FILIP KUBA RUMORS & GOSSIP

Here's your update: No formal contract talks with Karlsson yet; None with Filip Kuba and none with Matt Carkner. You're welcome. #Sens — Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) May 29, 2012 So there's a little morsel of information to satiate your appetite for Senators-related news. With NHL Free Agency set to open on July 1st at noon, the Senators have a slightly more than...

Make sure to follow Travis on Twitter! -- Over the past month, I've spent a ton of time outlining the pros and cons of Filip Kuba's potential return to the Ottawa Senators as an UFA this summer. At the end of 2010-2011, Filip Kuba's career as a hockey player had hit a new low. The rearguard had become the ultimate defensive pylon -- never looking comfortable in...

  As the object of fan and media derision last summer, Filip Kuba was without a question, an easy target for ridicule. Coming off one of the worst statistical seasons in modern team history – 2 goals, 16 points, +/- of -26 – everyone was looking forward to the day that his contract expired or the day that he was traded or waived; whichever came first. (To put in perspective...

Make sure to follow Travis on Twitter! -- One season ago, the mere thought of retaining Filip Kuba past the expiration of his contract in 2012 would've been grounds for heresy. After all, Kuba's '10-'11 season was an unmitigated disaster, highlighted by defensive gaffes en masse and a serious offensive regression, with just sixteen points(2G/14A) in sixty-four...

Filip Kuba of the Ottawa Senators is posting a +28 +/- rating so far this season. This is the highest +/- for any player who is not a member of the Boston Bruins. Last season he posted a -26 +/- rating. There were five worse players in the league by raw +/-. Since Kuba played only 64 games in 2010/11, he had the worst +/- on a per game basis in the league. We are seeing a significant...

For the first time since November, the Bruins will wake up Saturday morning looking up at another team in the Northeast Division standings. The Ottawa Senators took over the division lead when Filip Kuba scored 3:07 into overtime to beat Montreal Friday night. The Senators now have 84 points with a 37-25-10 record, one more than the Bruins (40-27-3, 83 points). The Bruins fall all...

Filip Kuba scored 3:07 into overtime Friday night as the Ottawa Senators moved into first place in the Northeast Division with a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. After taking a pass from Daniel Alfredsson, Kuba beat Carey Price with a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. Erik Karlsson assisted on Kuba's winner, giving him four points in his last three games...

Defenseman Filip Kuba scored 3:07 into overtime as host Ottawa moved into first place in the Northeast Division by topping Montreal 2-1 in overtime Friday. Colin Greening also scored and Ben Bishop turned aside 13 shots for the Senators, who improved to 3-0-2 in their last five games and ended the Boston Bruins' 107-day reign atop the division. In overtime, Kuba'...

Filip Kuba scored 3:07 into overtime Friday night as the Ottawa Senators moved into first place in the Northeast Division with a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. After taking a pass from Daniel Alfredsson, Kuba beat Carey Price with a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. Erik Karlsson assisted on Kuba's winner, giving him four points in his last three games...

Ottawa Senators defenseman Filip Kuba will miss the next three to four weeks with a left shoulder injury, coach Paul MacLean confirmed to the Ottawa Citizen. Rookie Jared Cowen is expected to see an increase in minutes while filling in for the 34-year-old Kuba, who was injured in a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Nov. 29. Kuba has collected two goals, six assists and 12 penalty...