Michael Del Zotto Makes Shocking Statement About Ottawa Senators

The 33-year-old former NHL defenseman claims that the Senators sent him down to the AHL not because of his performance, but as a punishment to the rest of the team, who really enjoyed Michael's presence.

Del Zotto was bought out the summer after this season finished. It was his last time on an NHL contract.

The numbers do not necessarily tell the whole story, but they do back up Del Zotto's point. He was putting up pretty good offensive numbers, especially by his standards and he was on a pretty bad team. Certainly they did not have 6 defenseman that were better than him at the time.

Del Zotto played in 736 games with eight different NHL clubs. He recorded 63 goals and 263 points in his career along with over one thousand blocked shots and 1600 hits. He also wore six different numbers throughout his career, an unusual amount for sure.