No one is safe. The Senators have traded Jarkko Ruutu to Anaheim and have swapped goalies with the Avalanche. Brian Elliott winds up in Denver, while Craig Anderson makes his way to Ottawa.

The Ruutu trade was kind of expected. Every team needs a good pest, even though Ruutu hadn't been quite as "pestilential" as usual in Ottawa recently. I have to admit that the Elliott trade was a shocker. As much as people have vilified him, I believe that Elliott is a very good goalie who doesn't get the support he needs.

The Senators have now acquired a ton of picks: a first round and a conditional third for Mike Fisher, a second rounder for Chris Kelly, and a sixth round pick for Ruutu. They've been forced to call back a bunch of newbies from the mini-Sens and we'll all have to get used to the names André Benoît and Francis Lessard. We've already met Colin Greening in a previous game.

In the same gesture, the management has successfully removed nearly $7.7 million from their salary cap. You can see where the management is trying to go, setting itself up for a massive sweep at the drafts and with a lot of dough to go shopping for UFAs. But I'm not sure if Bryan Murray will get the shot at building the new team considering the current public reaction to Murray.

Don't expect Anderson to play immediately. Robin Lehner is likely to get the nod for Chris Kelly's first visit back to the Bank in a Bruins jersey. I hope he gets a warm reception. The Sens organization is usually a class act in saluting ex-Sens on their first visit back to the Bank. I hope they don't break the tradition.

GO SENS GO!!