Sens' Alfredsson Will Take Time To Consider Returning, Retirement: Daniel Alfredsson will take his time during the offseason to determine whether he wants to retire or return to Ottawa for an 18th season, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. (Updated 04/27/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Daniel Alfredsson is 39 years old and has played all 17 of his NHL seasons with Ottawa. He has one year remaining on his four-year, $19.5 million contract, but since the deal was mostly frontloaded, Alfredsson would stand to earn about $1 million next year. He registered 27 goals for the Senators this season. (Updated 04/27/2012).
04/15/2012 17:20 Rangers' Hagelin awaits punishment for elbowing Alfredsson, apologizes
Carl Hagelin said Sunday he is sorry for elbowing Daniel Alfredsson in the head, and knocking the Ottawa captain out of Game 2 and perhaps longer. Now the New York Rangers rookie is waiting to find out if he will be shelved, too.
04/14/2012 22:31 Senators rally against Rangers to win in overtime, level series at 1-1
Chris Neil scored 1:17 into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a wild 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 2 to even the first-round Eastern Conference series Saturday night.
Alfreddson was hobbled by a lower back injury for most of the 2010-11 season, which drastically affected his ability to skate with any kind of power. After trying to play through the injury, he decided to shut his season down in early February after scoring only 14 goals and 17 assists in 54 games. Alfredsson underwent successful back surgery in the offseason and looks to be fully recovered heading into training camp. While he's now in the twilight years of his career, Ottawa's captain can still put up points when healthy and will get a lot of time on Ottawa's first power play unit. Alfredsson should net close to 25 goals and 35 assists this year if he's able to remain healthy, something that has been much tougher for him to do these past couple of years. (Updated 10/4/11)
