Ottawa senators’ Thomas Chabot hit 500 playmark in NHL

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Thomas Chabot reached a phase for the game No. 500 of the National Hockey League career in Saturday night.

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However, the defender of Ottawa senators has a more critical number that he wants to achieve in his career: touch the first playoff game in this spring.

Chabot, 28, an alternative Captain, in 2015, he witnessed the Senators No. 18 by Senators in the National Hockey League project, but did not have an opportunity to see a playoffs in the Canadian Tire Center.

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“This is awesome,” said the senators, to start a three-way journey of senators, said before opposing the Devils in the Prudential Center. “It’s so crazy to be a little kid to be a little kid to play in my NHL and now playing in my 500s.

“Playing every game in Ottawa is a pretty special play. It’s always where I want to be.”

Chabot grew out of the city of Quebec in Saint-Marie. The mother, closed, is a hairdresser, his father François, other grandfather, other grandfather, other grandfather, are the teachers who are accompanied by senator players.

Chabot said that NHL thinks about traveling a lot about traveling to the roles of Saturday and his parents.

“It makes you look for a lot of things,” Chabot said. “To be a child to be a child who plays hockey to all your parents. My parents will not be there, but I will definitely think about them.”

Chabot is a fourth defender suitable for a group of 500 senators covering the fourth defender, Chris Phillips, Wade Redden and Eric Karlsson. Chabot entered the first 499 matches for 292 scores and 225 assists for 225 assists.

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“He is a heart and a guy,” said Shane Pinto. “I am very happy for him. It’s been a lot of years here and spent in some difficult times. Five hundred games in this league are not easy.”

This is the best position of senators chabot in the preparation of many plevers from the future. In 2017, when they did this to the eastern conference against Pittsburgh penguins, it was with them, but did not match any playoffs.

Chabot, on October 18, 2016, against Arizona coyots, but later this season of this season was sent to Junior hockey in accordance with only one game, but later.

“It’s a big stage, but there was a lot of games in him,” said Senators head coach Travis Green. “He is a fantastic skater, he loves the game and he must have a long career … knock on the fire.”

Senators preparing to face the devils, the first wild playoffs in the Eastern Conference of the NHL, the three points with Montreal Canadians and 14 games.

The ugly 5-1 loss in the house against Colorado avalanche on Thursday night and needed a leap back.

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“This is the best part of playing hockey,” said Chabot. “Do you want to be in this situation, you want to play meaningful games, there will be no more places there, no more here. Every guy hugs here.

“We did not go to the way we wanted. We did not play our game and focus on what happened in the past. This should not happen. Every guy was excited, we are excited.

Chabot knows that for the first time in eight years, the season of the season will say to the franchise and the city. He passed through the serious years and his teammates came and passed again. Finally, this list is stable.

“Every boy in this room, the organization and the whole city behind the city would be great for all the city,” said Chabot. “Support for fans, it is very nice to see that he gathered around the whole city, but we focused on what came from us.

“We can’t think too much ahead. We must be ready for every game that comes to the rest of the road.”

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Chabot, as a regular defense partner, helped with the Veteran Nick Jensen, who was obtained from the Washington capitals.

“I think that (Chabot) should give many credits,” Chabot was physically better. “First of all, he said that you have a player you have to come to the mind camp and have a player you have earned.

“His credit, better defends and focuses on defense.”

bgarrioch@postmedia.com

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