REALLY!?!

I'm not quite sure where this came from, out of nowhere seemingly, but Dave Hodge isn't exactly someone who says things just to say him. The veteran broadcaster is usually quite credible, so when he tweeted this I have to think he at least believes it to be true. My take: I can't see Spezza being traded anywhere, especially to the hated Maple Leafs, no matter what they were to offer ( do they even have any attractive assets?).

For a team extremely light on scoring, trading away their #1 point producer would be ridiculous.

Spezza Interview On OTR

This upcoming season will be an interesting one, where vets will need to help the younger players with their development. It may be hard to believe, but Jason Spezza has now been in the NHL almost a decade, meaning he will be leaned on hard to help the young lads be successful at the next level. He sat down with Michael Landsberg to talk about the upcoming season and his role as head coach this week for the best 15 year old players in Canada.

In case you were wondering, Spezza's team beat Maple Leaf Luke Schenn's team in the game. Take that Toronto. Early shots in the Battle of Ontario have been fired. Man I need hockey back in my life. To watch the interview click here. Yep in 2011 TSN still doesn't have the option to embed videos.

Thoughts?

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Rundblad To Play Against Canada

Sens prospect David Rundblad has been added to Sweden's roster at the World Championship and will suit up vs Canada this afternoon at 2pm on TSN. I'm not quite sure why he hasn't been playing yet (I've heard he had a nagging injury but nothing concrete), since his season ended on April 14th and he was originally named to the team, but either way look for the blue chipper today if you want a look at a future Sen.

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Vote For Bobby

Our own Booby Butler is in the tourney for TSN's play of the year and is battling Edmonton's Jordan Eberle at the moment. As you can see, he isn't doing too well, losing 85% to 15%. Let's help Bobby be a little more respectable shall we. To vote for Butler click here

Draft Lottery Tonight

Tonight is the start of the Sens offseason, with the 2011 NHL Draft Lottery taking place at 8pm on TSN. This may not seem like a big deal, but it could be franchise altering. By the end of the show, we will find out where we will be drafting in June.

Due to our season ending strong play, we have moved down from dead last at one point and a certain top 3 pick, to 5th last overall. So what does that mean exactly? It means we still have a chance to move up to get the #1 overall pick, but it's only 8.1%, so don't hold your breath. All I'm hoping is that we move up at least one spot into the top 4 so we're able to grab one of so called big players. For your odds info click here.
So who are we hoping to get?

Well yesterday the NHL released its final player scouting rankings, so take a few minutes and browse the guys and check out some of the top prospects. I was hoping for Landeskog, who is a Sens fan, but I doubt he goes past pick 2, so unless we move up, we're out of luck. And THAT is why it was foolish to start Anderson so much down the stretch, especially once he was re-upped. If we hadn't of played so well, we would have been in much better draft position. Let's just hope the ping pong balls bounce our way tonight.

So will the Sens move up? Who do you want them to draft?

We will be covering it all and joking around on twitter during the lottery, so add me on twitter to get in on all the fun @SensTown