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Throwback Thursday: Greatest Players at Each Position in Senators History

By Daniel Bruce

OTTAWA, CANADA - APRIL 27: County men and team mates Daniel Alfredsson
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VANCOUVER – DECEMBER 9: Dany Heatley #15 of the Ottawa Senators looks on during the NHL game shootout against the Vancouver Canucks at General Motors Place on December 9, 2005 in Vancouver, Canada. The Canucks defeated the Senators 3-2. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER – DECEMBER 9: Dany Heatley #15 of the Ottawa Senators looks on during the NHL game shootout against the Vancouver Canucks at General Motors Place on December 9, 2005 in Vancouver, Canada. The Canucks defeated the Senators 3-2. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /

Left-Wing: Dany Heatley

Career Stats (OTT): GP: 317 G: 180 A: 182 P: 362

The leader of all Senators players in points per game at 1.14, Dany Heatley was arguably the most explosive offensive player in the history of the franchise.

Heatley was acquired on August 23rd, 2005 for Marian Hossa and Greg de Vries. While Hossa was a great talent, Ottawa was able to acquire a top-flight goal scorer who would help put them over the top for the next few seasons.

Breaking out in his first season with the Senators, the star forward would score 50 goals and total an insane 103 points, tying for the team lead.

Then the very next season he would add another 50-goal season to his resume and would then dawn the famous line “50in07”, which has been a common punch-line for Heatley’s career.

Crazy enough, Heatley would finish 5th among all NHL players during his stretch in Ottawa from 2005-09, slightly behind the likes of Pavel Datsyuk, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Joe Thornton. He was one of the most dominant players in the NHL during that period, along with “The Pizza Line”.

Heatley didn’t shrink in the playoffs either, adding 35 points in 34 games during his tenure in Ottawa beside Alfredsson and Spezza, propelling the Senators to their first Stanley Cup appearance.

Honourable Mention: Shawn McEachern

There is not a whole lot of notable talent behind Heatley at left-wing, but McEachern was very solid in his time in Ottawa from 1996-2002, accumulating 304 points in 454 games.

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