The grand plan has worked.
Ottawa lost Daniel Alfredsson once before, when he left via free agency for the Detroit Red Wings. Now that he’s back, it seems everybody did their best to make sure it wouldn’t happen again.
Alfredsson was given the key to the city, a job in the Senators front office, a spot in the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, an honorary degree from Carleton University … what else was left?
On Thursday, he took a break from the process of relocating his wife and kids in the nation’s capital to attend one of his favourite charity events.