With the way the Senators’ blue line has performed of late, something had to give.
News Release: #Sens recall Fredrik Claesson and Michael Kostka from Binghamton (AHL): https://t.co/IbNW55f91K
— Sens communications (@Media_Sens) December 30, 2015
The Senators’ communications department also noted that Claesson will wear number 49 while Kostka will don 21. Only Michel Picard, Chris Kelly, Danny Bois and Francis Lessard have worn 49 while Kostka is the first player since Nikita Filatov to wear 21. (And as an aside, holy shit does that Filatov stuff feel like it was a long time ago.