Sens Callups - Ottawa Senators Podcast

It has been a long time since we have gotten together for a show, and again, year after year, we say goodbye to another potential legacy player move out of the organization. This time though, we don’t seem as upset about Spezza moving on vs. Alfredsson last year. Is it because we got something in return? Is it that the team doesn’t seem to be a contending team next season? Is it that half of the fans have always been down on Spezza? We get some familiar faces back with Michalek staying and add a bit of experience and leadership with the addition of Legwand.
We were also invited to the Sens Development camp and got exclusive access to the players, including a quick chat with Curtis Lazar and Fredrik Claesson - thanks again to Chris Moore and the Ottawa Senators for the invitation. We also look at the possibilities of goal songs for the year. A little more banter about the line up and signings around the league.
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Lastly, our best wishes go out to Bryan Murray and his family during this difficult time and through his treatment.
See you in September!

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We've switched roles as hosts, and it's been an interesting experience.   We summarize the last game of the season, the post-season press conferences of Eugene Melnyk, Bryan Murray (we didn't bother to talk about Cyril Leeder as Pan already had enough math in the show) and give our opinions about where we think the team is going, where we want it to go, and how it might turn out.Thanks to all our guests, emailers, contributors and listeners.   We'll likely be back at some point during the summer (after the draft and free agent frenzy) and then in the fall.GO SENS GO!

The Senators are officially eliminated from the playoffs and yet SOMEHOW end up higher than the Leafs. It’s not that the Sens are better than the Leafs. It’s that the Leafs are that bad!- Habs 7 @ Sens 4 - Sens 3 @ Rangers 2 - Sens 4 @ Islanders 1 - Devils 1 @ Sens 2 - Leafs 0 @ Sens 1 Bobby Ryan looks like he wants to stay and talk extension and Zibanejad is held out of the lineup after going to hospital during the Devils game. We look at some news around the team, league and prospects and finish up with a couple e-mails.We’ll be back with our year end review episode to wrap up before the long summer and look forward to getting your thoughts and e-mails.

It’s been a while since the last episode, but the team did relatively well. - Sens 1 @ Stars 3  - Sens 4 @ Bolts 3 (SO)  - Sens 2 @ Panthers 3 (SO)  - Blackhawks 3 @ Sens 5  - Flames 3 @ Sens 6  - Canes 1 @ Sens 2 (SO)  - Islanders 2 @ Sens 1 Pan and Canuck talk about the SCU FLA trip A LOT throughout the game recaps and we get some help from Chad and CBINC to talk about the games. Kardinal also shares his weekend wound stories. We’re shockingly in a good mood considering that this is pretty much the end of the line for the team, but we also touch on some news around the team including the injury to Bobby Ryan, and news from him and Hemsky with the objective of resigning with the Sens in the summer. It wouldn’t be an episode without laughing at the Leafs, so we do that for a couple minutes.WHY YOU NO E-MAIL THE SHOW????

Well, there isn’t much, if anything, positive to say in this episode.  The Sens have been abysmal in the completion of the Western trip and haven’t been much better at home.  - Sens 2 @ Oilers 3  - Sens 1 @ Flames 4  - Sens 5 @ Jets 3  - Preds 4 Sens 3 (OT)  - Sens 4 @ Habs 5 (OT)  - Avs 3 @ Sens 1  - Rangers 8 @ Sens 4  The Sens say goodbye to Conacher, say hi to Hemsky and an extension of Chris Phillips for two more years… There’s been lots of anger, grief and frustration on the twitterverse and blogosphere.  To help us talk about this, we call up @Fffeisty from twitter to talk about the emotions and reactions of a devoted fan.

In this week's episode, we get ready for the trade deadline.  in a Corvo and Comrie-ish move, we bring back Russell (@RussellSU1) from the old Sens Underground!  We had the Heritage Classic this week and had one pretty good game and a really bad game. - Red Wings 6 @ Sens 1  - Sens 4 @ Canucks 2 We get (only) one e-mail which gest us going on multiple Sens trade rumours and seeing what good ol' Tim Murray is up to.  Brief chatter around the Olympics and some of the rule differences between the Olympics and the NHL.

We have had lots of games to recap. Game On! - Lightning 3 @ Sens 5  - Sens 3 @ SeaOfPoo 6  - Sens 1 @ Pens 2 (OT)  - Sens 5 @ Blues 4 (SO)  - Sabres 2 @ Sens 3  - Sens 2 @ Bruins 7....oh Lord...  Cowen hasn’t had the best couple games in the top 2 and we break down the defence. Kassian also gets more discussion than ice time. Spezza haters get facts thrown at them and we look at Bingo and the game played up in Ottawa.We get lots of e-mails and get ready for a couple weeks of. Enjoy the Olympics!

This week, another 0.500 week for the Sens on the ice. HOWEVER, big news in the regional TV deal with TSN picking up a 12 year deal!  - Sens 3 @ Lightning 4 (SO)   - Sens 3 @ Canes 6  - Sens 3 @ CBJ 2  We are joined by Paul Bierne, Vice President of Ticketing and Dan Julien, Business Channel Manager about the Sens Season’s tickets. To contact Dan for ticket info, you can e-mail him at [email protected] little chatter about things around the Sens and the league.For those of you in Toronto, don’t forget about the Red Scarf Union - Toronto Chapter get together at Grace O’Malley’s on 14 Duncan St. at 6:00PM on Saturday. Here’s a link to the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RedScarfUnion/

The Sens end up with half the points that they could have gotten this year with some lack luster play. That said, they’re still deep in the playoff race.  - Habs 5 @ Sens 4 (OT)  - Rangers 4 @ Sens 1  - Sens 2 @ Caps 0 #ThanksObama  Marc Methot missed a game and seems to be in a bit of hot water with the coaching staff, or is it an opportunity to showcase others? We get interactive with various tweets and e-mails, talk about the debacle in Vancouver/Calgary and other news around the league. Will this team make the playoffs? Will there be a trade soon? Will Phillips continue to point and random things?We’ll find out!