Mike Condon Clears Waivers, Mike McKenna Called Up

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesAs expected, Mike Condon cleared waivers and the Senators decided to swap backup Mikes and call up Mike McKenna, signalling what the expected Condon to Belleville move. By all accounts, Mike Condon seems like a great guy to have in the room but he has hit a wall since last season and hasn’t shown any signs of improvement. I will assume they will try to get him some games in Belleville and see if that gets him back in some sort of groove. On the other end of the spectrum, Mike McKenna gets another shot at a NHL job with this call-up and it will be interesting to see at what level he is playing as the 35-year old only played 2 NHL games with the Dallas Stars last season (1-1 record) . McKenna is not a stranger to the Ottawa Senators organization as he was part of the farm team in Binghamton in the 2011-2012 season playing in 41 games with a 14-22-1 record. He has jumped around between the Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, Dallas Stars and now back to Ottawa after he was signed as a free agent to be a mentor to our young goalie prospects down in Belleville. According to Ian Mendes, it seems that we may be seeing McKenna in action this weekend, I would suspect it to be on Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres.

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