Over the course of 30 days, yours truly is going to take a look at each team in the league, examine their off-season moves, assess the biggest issue facing the team, highlight a player or two to watch for, and finally give an outlook on the season. 

Next up, the Ottawa Senators.

Hours after being hired as the new Ottawa GM, Sawchuk has made a few deals. One was a minor one with veteran Steve Staois joining the team while the other one was quite bigger seeing Pavol Demitra come into town....

With Mr. Larouche & Mr. Raynald on the road scouting some western teams. The Senators did not have a proper chance to introduce their new addition.

Miikka Kiprusoff who had the chance to win the Conn Smythe and the CMHL cup is back in familiar grounds. With the resent struggles of the New Jersey Devils, GM Leech felt it was time to make some changes to his club. Larouche was in the same boat.

The Ottawa Senators made a major step towards becoming an elite team in the CMHL. Although the team preached, they would go with youngsters after the first round exit in the playoffs to the Philadelphia Flyers. With the pre-season behind the club, Larouche was left wondering with the other club executives what needed to be done to address the weakness on the club. Larouche and Murray sat down together and were able to reach an agreement. They made the decision that they needed to acquire a legitimate superstar who could step in to the Capital city and provide not only scoring but also some much needed leadership.

It did not take long for the Ottawa Senators and Ray Emery to come to a contract agreement. Larouche looked fresh just coming back from holidays.

Press Conference at Scotiabank Place.

Larouche, Tippett and Murray step up to the podium along with Alex Tanguay, Joe Pavelski & Rotislav Olesz.