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Ottawa Senators All-Time National Teams

By Jack Baines

OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 28: Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Ottawa Senators and Jason Spezza #19 of the Ottawa Senators and Team Alfredsson react after a play against Team Chara during the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Scotiabank Place on January 28, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 28: Daniel Alfredsson #11 of the Ottawa Senators and Jason Spezza #19 of the Ottawa Senators and Team Alfredsson react after a play against Team Chara during the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Scotiabank Place on January 28, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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SOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 15: Daniel Alfredsson #11 of Sweden looks on against Latvia during the Men’s Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group C game on day eight of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Shayba Arena on February 15, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
SOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 15: Daniel Alfredsson #11 of Sweden looks on against Latvia during the Men’s Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group C game on day eight of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Shayba Arena on February 15, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images) /

Sweden

Magnus Arvedsson – Mika Zibanejad – Daniel Alfredsson

Fredrik Claesson – Erik Karlsson

Robin Lehner

If any group of six has a chance against Canada it would probably be Sweden. The nation has long been a strength for the Sens and includes probably the two best players in franchise history. The Canadian team has a lot of talent, but we’ll see if they can keep their status as the top team against Sweden.

Upfront we have Alfredsson, the franchise icon who’s a no-brainer for this team. He’s joined by Zibanejad, who has really come into his own the past few years with the Rangers but was still a solid second liner for Ottawa. Arvedsson may not have quite the same skill level as the other two, but he was a big part of the team in the late 90s and early 2000s as they established themselves as a playoff team and then a championship contender.

Along with Alfredsson, Karlsson on the blueline was the other slam-dunk choice for the team. Perhaps no player has ever played at a higher level in a Sens uniform than Karlsson, who was one of, if not the best defender for almost all of his tenure with the team. He’s joined by his old partner in Claesson, who didn’t stay in Ottawa very long but was able to find some good chemistry with Karlsson when he was and was dependable at both ends of the ice.

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Finally, we go with Robin Lehner in net and while he was only a backup in Ottawa, he was constantly on the verge of taking the reins, only for Craig Anderson to continue to cement his status. The team eventually moved him to Buffalo where he was solid but unremarkable before a combination of personal life adjustments and working with the Islanders coaches and Mitch Korn saw him come third in Vezina voting in 2018-19 in addition to a Jennings win. Even discounting his recent success, Lehner showed flashes of his potential with Ottawa, which is what this Swedish team will be counting on to beat Canada.

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