2010–11 Ottawa Senators | |
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Division | 5th Northeast |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
2010–11 record | 32–40–10 |
Home record | 16–20–5 |
Road record | 16–20–5 |
Goals for | 192 |
Goals against | 250 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Bryan Murray |
Coach | Cory Clouston |
Captain | Daniel Alfredsson |
Alternate captains |
Mike Fisher (Oct-Feb) Chris Phillips Rotating (Feb-Apr) |
Arena | Scotiabank Place |
Average attendance | 18,379 (95.9%) (after 41 dates) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | (21) Jason Spezza |
Assists | (36) Jason Spezza |
Points | (57) Jason Spezza |
Penalties in minutes | (210) Chris Neil |
Plus/minus | (+7) David Hale |
Wins | (13) Brian Elliott |
Goals against average | (2.05) Craig Anderson |
The 2010–11 Ottawa Senators season was the 19th NHL season (18th season of play) for the modern Senators franchise. The Senators posted a regular season record of 32 wins, 40 losses, and 10 overtime/shootout losses for 74 points, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second time in three seasons. After falling to last place in the conference by the end of January, the Senators started a rebuild, trading away several veterans for draft choices. Head Coach Cory Clouston was fired at the end of the season.
Early in the off-season, the Senators signed several players including summer development camp attendee Colin Greening on April 28 and Binghamton Senators forward Ryan Keller on May 19, as well as goaltender Mike Brodeur on May 26. After some media speculation, the Senators also bought out Jonathan Cheechoo's contract on June 29 after he cleared waivers, making Cheechoo a free agent.
At the Entry Draft, the Senators traded their first-round pick to the St. Louis Blues for defenceman David Rundblad, who had been the Blues' first-round pick (17th overall) in the 2009 Draft. Having now previously traded their first, second- and fifth-round picks, the Senators picked Jakub Culek in the third round (76th overall), Marcus Sorensen in the fourth round (106th overall), Mark Stone in the sixth round (178th overall) and Bryce Aneloski in the seventh round (196th overall).
Throughout July, the Senators made various signings. On July 13, they signed Swiss forward and 2004 Senator draft pick Roman Wick to a one-year, entry-level contract, and re-signed Derek Smith to a one-year contract. On July 22, they re-signed forward Cody Bass to a one-year, two-way contract and forward Mike Hoffman to a one-year, entry-level contract.