Craig Anderson: Senators going all out for Karlsson

Craig Anderson is putting Erik Karlsson up on the level of the greatest player in Ottawa Senators history.

Following a win that gave the club a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Bruins, the goaltender equated Karlsson's lead-by-example style to that of Daniel Alfredsson - Ottawa's longtime captain and all-time leading scorer - saying everyone is buying in.

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"He’s starting to remind me a lot (of Alfredsson), where guys are starting to kill themselves for him," Anderson said after Game 4, per Joe McDonald of ESPN.

Alfredsson, of course, led the Senators to the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, but this year's Senators have a long way to go yet.

But Karlsson is indeed proving himself to be a leader both on and off the ice, with an all-world game to back it up.