As Senators veteran Chris Phillips sat at his cottage Wednesday morning, he was optimistic NHL training camps would be opening on schedule.
That was before commissioner Gary Bettman said later in the day that there remains a "wide gap" between owners and players in negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.
So much for any positive vibes generated by the NHLPA's proposal in Toronto Tuesday, right?
"As far as we're concerned there is," Phillips said prior to Bettman's statement, when asked if there was reason to believe camps would open, as per plan, in one month's time. "We're fully prepared to show up Sept. 15 and be ready to go. Hopefully, this proposal will spur on a lot of conversation and talks, and progress. And even to the tune that if there's nothing done, we'd like to go back to work and we'll figure this out as we go."
Ottawa Senators
Record: 25-17
4th in Northeast
Home: Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario
Capacity: 20,500
4th in Northeast
Home: Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario
Capacity: 20,500
Phillips optimistic about CBA talks
Ottawa Sun 8/16/2012
Brad Richards will be a healthy scratch tonight as the New York Rangers try to stave off elimination in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Bruins.
Richards told reporters after Thursday's morning skate that head coach John Tortorella told him over the phone earlier in
Sharks forward TJ Galiardi said Wednesday that Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is guilty of "a little embellishment every now and then" in this Western Conference semifinal series as he tries to draw penalties on San Jose forwards.
"What kind of bugs me about him, I don't know if I should
With Game 5 set for Friday at Consol Energy Center, and the Senators reeling, Alfredsson was forced to be blunt when asked if his club could rebound.
"Probably not," Alfredsson said. "[Pittsburgh's] depth and our play right now … it doesn't look too good.
"When you look at what we did, it wa
Maybe it's posturing, maybe it's reality, but at this juncture it doesn't appear Alex Burmistrov is prepared to extend his time with the Winnipeg Jets.
Two league sources have told the Free Press Burmistrov, due to become a restricted free agent on July 5, has no intention of re-signing with the
James Neal scored twice, the power play cashed in twice, and the Penguins chased Craig Anderson from the net for the second time this series to beat Ottawa, 7-3, at Scotiabank Place Wednesday night and take a commanding 3-1 series lead.
After giving up another shorthanded goal to open the game, t
After skating again on Wednesday afternoon during an optional practice at Madison Square Garden, Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg indicated "there's a chance" he could play in Game 4 Thursday night against the New York Rangers.
However, the Bruins -- up 3-0 in the best-of-seven series -- also
Soon to be restricted free agent Alex Burmistrov reportedly does not want to be a Winnipeg Jet anymore.
According to a report in the Winnipeg Free Press by Gary Lawless - who is also a drive-time host on TSN 1290 Radio in Winnipeg - two league sources stated that the 21-year-old, who wished to be
Less than two years after guiding the Vancouver Canucks to within one win of a Stanley Cup championship, the team is ready to part ways with head coach Alain Vigneault.
Sources tell TSN that Vigneault will be fired today, after the Canucks were ousted in four games by the sixth-seeded San Jose Sh
Flyers winger Jake Voracek reportedly totaled his Ferrari in an accident Wednesday morning near his hometown of Klando, Czech Republic.
Despite how bad the accident looks, there were no injuries according to a story posted on Sport.cz, the same site that posted the pictures below.
The good fol
Veteran defenceman Andy Sutton has retired from the NHL, ending a 15-year career beset by injuries.
Sutton played in 676 NHL games, most recently with Edmonton. He also suited up for San Jose, Minnesota, Atlanta, the New York Islanders, Ottawa and Anaheim.
He registered 1,134 hits, 1,164 block
Mark Stone is expected to be in and Cory Conacher will likely be out of the Ottawa Senators lineup in Game 4 against the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday.
Ottawa Senators Paul MacLean says that Stone, who played in Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs last spring against the New York Rangers,
Veteran defenseman Andy Sutton announced his retirement Wednesday.
Sutton, who turned 38 in March, was a member of the Edmonton Oilers during the 2012-13 season, but did not play due to injury. He played 52 games for the Oilers in 2011-12.
"My NHL career enabled me to not only play the game I
The Rangers already were facing a problem of depth — the Bruins have it and they lack it.
Things didn’t get any better in Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss to the Bruins in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal at the Garden, dropping the Rangers into a 3-0 series hole and to the brink of eli
Turns out the Sharks were not blowing smoke, and now their series with the Los Angeles Kings has become a simple best-of-three.
Dominating early and with Joe Thornton playing an inspired -- and inspiring -- game, San Jose held on Tuesday night to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 at HP Pavilion, k
A pair of third-period goals created by the fourth line gave the Bruins a 2-1 win in Game 3 of their playoff series against the Rangers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
At 3:10 of the third, the Bruins tied the game at 1-1. Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell, and Shawn Thornton won multiple r
This is the Facebook posting Monday night of Stephane Roy, the brother of Patrick. That posting and the events that happened because of it have created one of the more bizarre days of my 22-year reporting career at the Post. That post is clear enough – a couple of spelling mistakes aside: “For a
First, a sigh of relief.
Logan Couture, who did not skate with the Sharks at practice on Monday, was back on the ice on Tuesday morning and there are no doubts about his status for Game 4 against the Kings at HP Pavilion.
“All good,” Couture said, when asked how he is.
Todd McLellan sai
The Toronto Maple Leafs may have some competition if they want to keep Leo Komarov in the fold.
In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti translated by Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo! Sports, the soon-to-be restricted free agent forward has already spoken to his former KHL club Moscow Dynam
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that Phil Housley has been named assistant coach of the team. Housley coached the United States to a gold medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships and ranks fourth all-time among NHL defensemen in poin
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Tuesday the signing of defenseman Magnus Nygren to a two-year contract (2013-14 and 2014-15). As per club policy, financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
In 51 games with the Karlstad Färjestad in the Elitserien (Sweden) thi
So about Seth Jones being a lock to be the No. 1 pick on June 30 by the Avalanche…
I talked with the team’s chief scout, Rick Pracey, today and he said reports of Jones being the prohibitive favorite to be the pick are extremely premature – and might be proven wrong.
“The No. 1 spot, it
The Predators have fired associate coach Peter Horachek, sources close to the team told The Tennessean on Monday night.
Broadcast analyst Darren Pang first reported the news on Twitter. The Predators couldn’t be reached for comment.
Horachek had been with the Predators organization since the
St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Tuesday that the club has signed goaltender Niklas Lundstrom.
Lundstrom, 20, played in 14 games with the Swedish Elite League's AIK, posting a 3-9-0 record with a 3.10 goals-against average and a .901 save perce
It appears the Three Little Bears will get another playoff game against the New York Rangers as Dennis Seidenberg doesn't look like he'll be ready to for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden. Seidenberg hasn't played since suffering a lower body injury vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs on his first shift of Ga
Time will tell if Patrick Roy’s brother jumped the gun a little — or a lot, like all the way over — on his proclamation to me on the phone and on his own Facebook page that Patrick will be the next coach of the Avalanche.
The Avs this morning are saying there is no deal in place. That’s a
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