-year-old rookie Jakob Silfverberg and 25-year-old Guillaume Latendresse provides the Senators with two solid lines.Silfverberg admits that starting the season in the AHL definitely worked to his advantage."Those 34 games I got in Binghamton were very good for me,Nike Free Trainer 5.0 V4 Mens," he said. "It made me a whole lot better hockey player on the smaller ice surface."Silfverberg led the Binghamton Senators,Nike Free Trainer 5.0 Mens, posting 13 goals and 16 assists, and will now play on Ottawa's top line,Nike Free 4.0 V3 Womens, playing with Spezza and Milan Michalek."He's quick, he's hard on pucks and I think he has a good hockey IQ," Spezza said. "The more and more we skate together, you can see that he goes to the right spots and sees the game pretty well. I think he'll bring a good element to our line."Latendresse missed much of the last two seasons to injury. He is eager to get back on the ice and prove that he can be the effective power forward the Senators have been looking for. Latendresse has been playing with Alfredsson and Kyle Turris and he feels the three have already developed some chemistry."I think my type of game will be good to play especially with those two," Latendresse said. "They're such great players and I'm just going to try and fit in. I'm really looking forward to being back out there and staying healthy."The Senators also expect to see Turris improve on his 29 points from last season and are hoping Peter Regin can remain healthy to offer another offensive dimension.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - There are few teams in hockey as loaded offensively as the Pittsburgh Penguins.The trouble for the Penguins is, there are plenty of teams better at the other end of the ice. Following two first-round playoff exits, including a six-game loss to Philadelphia last spring, Pittsburgh is hoping a renewed focus on defense will lead to the franchise's fourth Stanley Cup.The Penguins led the NHL in scoring last year, and that was with star center Sidney Crosby limited to just 22 games due to concussion-like symptoms. Yet Pittsburgh was a middling 17th in goals allowed. The defense got even worse in the playoffs, when the Flyers scored 30 goals in six games.The short training camp hasn't allowed Penguins coach Dan Bylsma to tweak the team's system yet,Nike Free Run 3 Womens, but the players say they need to be more responsible defensively.
NEW YORK ISLANDERSLAST SEASON: 34-37-7, 79 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 14th in the Eastern Conference.COACH: Jack Capuano, 3rd season with Islanders, 60-66-21; 3rd overall in NHL.ADDED: D Lubomir Visnovsky, D Matt Carkner, RW Brad Boyes, LW Eric Boulton, D Radek Martinek.LOST: RW P.A. Parenteau, G Al Montoya, C Micheal Haley.PLAYER TO WATCH: John Tavares. Fresh off his first 30-goal season in the NHL, the 22-year-old center is already establishing himself as a star heading into his fourth year with the Islanders. Tavares has increased his goal and point totals each season, topping out at 31 goals and 81 points in 2011-12 while playing in all 82 games.OUTLOOK: With veteran goalie Evgeni Nabokov behind them, the Islanders could surprise some people in a short seas