Ottawa Sun · Sep 19, 2015
Daniel Alfredsson goes from friend to boss
The Ottawa Senators senior advisor of hockey operations Daniel Alfredsson, left, speaks with assistant general manager Pierre Dorion, center, and assistant general manager Randy Lee at the Senators NHL training camp on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick DoyleHe was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on Dec. 11, 1972, didn't visit North America until 1995 and has lived in Detroit the last two years.
But now Daniel Alfredsson is "home", where he spent 17 hockey seasons establishing himself as the best player the Senators have ever had.
What drew him back to Canada's capital?
"The history we have with this city," said Alfredsson.