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2003–04 Ottawa Senators season

NHL hockey team season

The 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season was the 12th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season would see the Senators again finish with over 100 points, finishing with 102, but this was good for only third in the tightly-contested division, as the Boston Bruins would have 104 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 103. Ottawa would meet Toronto in the first-round of the playoffs for the fourth time, where the Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3 to end the Senators' playoff hopes. Ottawa would fire Head Coach Jacques Martin after the playoff round.

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2003–04 Ottawa Senators
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	5th Eastern
2003–04 record	43–29–10–6
Home record	23–8–5–5
Road record	20–15–5–1
Goals for	262
Goals against	189
Team information
General manager	John Muckler
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Zdeno Chara Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	17,758 (92.7%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Binghamton Senators
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa (36)
Assists	Daniel Alfredsson (48)
Points	Marian Hossa (82)
Penalty minutes	Chris Neil (194)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+33)
Wins	Patrick Lalime (25)
Goals against average	Martin Prusek (2.12)
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Offseason

On June 21, 2003, Assistant Coach Roger Neilson died after four years of battling cancer. The Senators would wear a patch on their jerseys with an illustration of his signature and a necktie. Neilson would often wear distinctive neckties and the necktie became associated with him, and also became the symbol for "Roger's House", a residence for the use of families with a family member fighting cancer while in hospital, established by him and the Senators.

On August 26, 2003, Eugene Melnyk purchased the club to bring financial stability.

Regular season

Marian Hossa lead the club in scoring with 82 points, good enough for sixth overall in the NHL.

Highlights

On February 5, 2004, the Senators were playing the Toronto Maple Leafs and were leading 4–0 in the second period. The flu started affecting players on the Senators leading the team to be down to only 15 skaters by the end of the game. The Maple Leafs took full advantage and won the game 5–4 in overtime.^[1]

On March 5, 2004, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a record was set for the most penalty minutes in a game by both teams, at 419 minutes. Five brawls broke out in the last two minutes of the game. It took the officials until 90 minutes after the game was over to sort out the penalties. By the end of the game, Philadelphia had 213 penalty minutes and seven men left on the bench, while Ottawa finished with 206 penalty minutes and six men left.

The Senators finished the regular season first overall in the NHL in scoring (262 goals for), power-play goals scored (80) and power-play percentage (21.62%).^[2]

Final standings

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Northeast Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Boston Bruins	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
3	5	Ottawa Senators	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
4	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
5	9	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85

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

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Eastern Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
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9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

In the first round of the 2004 playoffs, the Senators would lose again to the Maple Leafs for the fourth straight time. By now, Ottawa had developed a strong rivalry with their Ontario cousins and there was a great deal of pressure on the team to finally defeat the Leafs. Two days after the Senators' loss, Head Coach Jacques Martin was fired, and goaltender Patrick Lalime was later traded to the St. Louis Blues.

Martin had been coach of the Senators for eight-and-a-half years. He was well respected, earned a 341–255–96 regular season record with the Senators, had led the team to eight consecutive playoff appearances and was widely credited with changing the team into an elite NHL franchise. He also won the Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1999. However, after losing eight of 12 playoff series, including all four series in five years against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, Senators ownership felt that a new coach was required for playoff success.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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2003–04 regular season^[5]

October: 5–2–0–1 (home: 2–1–0–1; road: 3–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
1	W	October 9, 2003	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	1–0–0–0	18,500	Recap
2	OTL	October 11, 2003	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	1–0–0–1	18,500	Recap
3	L	October 15, 2003	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	1–1–0–1	18,180	Recap
4	W	October 17, 2003	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	2–1–0–1	13,885	Recap
5	W	October 18, 2003	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	3–1–0–1	14,807	Recap
6	W	October 23, 2003	5–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	4–1–0–1	18,188	Recap
7	W	October 25, 2003	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	5–1–0–1	21,273	Recap
8	L	October 30, 2003	2–3	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	5–2–0–1	17,086	Recap

November: 4–6–2–2 (home: 2–4–2–1; road: 2–2–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
9	T	November 1, 2003	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	5–2–1–1	15,445	Recap
10	L	November 3, 2003	3–6	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	5–3–1–1	10,957	Recap
11	T	November 6, 2003	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	5–3–2–1	15,216	Recap
12	L	November 8, 2003	0–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	5–4–2–1	18,359	Recap
13	W	November 11, 2003	5–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	6–4–2–1	13,547	Recap
14	W	November 13, 2003	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	7–4–2–1	15,297	Recap
15	L	November 15, 2003	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	7–5–2–1	18,337	Recap
16	L	November 17, 2003	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	7–6–2–1	15,744	Recap
17	W	November 20, 2003	6–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	8–6–2–1	17,159	Recap
18	OTL	November 22, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	8–6–2–2	11,233	Recap
19	L	November 23, 2003	2–6	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	8–7–2–2	18,200	Recap
20	W	November 25, 2003	6–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	9–7–2–2	11,937	Recap
21	OTL	November 27, 2003	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	9–7–2–3	18,500	Recap
22	L	November 29, 2003	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	9–8–2–3	18,500	Recap

