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Good to be Home for Robitaille

Posted by Roy Mlakar on October 18, 2007

Upon clearing waivers and joining the Ottawa Senators, forward Randy Robitaille says "it's good to return home. It's always a hassle to find a house, schools, doctors etc. when going to a new team." For Randy, Ottawa will be his ninth team in his long career with the NHL.

The good news is, he lives in Kanata and knows his way around the city in which he grew up. His memories of the field where Scotiabank Place is now built are fond ones. "It's going to be especially fun joining a team that has as much success as the Senators," Robitaille says.

Randy becomes the third current Senators player who grew up in the Ottawa area, joining Luke Richardson and Shean Donovan. To think that Randy and his family can now actually live in their own home is a bonus! (for the record, former assistant coach Perry Pearn, now with  the Rangers,  was one of many of Robitaille's former tenants).

Good luck, Randy, and welcome home!

Watch for my next blog post, when I will answer many of your questions and comments regarding the Sens television broadcast schedule.


Comments

Good morning Mr. Mlakar,

I represent a small group of people (thus far) that have been quite interested in the establishment of a Senators cable/satellite ready television station. This could open up new opportunities for the franchise to be able to control their own content and air games that are typically shelfed throughout the year. On the popular social networking site, Facebook, I have created a group and come up with some ideas I think that would (with some negotiations) benefit the club and the loyal 'Sens Army.' Some of these ideas include:

Senators games
Senators Overtime
Pregame 'Warmup'
Post Game Report
Past games played
Extensive player profiles
Extensive prospect profiles
Features with the coaching staff about coaching, skating, conditioning, diet, workout, etc.
Gameday Diary (... give a camera to a player and ask them to take footage throughout the day, documenting what it is that hockey players do to get ready)
Special little spots with Dean Brown, Gord Wilson and Stuntman Stu (without these three, home games would suck)
Negotiate for Binghamton Senators Games
Negotiate for Ottawa 67s Games
Other Scotiabank Place sanctioned events

As you can see, I have been quite busy mulling this over from time to time. I am quite glad you will take the time to answer some of our questions about broadcasts in your next blog, so I really look forward to that and thank for reading these posts.

Cheers,

Will Samuel
loyal, red and ready


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