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Old 06-19-2006, 04:03 PM
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Senators Sign Brian McGrattan and Andy Hedlund
OTTAWA – Ottawa Senators general manager John Muckler today announced the signing of forward Brian McGrattan to a two-year deal and defenceman Andy Hedlund to a one-year deal.

In his first NHL season, McGrattan finished second with the Senators recording 141 penalty minutes in 60 games. The 25-year-old also scored two goals and added three assists while averaging 4:13 of ice-time per game.

The native of Hamilton, Ont., played his first career game in a 3-2 shootout win at Toronto on Oct. 5, 2005, and notched his first career goal against New Jersey Devils’ future hall-of-fame goaltender Martin Brodeur on Nov. 19. McGrattan did not see any post-season action for the Senators.

Hedlund, 28, spent the 2005-06 season with the Krefeld Penguins of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He led all defencemen in points after collecting 12 goals and 22 assists in 52 games.

Hedlund played the three previous seasons with Ottawa’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. He picked up two goals, 13 assists and 103 penalty minutes in 75 games during his last campaign in Binghamton in 2004-05.

In all, Hedlund has recorded seven goals, 39 assists and 259 penalty minutes in 214 AHL games through the 2002-03 to 2004-05 seasons with Binghamton. Undrafted, Hedlund had previously signed a two-year contract with Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2003.
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:09 PM
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McGrattan deserves and has earned this 2-year deal. Lookin' foward to being entertained by this guy for years to come
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:45 PM
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He is a great fighter and this shows there maybe life for a fighter in this league after all.
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:49 PM
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Good for McGrattan. He certainly deserved it...
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Old 06-19-2006, 04:53 PM
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Great news. I am really looking forward to being able to see McGrattan for at least another two seasons.
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:11 PM
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Good for the Sens, this was well deserved for McGrattan!
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:50 PM
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Hopefully this will trigger other clubs, especially same conf/div clubs to re-sign or aquire there tough guy.
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:56 PM
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Great news. I am really looking forward to being able to see McGrattan for at least another two seasons.
I thought you don't watch the NHL
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Old 06-19-2006, 06:14 PM
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Good move signing McGrattan. Hopefully other teams will take note and reward their toughguys (if they have one) with a new contract, or sign one if they don't!
I'm still really down on this league and am taking the wait and see approach before I get excited about anything the nhl does at this point...but this is a step in the right direction.
Nice to see at least 1 team NOT taking the Bobby Clarke approach.
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Old 06-19-2006, 06:24 PM
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Good news to see him sign on for a couple more years. Hopefully he sticks around in the NHL as well, and doesnt get sent to the "A"
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Old 06-19-2006, 06:54 PM
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Great news! Hopefully next season will be a better one for fights!
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Old 06-19-2006, 07:03 PM
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great to see this signing. I'd be very surprised if it's not a one-way deal. He is an NHLer now and great to know he will be Ottawa's enforcer for at least the next 2 seasons.
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Old 06-19-2006, 11:31 PM
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Great news! its good to see these tough guys getting signed.
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Old 06-19-2006, 11:35 PM
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sens did good to sign mcgrattan he prove that he is tough and also he can play the game
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Old 06-19-2006, 11:55 PM
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McGrattan was my favorite fighter from this past year, so I'm happy he was inked a new deal.
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