After losing 6-0 at home to Florida on Thursday, the Senators have added some veteran toughness.

When you get pushed around in your own rink, as the Ottawa Senators did on Thursday night in a 6-0 loss to the Florida Panthers, it's natural to want to bulk up and push back a little.

The Senators added some size and strength on Saturday morning, calling up forward Bokondji Imama from Belleville. The 27-year-old is 6-foot-1, 221 pounds, finishes his checks hard and has 115 penalty minutes. He also has 10 points in 53 games 

Imama has fought five times in the AHL season, including a notable bout with the headline-grabbing Michael Rempe when he was with the Hartford Wolf Pack. 

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Imama arrives in time for the Sens home game Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, who don't mind a dustup or two. The Devils actually had a line brawl to open their game against the Rangers this week, in response to the earlier antics of the aforementioned Rempe.

The Montreal native is a former Saint John Sea Dog teammate of Thomas Chabot, Mathieu Joseph and Matthew Highmore. Julien Gauthier, who was here last season, was also a Sea Dog on the same team.

If the Senators have two favourite prospect streams, they're definitely Saint John and the University of North Dakota (Jake Sanderson, Shane Pinto, Jakob Bernard-Docker, Tyler Kleven).

Imama has only played in nine career NHL games (Arizona) and has yet to suit up for Ottawa. After what happened on Thursday at the CTC, it wouldn't at all be a surprise to see him stick around until at least the Sens rematch in Florida on Tuesday night.