Ottawa Senators Greatest Players: Number – 4 Wade Redden

Today as we count down closer to the greatest Ottawa Senators player of all-time we arrive at number four. He is amongst the highest scoring and longest tenured players in Sens history. Prior to the arrival of the current Captain he would be considered the greatest defenceman in Sens history. Wade Redden sits at number four all-time.

Redden had a strange start to his NHL career as he was a second overall pick but didn’t play for the team that drafted him. He was initially drafted by the New York Islanders but was traded to the Sens in January 1996. This was done because the first overall pick Bryan Berard refused to play for the Sens. Although it was frustrating at the time, this trade…