December: 9–2–3–0 (home: 6–2–1–0; road: 3–0–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
23	W	December 1, 2003	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	10–8–2–3	16,289	Recap
24	W	December 3, 2003	4–0	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	11–8–2–3	11,520	Recap
25	W	December 4, 2003	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	12–8–2–3	15,221	Recap
26	L	December 6, 2003	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	12–9–2–3	17,931	Recap
27	T	December 8, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	12–9–3–3	10,662	Recap
28	W	December 11, 2003	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	13–9–3–3	17,256	Recap
29	L	December 13, 2003	2–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	13–10–3–3	17,671	Recap
30	W	December 18, 2003	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	14–10–3–3	16,420	Recap
31	W	December 20, 2003	3–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	15–10–3–3	18,037	Recap
32	W	December 22, 2003	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	16–10–3–3	17,189	Recap
33	T	December 23, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	16–10–4–3	15,317	Recap
34	T	December 26, 2003	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	16–10–5–3	18,316	Recap
35	W	December 28, 2003	5–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	17–10–5–3	18,500	Recap
36	W	December 30, 2003	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	18–10–5–3	16,388	Recap

January: 10–4–2–0 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 4–4–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
37	W	January 1, 2004	1–0	New York Islanders (2003–04)	19–10–5–3	18,500	Recap
38	W	January 3, 2004	5–2	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	20–10–5–3	17,695	Recap
39	W	January 6, 2004	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	21–10–5–3	16,890	Recap
40	W	January 8, 2004	7–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	22–10–5–3	19,395	Recap
41	L	January 9, 2004	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	22–11–5–3	18,690	Recap
42	T	January 11, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	22–11–6–3	9,350	Recap
43	W	January 13, 2004	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	23–11–6–3	11,456	Recap
44	T	January 15, 2004	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	23–11–7–3	17,197	Recap
45	W	January 17, 2004	4–0	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–11–7–3	18,500	Recap
46	L	January 19, 2004	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	24–12–7–3	14,213	Recap
47	W	January 20, 2004	3–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	25–12–7–3	8,810	Recap
48	W	January 22, 2004	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	26–12–7–3	16,777	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2004	9–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	27–12–7–3	18,500	Recap
50	L	January 28, 2004	3–5	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	27–13–7–3	18,006	Recap
51	W	January 29, 2004	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	28–13–7–3	13,387	Recap
52	L	January 31, 2004	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	28–14–7–3	19,419	Recap

February: 7–2–2–2 (home: 5–0–1–2; road: 2–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
53	L	February 3, 2004	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	28–15–7–3	12,304	Recap
54	OTL	February 5, 2004	4–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	28–15–7–4	18,500	Recap
55	W	February 10, 2004	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	29–15–7–4	18,238	Recap
56	W	February 12, 2004	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	30–15–7–4	18,364	Recap
57	W	February 14, 2004	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	31–15–7–4	18,500	Recap
58	W	February 16, 2004	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	32–15–7–4	18,200	Recap
59	T	February 17, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	32–15–8–4	13,901	Recap
60	OTL	February 19, 2004	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	32–15–8–5	18,500	Recap
61	W	February 21, 2004	2–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	33–15–8–5	18,500	Recap
62	W	February 22, 2004	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	34–15–8–5	11,780	Recap
63	L	February 24, 2004	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	34–16–8–5	21,273	Recap
64	T	February 26, 2004	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	34–16–9–5	18,500	Recap
65	W	February 28, 2004	7–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	35–16–9–5	18,500	Recap

March: 7–6–1–1 (home: 2–0–0–1; road: 5–6–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
66	L	March 3, 2004	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	35–17–9–5	11,956	Recap
67	L	March 5, 2004	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	35–18–9–5	19,539	Recap
68	W	March 6, 2004	4–2	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	36–18–9–5	18,500	Recap
69	W	March 8, 2004	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	37–18–9–5	17,776	Recap
70	L	March 11, 2004	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	37–19–9–5	17,869	Recap
71	W	March 13, 2004	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	38–19–9–5	18,630	Recap
72	L	March 14, 2004	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	38–20–9–5	16,839	Recap
73	L	March 16, 2004	2–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	38–21–9–5	18,568	Recap
74	W	March 18, 2004	2–0	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	39–21–9–5	18,500	Recap
75	OTL	March 20, 2004	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	39–21–9–6	18,500	Recap
76	L	March 23, 2004	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	39–22–9–6	15,887	Recap
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	40–22–9–6	21,273	Recap
78	T	March 27, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	40–22–10–6	19,480	Recap
79	W	March 29, 2004	5–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	41–22–10–6	19,844	Recap
80	W	March 31, 2004	5–4	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	42–22–10–6	15,876	Recap

