It's A Movement

image via Michael Bradley

A very well done fan take on the Lehnsanity movement that took off last night after Robin Lehner got his 2nd straight W and his first career shutout. Lehnsanity is of course a take on the Linsanity that New York Knick Jeremy Lin has started all over the world. Spread the word Sens Army.

Lehnsanity Was #1 Trending Topic In Ottawa Last Night

Sens Traded For A Toddler?

A funny error spotted on newly acquired Sens player Matt Gilroy's profile, where it says he's only 2 years old, despite having 3 years of pro experience. The age I could let go as a simple mistake if it didn't list his birthday as 2009. By the way, Matt was born July 20th, not the 19th.

LEHNSANITY

Congrats to Robin Lehner on getting his first career NHL shutout tonight against the Boston Bruins in a 1-0 win. Lehner stopped 32 shots on his way to the milestone. Congratulations Robin. Lehnsanity is here!

Streak Over!

The Ottawa Senators were finally able to break free from the Boston Bruins spell, winning 1-0 in a game that felt like a playoff matchup from the opening puck drop. The Sens actually outplayed the B's for a majority of the game and could have been up 3 or 4-0 at times, but thanks to Robin Lehner, they held on for the much needed win. Once again, Erik Karlsson came through on the offensive side, scoring the lone goal, his 15th of the year. The whole team came ready to play tonight and it paid off. The Sens finally exorcised their Tim Thomas deamons. On to bigger and better things.

Your First Sens Gilroy Sighting

Here's the first picture of newly acquired defenceman Matt Gilroy in Senators gear, at the morning skate at TD North Garden in Boston. Gilroy will suit up tonight for the first time against the B's and wear #97 in honor of his brother Timmy. Must be nice to debut in a familiar place, as Gilroy is a Boston University grad.

Big Rig 1000th Game Tee

The Chris Phillips 1000th game t-shirt was spotted at an SBP display recently. It has Phillips and #4 on the back and is available now at The Sens Store. Also available are Phillips 1000th game pucks and sticks to celebrate the Big Rig's milestone.

Sens Trade Brian Lee For Matt Gilroy

The Ottawa Senators have finally parted ways with underachieving defenceman Brian Lee, as they have traded him to the Tampa bay Lightning in exchange for defenceman Matt Gilroy, who needs to use better decision making skills than he did when being talked into the embarrassing picture above.

Gilroy, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA's top player in 2009, also won the National Championship that year as well. The Senators were in on trying to sign him back them but lost out to the New York Rangers. He is a UFA at the end of the season and is making an even one million dollars this season.

Thoughts on the trade?

2012 Trade Deadline Day Coverage & What To Expect

The trade deadline is finally upon us and while the Sens aren't expected to be major players in the possible madness, you never know what will happen. Maybe BM the GM has a trick or two up his sleeve, or maybe he made his move already by acquiring Ben Bishop, no one knows and that's what makes it fun.

I will be breaking down any Sens deal as it happens here and will be commenting and passing along rumors and anything else I hear on Twitter all deadline long, so be sure to follow me if you want all the latest information throughout the day @SensTown. My coverage will start at 9am so join in on the fun and the possible madness. There may even be a photo diary coming out of it. What to expect on deadline day after the jump.........

Another Day, Another Record

Erik Karlsson is now the owner of yet another franchise record, this time most points in a season by a defenceman. He passed Norm MacIver with 2 points today to sit at 65 so far this season, 2 more than the previous record of 63 back in 1992-93. Congrats to Erik yet again.

The Kid Is Alright

The Senators got off to a bad start and really played fairly poorly the whole game, but still managed to beat the struggling New York Islanders 5-2, despite the game being closer than the final score and despite playing their 2nd game in less than 24 hours. Robin Lehner let in a goal on the Isles first shot that was very saveable, but after that settled down and played very well, keeping them in the game for large portions. Guess he wanted to show he wants to stay with the big club. Not a great game played by the Sens but got the W and the 2 points and that's what matters at this time of year. Boston on Tuesday.

Jersey Foul 91

Thanks to Kevin Lee for sending in this brutal jersey foul in. They didn't even use the proper font or colors. Then again, that may be the least of what's wrong with this jersey. No word on if it was a man or a woman, but judging from the build in the picture, I'm gonna go with a man. Please turn in your man card now.

Sens Acquire Tallest Goalie Of All Time For A 2nd Rounder

The Senators jumped trade deadline day early and pulled the trigger on a trade this morning instead, acquiring goalie prospect Ben Bishop from the St Louis Blues in exchange for a 2013 2nd rounder. Bishop, who is 25, is also the tallest goalie to ever play in the NHL at 6'7. He is a highly rated goalie prospect and the move adds some solid netminder depth to the orgnaiztion. Bishop is 24-14 this season so far with a .928 save % and was named an AHL All Star. I like the move a lot.

Have your say. Good move or don't like it?

Hit Of The Year?

Watch as Chris Neil knock Boychuk into next week. The hit was way worse watching it live. He killed him. It was the biggest hit I've ever witnessed in person by far. And the best part was it was 100% clean, which makes it lame that Chara went after him later for it. Even the Big Z himself say in the post game that it was a clean hit. Post game comments from Chara and Neil after the jump, but for you, was this the hit of the year so far?

Craig Anderson Is Hurt. Or Really Hurt, Depending What Story You Believe

Last night Sens Army could barely breathe when word got out that netminder Craig Anderson had accidentally cut his hand while cutting chicken. At first I thought it was kinda funny. I mean who does that right? Then I thought about how long he would be out and the prospect of riding out the season with Alex Auld and I freaked out a bit.

The initial reports were that he was gone 3-5 games, which isn't great but we could deal. Next came the he's out 4-6 weeks reports and everyone panicked like they were trying to get the Jordan 11 concord's late last year. So what's the truth? We don't know. But BM the GM came out and said he should be able to practice at some point late next week and that is an AMAZING sign. But in reality who knows how long it will take. We need him more than ever.