So this is the point we’ve come to...
It’s the middle of summer and hockey talk is barren, so I decided to task myself with the improbable: try and connect Phil Esposito, one of the greatest hockey players of all time, in some way to the Ottawa Senators.
Through a series of twenty transactions (i.e. a trade or a player being drafted with a traded pick), I have successfully connected the Sault Ste. Marie native to the Dion Phaneuf blockbuster of 2016. All connecting players will be marked in italics.