The most recent Canadian entry into the NHL, the Ottawa Senators began play in 1992, but were not the first team named the Senators to play in Ottawa, as a franchise under the same name began play in the 1930's, but folded a year after moving to St. Louis. The early years of the current incarnation were a disaster, to say the least, as the team finished in the basement for the first four years of their existence. The captaincy is a good reflection on the team's successes and failures.
The inaugural year of 1992-93 had Laurie Boschman as the team captain. The following year, three different players served as the captain: Mark Lamb, Brad Shaw, and Gord Dineen. The lockout shortened season had the team go without a captain before Randy Cunneyworth was named captain. He is only one of two players to have served more than one season as the Senators' captain, doing so from 1995 until 1998. The 1998-99 season had Alexei Yashin wear the C, but much like the 1995-96 season, a contract dispute would derail his chance at a second season with the C and eventually, he would be traded to the New York Islanders in 2001. In his place as captain is the active longest serving captain in the NHL Daniel Alfredsson, who started wearing the C in 1999.
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