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05Jan

Rob Klinkhammer(14) Binghamton Senators

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It’s been a long while since undrafted 5th year winger Rob Klinkhammer(14) has played in the Eastern Conference of the AHL, but he’s back for the first time since his rookie season with Norfolk Admirals in 2006/2007.

In 66 games, he had 12 goals and 12 assists.

From there he was signed to a two-year entry level deal and subsequent one-year, two-way contract with Chicago Blackhawks playing mostly for their affiliate Rockford IceHogs.

He was called up for one NHL game and registered no points but did have a shot on net and went a +1 in 11:36 ice time.

He started his fourth year in the Blackhawks‘ organization but was traded to Ottawa Senators and is playing mostly with Binghamton.

In 15 games, he already have 9 goals and 6 assists and his season totals have him tied for first in scoring on the team.

It wouldn’t be a surprise to see Ottawa call him up to have a closer look.

 

31Dec

Nikita Filatov(24) CSKA Moscow

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Instead of accepting his reassignment back to the AHL to play with Binghamton Senators (15 games, 7 goals, 5 assists), Ottawa Senators‘ recent acquisition, 1st round pick in 2008 by Columbus (#6 overall) winger Nikita Filatov(24) has once again asked to be returned to his Russian team CSKA Moscow to play instead of going to the lower league in North America.

He was granted his request and in 2 games he’s scored 0 points, has 2 penalty minutes and is a -3 plus/minus.

We think the move is foolish for 21-year old and he just needs to put on more muscle to help him with all that skill he has and staying close to the big club would have done him much better. But we’ll see…

30Dec

Tim Conboy(38) Binghamton Senators

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It took 139 games for Binghamton Senators‘ defenseman Tim Conboy(38) to put the puck in the net but he finally got the monkey off his back the night after Christmas with one, his first since 2009 when he was playing with Albany River Rats.

He was in Carolina Hurricanes‘ prospect system for four seasons and played 59 NHL games with them (0 goals, 6 assists).

From there he signed to one-year, two-way deals, last season with Buffalo Sabres and this year with Ottawa Senators, which has him assigned to their AHL affiliate.

Originally a San Jose Sharks‘ 7th round pick in the 2002 draft (#217 overall), he’s a fairly big guy at 6’2″ 210 lbs. but more importantly he’s the type of player that gets under other guy’s skin and causes penalties to happen. He also spends a good amount of time in the box.

Last season in 70 games he had 233 pims.

27Dec

Cody Bass(26) Springfield Falcons

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Tough break for Columbus Blue Jackets‘ offseason signing, forward Cody Bass(26), who suffered a season-ending shoulder injury that will require surgery in practice with the team’s AHL affiliate Springfield Falcons.

He was signed to a one-year, two-way deal and skated in 14 NHL games this season before being reassigned. In 10 games with the Falcons, he had a pair of goals and 4 assists.

In 2010/2011 he won the Calder Cup with Binghamton Senators and was always a feisty team leader. It’s the 2nd time an injury has caused him to opt out of a season.

He was originally an Ottawa Senators‘ 4th round pick in the 2005 draft (#95 overall).

 

03Nov

Jared Cowen(4) Ottawa Senators

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Ottawa Senators‘ 1st round pick in the 2009 draft (#9 overall), big-as-can-be defenseman Jared Cowen(4) scored his first regular season professional goal in the team’s 5-3 loss to Boston Bruins on Tuesday night at the TD Garden.

He played 10 postseason games with Binghamton Senators last season after his junior team was knocked out of the playoffs and put up four assists on their way to winning the AHL Calder Cup Championship.

Most folks thought that was pretty much the only time they would see him in the league as he was pegged to become a top 6 defenseman in his rookie season and from the looks of it he’s been successful in achieving that goal.

 

31Oct

Robin Lehner(40) Ottawa Senators

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2nd year Ottawa Senators‘ goaltender Robin Lehner(40) is supposed to continue his development in the AHL with their affiliate Binghamton Senators, who he was most valuable player for in their Cinderella Calder Cup Championship run last season, but I’m guessing that if he gets hot again like he did last postseason he will be more up in the NHL than down in the AHL.

He was recently recalled on an emergency basis and tonight he was stellar winning his first in his first start of the season with Ottawa vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.

The Swedish-born prospect is still only 20 years old.

30Sep

Colin Greening(15) Ottawa Senators

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2005 7th round Ottawa Senators draft pick (#204 overall) Colin Greening(15) has to be viewed as somewhat of a diamond in the rough find by their scouts, considering how low he was drafted.

In the off-season he signed himself a three-year, one-way deal before his one-year entry level contract ran out and now is being hyped as a sizable pick-up for the Sens.

Last season in his rookie year he appeared in 24 NHL games (6 goals, 7 assists) and 59 with Binghamton in the AHL (15 goals, 25 assists), plus another 23 Calder Cup Playoff games (1 goal, 4 assists) en route to winning it. That totals a pretty outstanding 106 games played in the 2010/2011 season.

The future for Ottawa is looking brighter. He also recently got to play a preseason game in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he was born.

20Sep

Jared Cowen(4) Ottawa / Binghamton Senators

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Ottawa Senators 1st round pick in the 2009 draft (#9 overall) defenseman Jared Cowen(4) is going to make it difficult to not give him a spot on the roster opening night. He scored 2 goals and got into a fight in the team’s first preseason matchup vs. the Maple Leafs in Toronto, a 4-2 loss.

He showed up to Binghamton late last season, after his junior team finished, to help the B-Sens in the final two rounds of their storied ride to capture the 2011 AHL Calder Cup.

 

18Sep

Brian McGrattan(38) Anaheim Ducks

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Mammoth-sized (6’4″ 235 lbs) 10th year vet, Brian McGrattan(38) signed a one-year, two-way deal to stay in the Anaheim Ducks‘ system after he was traded late last season by Boston in what amounted to a 4-player minor league swap.

He had played mostly in the NHL for the prior five seasons but last year failed to catch on with a club in the big league. The Ducks already have a guy named George Parros to do their dirty work, so he’ll likely find most, if not all of his playing time with their AHL affiliate Syracuse Crunch.