AHL cancellation spells disappointment for deserving prospects

With the spread of COVID-19 across the globe, most, if not all professional and junior sports teams alike have made the decision to cancel or at least pause their respective seasons. The NHL, as well as the AHL and ECHL, were no exceptions to that, as the two lower leagues decided to cancel their seasons, while the NHL is on pause.

Upon hearing this devastating news I thought of how bad this is for the development of all the Ottawa Senators prospects. Most of the teams’ prospects were playing for the Belleville Senators in the AHL, while some were in the NHL, and others in Europe.

Now all the players who were nearing a critical stage in their player development will need to put that on hold…