It's a big thing. There are only 73 players who have ever scored 1,000 points in their career. The list is star-studded and starts with Gordie Howe, and  plows through Jean Béliveau, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Hull, Mike Bossy, and Mario lemieux, just to name a few. And two Senators are on the cusp of making that list.


The first is Alex Kovalev who after a career that now spans nearly 17 years and 1,215 games, is only 12 points away from becoming the 74th name on that list. Can he do it this season? He sure can, before the Olympic break, Kovie was hot, scoring 10 points in the final 8 games before the break (perhaps to teach a lesson to the Russian powers-that-be that left him off the Olympic team). Will he do it? That depends. Kovie has to want it enough. He is on a two-year deal with the Sens and is therefore a shoe-in to break the mark sooner or later.

The other is of course, captain Daniel Alfredsson. Alfie has a chance of breaking the mark in 1,000 games, a feat only 50 players have ever done. But it will require some work. Including his 3-point performance against the Oilers on Tuesday, Alfie is now 13 games away from the 1,000 mark and 25 points away from that same number, which translates into a 2-point a game performance. Unlikely? Sure, but it depends on many factors, not the least of which is how much Alfie wants it. The captain is a great role model in that he leads by example, but that doesn't mean he can't turn it up a notch when he wants to, as he's shown during the playoffs. I grant you that Alfie is mostly a "point-a-game" man (and who can fault him for that type of production), but it would be too bad if the 1,000 in a 1,000 slipped past and Alfie looked back at his 98-99 season as the culprit, the only season where he was far from producing his average of a point a game.

No matter what happens, the name of Daniel Alfredsson will once and for all be recognized across the leagues with other luminary puck handlers, as is his just right. Too long has the Senators captain been underrated in my opinion.