As the Ottawa Senators players and fans get set to embark on the Heritgae Train trip to Montreal, the team got some good news on the injury front.
While Robin Lehner and Ben Bishop have done an admirable job over the past seven games, the fact is the Senators a better hockey team with their number one goalie. Craig Anderson stopped shots and handled a regular hockey stick for the first time since the injury.
Obviously this is a great sign for Anderson.
He has been progressing well on the road to recovery and while MacLean was hesitant to establish a time line for his return, he is getting close. In the meantime, the Sens play on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and will need contributions from Bishop and potentially Lehner during this busy stretch. MacLean emphasized that there is a chance Lehner could return to the big club at any time.
Jesse Winchester has made progress as of late but was not on the ice today. Still sounds like it is a week to week thing rather than day to day. It has been a long road back for Winchester but obviously the organization has to be careful with a concussion.
The Sens are back on the ice for practice tomorrow at 11:00 AM.
- Here is the latest edition of the Sens Prospect Report. The organization has to like what they've seen from Stefan Noesen the last little while. The 21st overall pick in 2011 has racked up seven points in three games last week and now has 80 points in 61 games.
- A number of interesting issues discussed at today's GM's Meetings including Hybrid Icing, hand pass in the defensive zone and the officiating in the league this season. For a great overview of the issues discussed, check out TSN's Insider Trading.
- Mentioned this on the site a couple weeks back but it's time for a little reminder. There is a push among the fan base to get Bell to offer HD signal in the Ottawa area. Bell requires 200 complaints to in order to make the channel available in HD so lets do our part. Readers can email Bell at executive.office@bell.ca or by calling 1-866-317-3382 to reach the escalation department.
