The Ottawa Senators have served notice to the Atlantic Division that they won’t be pushed around. Article content

After taking it on the chin from the Montreal Canadiens in a 5-0 loss on Tuesday in Quebec City, the Senators served notice on Friday night that they won’t stand still by acquiring Kurtis MacDermid from the New Jersey Devils in a deal that sent rugged winger Zack MacEwen the other way. Article content Article content

Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, had been scouring the market for some toughness to take some of the pressure off captain Brady Tkachuk to be the club’s enforcer.

MacDermid, 31, who has two years left on a deal that will pay him $1.15 million US, should help play that role. He has amassed 391 penalty minutes in 288

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