Center- 1998-99 Alexei Yashin
Some may have immediately expected Jason Spezza to be at the center position along with his teammates Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson. However, the center position will be filled by Alexei Yashin for his 1998-99 season.
While some Senator fans might be bitter about Yashin's end of his Senators tenure to this day, but they can't deny how dominant his 1998-99 season was. Yashin made the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and he did it in spectacular fashion.
Yashin set career-highs in goals with 44, assists with 50 and points with 94. Yashin's 94 points would stand as the Senators record for most points in a season until Heatley and Alfredsson each recorded 103 points in the 2005-06 season.
Yashin would also finish second in MVP voting in 1999. Some might have highly expected Spezza to be in the starting lineup because of his Senators longevity, but Spezza was playing alongside two All-Stars that helped him produce points. In the 1998-99 season, Yashin only had two teammates who finished with 50 points or more.
Yashin carried the offensive load to help the Senators win their first division title in 1999. Although Yashin only played one more season after 1999 with the Senators, his 94-point season will always go down in Senators history.