Building a Senators all-time starting lineup based on a single season

Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley
Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley | Jay Gula/GettyImages
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Left Wing- 2006-07 Dany Heatley

You can't talk Senators starting lineups and not bring up Dany Heatley in the discussion. While Heatley was a Senator for only four years, his tenure in Ottawa was memorable with back-to-back 50-goal seasons, but one season was better than them all.

That would be Heatley's 2006-07 season. Along with scoring 50 goals for the second consecutive season, Heatley set a Senators record for most points in a single season with 105. Heatley's record breaking season would come just one season apart after he and Daniel Alfredsson each recorded 103 points in the 2005-06 season.

For Heatley to break his own record with Alfredsson is very impressive in just one season. Ten of Heatley's 50 goals would be game-winning goals, which led the NHL. Heatley's +/- rating was a +31 which was +2 better than in 2005-06.

Heatley was a key part of the Senators' run to the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals along with playing with Alfredsson and Jason Spezza on the same line. Without Heatley on the team, it would've been a tougher path for the Senators to make the Stanley Cup Finals.

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