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Its happening already. Jack Tatum Womens Jersey . The regular season has not even begun and the Ottawa Senators are already answering questions about whether or not theyve got the offence to compete. For a team that scored the second-fewest goals in the NHL last season and is currently in the midst of its first true rebuilding phase in franchise history, the Senators know this year may be a rough ride. The young Senators have found mixed success thus far in the preseason, putting up a 3-3-1 record mostly against divisional foes like Montreal, Boston and Toronto. However, the team is yet to score more than three goals in any game, meaning the team may have to lean on their less experienced young core. But a lack of experience doesnt necessarily mean therell be a lack of goals. "We feel like weve got a lot of players who are new to the league and still can prove to people what they can do," said last seasons leading scorer Jason Spezza. Spezza, whose 57-point seasons last year and in 2009-10 were well short of the success he enjoyed in the first four seasons after the lockout, foresees a more balanced effort than the one-line dominance the Senators had come to rely on during their dominant years. "I think goal-scoring by committee will be our approach this year," he said. "Weve done nothing to prove we cant score goals yet. We feel like everybody can chip in and we can win hockey games." Young talent, thankfully, is something the Senators have in spades. With the exodus of much of the teams veteran core last season, the door has been opened for a lot of recent draftees, farmhands and acquisitions to step in and earn an everyday role. Nikita Filatov, Bobby Butler, Stephane Da Costa, David Rundblad and even 2011 sixth-overall pick Mika Zibanejad all have the opportunity to grab top minutes with the team in 2011-12. Zibanejad is up to the challenge. "Theres a difference between preseason and the regular season for sure," he said. "Well see now that every team has their best [line-up] and youve got to take your game to the next level." Butler, too, sees the teams young core coming together. After a 36-game audition with the club in 2010-11, hes seen both sides of the transition the club has undertaken and is not worried about a lack of offence. "I think if everyone just works on buying into our system, I think goals will come," Butler said. "If every guy thinks that way, there wont be as much pressure for everyone." One area where the Sens are much improved from this time last year is between the pipes. After an off-and-on season from the likes of Brian Elliott, Pascal Leclaire and Curtis McElhinney last season, the team has shored up its last line of defence by inking trade-deadline acquisition Craig Anderson to a four-year contract extension. And if Ottawa fans were worried about Anderson growing restless due to a lack of support, he quickly put any of those concerns to rest. "Throughout my entire career Ive played on low-scoring teams," Anderson said of his time in Florida, Colorado and the pre-Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks. "Its nothing new to me." For Anderson, hes more concerned with getting a solid defensive effort. "You start off with one point at the start of the game and if you play solid defensively and take away their chances you still give yourself that opportunity to get [the extra] point at the end of the night." James Jones Womens Jersey . While Canadian women have stood on the Olympic podium in the sport, a Canadian man never has. Jim Plunkett Raiders Jersey . Cassano has been at the Policlinico facility since Saturday, when he was taken for tests after suffering what the club described as a brain problem on the team plane following the teams 3-2 victory over Roma. MANCHESTER, England -- Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko grabbed two goals each and Sergio Aguero scored on his return from injury as Manchester City swept to a 5-0 win over Blackburn in an FA Cup third-round replay on Wednesday. In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Citys largely second-string lineup took a while to get going, with Negredo opening the scoring in first-half injury time, but the Premier League side was irrepressible after the break. Aguero scored within a minute of coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute following a month out with a calf injury, capping a perfect night for City manager Manuel Pellegrini. "You saw the difference between a (League) Championship and a Premier League team," Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer said. "That was clinical ... Its phenomenal." The 1-1 draw at Ewood Park on Jan. 4 was the only time City had failed to win in its last 10 matches and this replay will have been an irritation for Pellegrini, with his teams fixture schedule clogged up due to its continued innvolvement in four competitions this season. Derek Carr Womens Jersey. For that reason, he fielded a shadow side except for Fernandinho in central midfield and the twin strikeforce of Dzeko and Negredo, who have been in great form during the eight-game absence of Aguero. Negredo, in particular, has been proved unstoppable this season and the Spain striker took his tally in five months in English football to 20 goals with a header that lit up an otherwise forgettable first half. Jesus Navas set clear Fernandinho down the right and the Brazilians cross to the back post was headed forcefully into the net by Negredo. The second half was a different story as City cut loose. Negredo scampered onto a curling, crossfield pass by substitute Aleksandar Kolarov to clip a finish high into the net in the 47th minute and Dzeko expertly turned in Navas cut-back to make it 3-0 in the 67th. Aguero, who has been out since Dec. 14, came on to a great reception and was soon celebrating a goal as he swiveled to shoot low into the net from Dzekos pass. Dzeko had the final say from another Navas cross in the 79th. City scored four or more goals in a game for the 11th time this season. It has 64 goals in 16 home matches.cheap jerseys ' ' '



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