"I know what kind of player I am," said Latendresse. "I know what I can bring to the team and I think Ottawa was a really good fit for me. As far as my injury goes, I’m really 100 per cent now and if I can be the player I was when I first came to Minnesota, I think I can bring a lot to that team.

"I think everybody is real excited (about the signing) around here. I’m excited, I think the coaching staff and everybody is pretty happy about it and we’ll try to make the best out of it."

Season opener at the Bell Centre?" he said with an eye toward the Oct. 11 matchup in Montreal against the Canadiens. "I looked at the calendar already. That’s going to be pretty exciting and it’s going to be pretty fun. The rivalry with those guys ... it's going to be great."