 Million
Jason Smith Philadelphia Flyers 2 years/$5.2 Million[10]
Brendan Bell Phoenix Coyotes 1 year [11]
Mitchell O'Keefe Ferris State University 1 year [12]
Brad Isbister Vancouver Canucks 1 year [13]

Players lost to free agency

Player New team
Mike Commodore Columbus Blue Jackets
Wade Redden New York Rangers
Cory Stillman Florida Panthers
Randy Robitaille HC Lugano

Claimed from Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Ottawa's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Club Team
1 15 Erik Karlsson Defence Sweden Frolunda Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
2 42 Patrick Wiercioch Defence Canada Omaha (USHL)
3 79 Zack Smith Center Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4 109 Andre Petersson Forward Sweden HV-71 Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
4 119 Derek Grant Center Canada Langley Chiefs (BCHL)
5 139 Mark Borowiecki Defence Canada Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL)
7 199 Emil Sandin Forward Sweden Brynas Jr. (Sweden Jr.)

Roster

Updated 2 September 2024[14][15]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
22 Canada Michael Amadio C R 28 2024 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
19 Canada Drake Batherson RW R 26 2017 Fort Wayne, Indiana
24 Canada Jacob Bernard-Docker D R 24 2018 Canmore, Alberta
72 Canada Thomas Chabot (A) D L 27 2015 Sainte-Marie, Quebec
21 Canada Nick Cousins C L 31 2024 Belleville, Ontario
31 Sweden Anton Forsberg G L 31 2021 Härnösand, Sweden
28 Canada Claude Giroux (A) RW R 36 2022 Hearst, Ontario
73 Canada Noah Gregor C L 26 2024 Beaumont, Alberta
71 Canada Ridly Greig C L 22 2020 Calgary, Alberta
50 Canada Maxence Guenette D R 23 2019 Sainte-Foy, Quebec
23 Canada Travis Hamonic D R 34 2022 St. Malo, Manitoba
15 Canada Matthew Highmore C L 28 2023 Halifax, Nova Scotia
3 United States Nick Jensen D R 33 2024 Saint Paul, Minnesota
43 United States Tyler Kleven D L 22 2020 Fargo, North Dakota
33 Finland Nikolas Matinpalo D R 25 2023 Espoo, Finland
17 Canada Zack MacEwen RW R 28 2023 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9 United States Josh Norris Injured Reserve C L 25 2018 Oxford, Michigan
57 Canada David Perron LW R 36 2024 Sherbrooke, Quebec
12 United States Shane Pinto C R 23 2019 Franklin Square, New York
85 United States Jake Sanderson D L 22 2020 Whitefish, Montana
40 Denmark Mads Sogaard G R 24 2019 Aalborg, Denmark
18 Germany Tim Stutzle C/LW L 22 2020 Viersen, Germany
7 United States Brady Tkachuk (C) LW L 24 2018 Scottsdale, Arizona
35 Sweden Linus Ullmark G L 31 2024 Lugnvik, Sweden
2 Russia Artyom Zub D R 28 2020 Khabarovsk, Russia

Farm teams

The Senators continued their affiliation with the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League. On August 14, 2008, the Senators announced that they had signed an affiliation agreement with the Elmira Jackals of the East Coast Hockey League.[16] In previous years, Elmira had accepted players from Binghamton on a player-by-player basis. The new agreement formalized the arrangement of Elmira as the primary affiliate of Binghamton and the secondary affiliate of Ottawa.[16]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Garrioch, Bruce. "Redden to go on market". Slam! Sports. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  3. ^ "HARTSBURG INTRODUCED AS NEW HEAD COACH IN OTTAWA". TSN.ca. 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-06-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Kelly Staying with Senators". 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Senators sign free agent defenceman Smith". TSN.ca. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b "Mes Wanted to Stay". Slam Sports. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  7. ^ "Bolting to Sunshine State?". Slam Sports. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  8. ^ Buccigross, John (October 7, 2008). "Familiar ring to Eastern Conference outlook". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  9. ^ Moore, Mark. "Eastern Conference Picks". The Hockey News. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  10. ^ "Senators sign Jason Smith". SLAM! Sports. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Bulletin: Senators Sign Defenceman Brendan Bell To A One-year Contract". Ottawa Senators. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-07-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Bulletin: Senators Sign Goaltender Mitchell O'Keefe To A One-year Contract". Ottawa Senators. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-07-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Isbister Gets Shot With Sens". Slam Sports. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Ottawa Senators Roster". nhl.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  15. ^ "Ottawa Senators Hockey Transactions". tsn.ca. The Sports Network. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Bulletin: Senators Reach Affiliation Agreement with Elmira". Ottawa Senators.
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