April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
81	W	April 2, 2004	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	43–22–10–6	19,776	Recap
82	L	April 3, 2004	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	43–23–10–6	18,500	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 8	Ottawa	4–2	Toronto		19,535	Senators lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 10	Ottawa	0–2	Toronto		19,529	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 12	Toronto	2–0	Ottawa		18,500	Maple Leafs lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 14	Toronto	1–4	Ottawa		18,500	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	April 16	Ottawa	0–2	Toronto		19,584	Maple Leafs lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 18	Toronto	1–2	Ottawa	2OT	18,500	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	April 20	Ottawa	1–4	Toronto		19,646	Maple Leafs win 4–3	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
18	Marian Hossa	RW	81	36	46	82	4	46	7	3	1	4	2	0
11	Daniel Alfredsson	RW	77	32	48	80	12	24	7	1	2	3	0	2
9	Martin Havlat	RW	68	31	37	68	12	46	7	0	3	3	−1	2
39	Jason Spezza	C	78	22	33	55	22	71	3	0	0	0	−1	2
21	Bryan Smolinski	C	80	19	27	46	22	49	7	1	1	2	−2	4
14	Radek Bonk	C	66	12	32	44	2	66	7	0	2	2	2	0
6	Wade Redden	D	81	17	26	43	21	65	7	1	0	1	−5	2
3	Zdeno Chara	D	79	16	25	41	33	147	7	1	1	2	3	8
15	Peter Schaefer	LW	81	15	24	39	22	26	7	0	2	2	1	4
28	Todd White	C	53	9	20	29	12	22	7	1	0	1	−1	4
4	Chris Phillips	D	82	7	16	23	15	46	7	1	0	1	2	12
33	Josh Langfeld	RW	38	7	10	17	6	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Karel Rachunek‡	D	60	1	16	17	17	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Chris Neil	RW	82	8	8	16	13	194	7	0	1	1	0	19
20	Antoine Vermette	C	57	7	7	14	5	16	4	0	1	1	−1	4
10	Peter Bondra†	RW	23	5	9	14	1	16	7	0	0	0	−4	6
22	Shaun Van Allen	C	73	2	10	12	6	80	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Vaclav Varada	RW	30	5	5	10	2	26	7	1	1	2	0	4
12	Mike Fisher	C	24	4	6	10	−3	39	7	1	0	1	0	4
2	Brian Pothier	D	55	2	6	8	6	24	7	0	0	0	−2	6
19	Petr Schastlivy‡	LW	43	2	4	6	−1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	56	1	4	5	13	16	2	0	0	0	−1	0
34	Shane Hnidy‡	D	37	0	5	5	2	72	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Anton Volchenkov	D	19	1	2	3	1	8	5	0	0	0	0	6
40	Patrick Lalime	G	57	0	2	2		17	7	0	0	0		2
32	Rob Ray	RW	6	1	0	1	0	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Greg de Vries†	D	13	0	1	1	0	6	7	0	1	1	−2	8
43	Serge Payer	C	5	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Martin Prusek	G	29	0	1	1		0	1	0	0	0		0
27	Todd Simpson†	D	16	0	1	1	−1	47	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Ray Emery	G	3	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Denis Hamel	LW	5	0	0	0	−3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Jody Hull	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Chris Kelly	C	4	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Brooks Laich‡	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Julien Vauclair	D	1	0	0	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

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		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
40	Patrick Lalime	57	25	23	7	1334	127	2.29	.905	5	3324	7	3	4	139	13	1.96	.906	0	398
31	Martin Prusek	29	16	6	3	651	54	2.12	.917	3	1528	1	0	0	15	1	1.50	.933	0	40
1	Ray Emery	3	2	0	0	52	5	2.38	.904	0	126	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL First All-Star Team	Zdeno Chara (Defence)	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Daniel Alfredsson	^[7]
		Marian Hossa^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		Wade Redden^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Wade Redden (January)	^[9]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Martin Havlat (January 19)	^[10]
Team	Molson Cup	Daniel Alfredsson	^[11]

Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[12]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2003	To Washington Capitals Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2003	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[13]
June 26, 2003	To Minnesota Wild Chris Bala	To Ottawa Senators Peter Smrek	^[14]
September 10, 2003	To Florida Panthers 9th-round pick in 2004	To Ottawa Senators Serge Payer	^[15]
October 5, 2003	To Washington Capitals Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 2]}	To Ottawa Senators Denis Hamel	^[16]
December 29, 2003	To Florida Panthers Wade Brookbank	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations	^[12]
January 6, 2004	To Atlanta Thrashers Daniel Corso	To Ottawa Senators Brad Tapper	^[17]
January 23, 2004	To Colorado Avalanche Dennis Bonvie	To Ottawa Senators Charlie Stephens	^[18]
February 4, 2004	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Petr Schastlivy	To Ottawa Senators Todd Simpson	^[19]
February 18, 2004	To Washington Capitals Brooks Laich 2nd-round pick in 2005	To Ottawa Senators Peter Bondra	^[20]
March 9, 2004	To Nashville Predators Shane Hnidy	To Ottawa Senators Colorado’s 3rd-round pick in 2004	^[21]
March 9, 2004	To New York Rangers Alexandre Giroux Karel Rachunek	To Ottawa Senators Greg de Vries	^[22]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 5, 2003 (2003-07-05)	Denis Hamel	Buffalo Sabres	multi-year	Free agency	^[23]
September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	Andrew Allen	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[24]
September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	Daniel Corso	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	^[24]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Glen Metropolit	Washington Capitals		Waiver draft	^[25]
December 18, 2003 (2003-12-18)	Andy Hedlund	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[26]
December 19, 2003 (2003-12-19)	Wade Brookbank	Vancouver Canucks		Waivers	^[27]
April 30, 2004 (2004-04-30)	Danny Bois	London Knights (OHL)	multi-year	Free agency	^[28]
May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)	Kelly Guard	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)	multi-year	Free agency	^[29]

Players lost

More information Date, Player ...

Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02)	Joey Tetarenko	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (VI)	^[31]
July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)	Mathieu Chouinard	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Bob Wren	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Joe Murphy	Lukko (Liiga)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 4]}	^[35]^[36]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Magnus Arvedson	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (III)	^[37]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15)	Toni Dahlman	Ilves (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	^[38]
October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)	Brad Smyth	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)	Free agency (V)	^[39]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Wade Brookbank	Nashville Predators	Waiver draft	^[25]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Denis Hamel	Washington Capitals	Waiver draft	^[25]
October 2003 (2003-10)	David Hymovitz	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[40]
October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	Jeff Ulmer	Cardiff Devils (EIHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[41]
November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)	Dean Melanson	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[42]
May 12, 2004 (2004-05-12)	Julien Vauclair	HC Lugano (NLA)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 5]}	^[44]

Signings

More information Date, Player ...

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2003 (2003-06-11)	Shane Hnidy	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21)	Bryan Smolinski	4-year	Re-signing	^[46]
June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26)	Brian Pothier	1-year	Option exercised	^[47]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)	Jody Hull	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Martin Prusek	1-year	Re-signing	^[49]
July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16)	Wade Redden	multi-year	Re-signing	^[50]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Wade Brookbank	multi-year	Re-signing	^[51]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Josh Langfeld	multi-year	Re-signing	^[51]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)	Dennis Bonvie	2-year	Re-signing	^[52]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Serge Payer	1-year	Re-signing	^[15]
October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)	Martin Havlat	1-year	Re-signing	^[53]
February 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)	Rob Ray	1-year	Re-signing	^[54]
April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)	Neil Komadoski	multi-year	Entry-level	^[55]
April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)	Grant Potulny	1-year	Entry-level	^[56]

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held on June 21 and June 22, 2003 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[57]

More information Round, # ...

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
1	29	Patrick Eaves	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
2	67	Igor Mirnov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
3	100	Philippe Seydoux	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (NLA)
4	135	Matt Karlsson	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
5	142	Tim Cook	United States	River City Lancers (USHL)
5	166	Sergei Gimayev	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)
7	228	Will Colbert	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8	269	Ossi Louhivaara	Finland	KooKoo (Mestis)
9	291	Brian Elliott	Canada	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA)

Farm teams

Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)

Notes

Hossa and Redden both missed the game due to injury. They were replaced by Glen Murray of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Kubina of the Tampa Bay Lightning, respectively.^[8]
Washington’s 9th-round pick in 2004^[12]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[30]
Ottawa retained Murphy’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[34]
Ottawa retained Vauclair’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.^[43]

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2003–04_Ottawa_Senators_season

Offseason

Regular season

Highlights

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

Notes

References

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