European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 25 Sens remember last years loss to sabres the associated press Ottawa Daniel Alfredson and the Ottawa senators refused to forget How they Felt last season after the Buffalo sabres sent them Home from the playoffs earlier than we feel like we could have done More Alfredson said recall ing the second round and i think that the Way were playing this that loss might have been a Blessing in without the senators might not have transformed from a free scoring team to a tight checking this time we Are a better defensive so if we get up in a were better suited for Alfredson the teams will open the Besto seven Eastern conference final series thursday at a year the senators Rode their High powered offence through the regular season and racked up 52 victories and 113 Points both tying franchise when Spezza the postseason their freewheeling continued with a five game Romp Over Tampa Bay in the opening against the sabres in game 1 of the Sec Ond things unravelled Ottawa blew five two in the third in route to a 76 loss in the rest of the the senators struggled to score or play All four of the senators losses were by a three times in we faced adversity and didst know How to Deal with it senators Cen Ter Mike Fisher it was a disappoint ing season last year because of for coach Bryan the defeat was the sign that things needed to change Dur ing the the learning curve took place after the playoffs last year when we realized things had to be he when Ottawa returned to training Camp in the they came with a different a the senators still wanted production from towline players such As Dany Heatley and Jason but not at the expense of giving up Good Quality chances at the other end their undoing in the series against the in the playoffs this the senators patiently used a counter attacking style to beat Pittsburgh and new Jersey in just 10 with a record of 60 when scoring the senators have Learned to protect leads and no longer panic when games Are going 42 so far in on goal from Day the coaches talked about what kind of team we wanted to Sena tors defens Eman Wade Redden we still scored a lot of but we focused a lot on playing a team game and there were different times during the year that we got into those tight games and were Able to just stick with the program and not Force the killer instinct is also apparent in the Way the senators turned in arguably their Best performances in each of their first two series in elimination games a 30 shut out of Pittsburgh at Home and a 31 Road win at new last we were guilty of trying to Force plays and go for that Home run where this year were a Little More patient and that the Way youve got to be at this time of Redden the change in style has resulted in the senators ability to change their playoff for chronic underachievers at this time of their history of failure in the Post season has been erased by making the trip to the conference final for just the second if that history of failure woul Dve played into they probably woul Dve went out in the first or second sabres coach Lindy Ruff you have to give them theres been no history right h in of w Mem March 30th May 13th log onto or visit an Exchange new car sales location for details these 2008 Dodge jeep models at 2007 prices exclusive rebates on ah08s Dodge Caliper Dodge Nitro jeep grand Cherokee we always have the Best deals on a new set off 2008 Chrysler jeep authorized Independent distributor to armed forces for Daimler Chrysler corporation army air Force Exchange service a p or imply endorsement by Zafft the poo or the Federal government and is not sponsored by c 323 Jonathan Ottawa Dany Heatley works on his hockey stick after nil scoreboard playoffs conference finals Besto seven Eastern conference Buffalo Ottawa thursday Ottawa at Buffalo saturday Ottawa at Buffalo monday Buffalo at Ottawa wednesday Buffalo at Ottawa May 19 Ottawa at if Nec Essary May 21 Buffalo at if Nec Essary May 23 Ottawa at if necessary Western conference Detroit Anaheim Friday Anaheim at Detroit sunday Anaheim at Detroit tuesday Detroit at Anaheim May 17 Detroit at Anaheim May 20 Anaheim at if Nec Essary May 22 Detroit at if necessary May 24 Anaheim at if necessary playoff scoring leaders through May 7 Ott no nor Ott Ott nor det Ana det but but no nor no no 6 tied Calendar april 27may 13 i if world Champion May 29june 2 nil june 11 last possible Day for Stanley cup june 15 deadline for first club elected salary june 23 nil 1 free Agency signing period be july 5 deadline for player elected salary july 6 deadline for second club elected salary july 10 deadline for eligible players to elect group 5 free july 4 salary arbitration hear is in Cis 6 6 deadline for salary arbitration de