Alfie

In last night's game versus the Calgary Flames, Daniel Alfredsson scored his 400th goal in overtime that gave the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory.  The journey to 400 has been a long, strange one for Alfredsson, picked 133rd overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.  He would go on to win the Calder Trophy in 1996, an opportunity that would likely never have happened had Alexei Yashin held out for the first half of the 1995-96 season.  In fact, Alfredsson would be the team's representative in the All-Star Game for the first three years of his career.  In 1999-2000, Alfredsson would be named captain in the wake of Yashin's contract dispute that year that would see him hold out for the entire year.  Since that season, Alfredsson has been the captain for the Senators team that has seen its share of highs (2007 Stanley Cup Finals) and its lows (2010-11 season). However, it is his commitment to the city of Ottawa that endears him to fans in the city, as well as his younger brother who decided to stay in the city to become a part of the city's Police Service, even with the criticism that comes with being in a Canadian market.  Is he a Hall of Famer?  That's up for debate.  One thing is for sure, Alfredsson has been the face of Ottawa hockey, and the Senators will be a far different team without him.