Dean McAmmond News

Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador was a workhorse in Friday night's victory over the Islanders.

There are goons in hockey and then there are menaces. Chris Simon of the New York Islanders is from the latter fraternity.

NEWARK a ' Devils left wing Patrik Elias continues to slowly progress toward rejoining the team, but he said Tuesday that he does not know when he will participate in a full practice or play in his first game of the season.

Devils goalie Martin Brodeur avoids Dean McAmmond back in 2007. Defenseman Cory Murphy cleared waivers at nopon Tuesday and was assigned to Lowell .

Hopefully, Ottawa Senators players enjoyed Sunday's day off to watch the Grey Cup.

And the players like that feeling. So many familiar faces treading on such familiar territory, so why does everything seem so different about this Ottawa Senators team? In their opening-round series, the Senators knocked off the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games, mimicking the five-game victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning last April.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey a The Ottawa Senators didna t just tease their fans last night.

Ottawa brought out the big guns while Tampa Bay iced a team largely of unknowns - and it showed in the Senators' 3-1 pre-season win over the Lightning last night.

The Senators finally got even with Steve Downie. Dean McAmmond might be long gone, but Downie's cheap shot from two years ago wasn't forgotten last night.

REGINA a ' Now that he has a rush of forwards to choose from, Ottawa Senators coach Cory Clouston can put together all sorts of interesting combinations.

The Ottawa Senators will get today off. They'll be in Ocala, Fla., for their annual lunch at owner Eugene Melnyk's thoroughbred stables, Winding Oaks Farm.

The Ottawa Senators will get today off. They'll be in Ocala, Fla., for their annual lunch at owner Eugene Melnyk's thoroughbred stables, Winding Oaks Farm.

Alex Kovalev, the biggest free agent signing in the off-season so far by Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray, made his first public appearance as a Senator in Ottawa during a press conference held at Scotiabank Place, July 21, 2009.

Charles Darwin . . . meet Gary Bettman. With about six weeks left before National Hockey League training camps open, dozens of players are still looking for jobs.

Ottawa Senator Mike Fisher reflects on his faith in God and Christianity and the impact it has in his career as an NHL hockey player.

History tells Ottawa Senators general manager John Muckler not to get too carried away, not to get too high about one successful playoff round.

Brian Burke knew he wasn't getting a choirboy when he traded for Chris Pronger last summer.

Let's not go so far as to call it the head shot heard around the world. There are signs, though, that Steve Downie's reprehensible hit on the Ottawa Senators' Dean McAmmond has shaken up and united the hockey world.

As far as collapses go, the Ottawa Senators delivered a beauty last night. They blew it.

Jarkko Ruutu's opponents love to hate him. In a poll of 324 players released in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, the Senators' pesky winger finished third in voting behind Anaheim's Chris Pronger and Dallas forward Steve Ott when NHLers were asked: "Who is the dirtiest player in the league?" It's no surprise that Pronger is at the top of ...