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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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TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 29: Zdeno Chara #33 of Team Europe and Brad Marchand #63 of Team Canada get tangled up during the first period during Game Two of the World Cup of Hockey final series at the Air Canada Centre on September 29, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 29: Zdeno Chara #33 of Team Europe and Brad Marchand #63 of Team Canada get tangled up during the first period during Game Two of the World Cup of Hockey final series at the Air Canada Centre on September 29, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Europe

Pavol Demitra (Slovakia) – Peter Regin (Denmark) – Marian Hossa (Slovakia)

Zdeno Chara (Slovakia) – Andrej Meszaros (Slovakia)

Martin Gerber (Switzerland)

Team Europe was one of two teams created for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and while Team North America stole the show with their young talent, it was Team Europe that had the most success, making it all the way to the final before being beaten by Canada. This team sees two members from the 2016 squad who hope to recapture that glory and then some.

The forward group is led by Hall of Famer to be Marian Hossa, who played the first seven seasons of his career in Ottawa, where he set a career-high 45 goals in 2002-03 en route to a President’s Trophy win for the team. He’ll likely have to do most of the heavy lifting, as his linemates are full of potential but lacking in production. Regin started off strong in Ottawa before injuries and inconsistencies left him short of 200 games played with the franchise. While Demitra had a very good NHL career, we only get the parts of three seasons he played for the team in the 90s. While he did tally 12 goals in 59 games on some bad Ottawa teams, he likely won’t move the needle much with this group.

The blueline sees and all-Slovakian duo with Chara and Meszaros. Although it was in Boston where Chara won his Norris and will be best remembered, his four seasons in Ottawa saw him transform from a lanky fringe NHLer to one of the league’s most fearsome two-way blueliners. Meszaros doesn’t have quite the same track record as Chara, but in all three seasons in Ottawa he played 82 games on a Cup contender while scoring at least 35 points from the blueline.

Wrapping up this squad we have Martin Gerber in goal. Gerber never really firmly established himself as the starter the team was hoping for after he lost his job in Carolina to Cam Ward, but along with Ray Emery, he was one of the better goalies to come along in the half-decade that bridged the gap from Lalime to Anderson. Unlike some teams, Europe is able to start a regular NHL goaltender between the pipes, something that could help them jockey for position in the lower half or surprise some teams with a hot run.

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