1999–2000_Ottawa_Senators_season

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season

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The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season was the eighth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators drop in the standings, as they finished with 95 points, down from the 103 they registered the previous season. They finished second in the Northeast Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.

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Regular season

This season is remembered by fans as the season that star forward Alexei Yashin decided to sit out due to his contract. He was entering the final year of a five-year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995. However, Yashin demanded a large pay raise after his impressive 1998–99 season and set a deadline that the Senators had to offer him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators opted not to sign him, and Yashin sat out the entire 1999–2000 season.

With the loss of Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson was named captain, and, despite missing 25 games due to various injuries, he scored 59 points, behind only Radek Bonk's 60 points in team scoring. Marian Hossa tied Shawn McEachern for the team lead in goals, with 29.

The Senators traded goaltender Damian Rhodes to the Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, and acquired Patrick Lalime from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to split goaltending duties with Ron Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a sub-par season by his standards, and was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Tom Barrasso at the trade deadline.

Final standings

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

Playoffs

Barrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs. However, it was a short stay for the goaltender, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series was the first Ottawa–Toronto Stanley Cup series since 1922, when the original Senators defeated the St. Patricks in an NHL playoff.

Toronto was the higher seed and drew home ice advantage. The first five games were all won by the home team. The Maple Leafs won 4–2 in Game 6 at Ottawa to win the series four games to two.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
  • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
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Goaltending

  • = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
  • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
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Awards and records

Awards

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Milestones

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Transactions

Trades

June 18, 1999 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Antti-Jussi Niemi
Ted Donato
To Ottawa Senators
Patrick Lalime
June 18, 1999 To Atlanta Thrashers
Damian Rhodes
To Ottawa Senators
future considerations
June 30, 1999 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Rick Dudley
Andreas Johansson
To Ottawa Senators
Rob Zamuner
Tampa's second-round pick 2002 Draft (later traded)
November 11, 1999 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Bruce Gardiner
To Ottawa Senators
Colin Forbes
March 8, 2000 To Tampa Bay Lightning
future considerations
To Ottawa Senators
Jeff Shevalier
March 14, 1999 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Ron Tugnutt
Janne Laukkanen
To Ottawa Senators
Tom Barrasso
March 18, 2000 To Quebec (AHL)
Jeff Shevalier (loan)
To Ottawa Senators
Jason McBain

Waivers

September 27, 1999 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Vyacheslav Butsayev
October 28, 1999 To Ottawa Senators
Vyacheslav Butsayev (assigned to Grand Rapids)
October 29, 1999 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Steve Martins
November 11, 1999 To Calgary Flames
Bobby Dollas

Expansion draft

June 25, 1998 To Atlanta Thrashers
Phil Crowe

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.[7]

Farm teams

See also

Notes

  1. Juneau wore number 28 through March 21.

References

  1. "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  3. "1999-00 Ottawa Senators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
  6. "Senators Stop Avalanche". www.cbsnews.com. October 21, 1999. Retrieved June 7, 2023. Ottawa right wing Kevin Dineen was honored in a pre-game ceremony prior to his 1,000th NHL game.
  7. "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

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