Fansided · Dec 30, 2020
Attempting to Predict Rosters: Defense and Goalies
Ottawa Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot #72 is a top candidate for the captaincy. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
In this mini-series, I am trying my best to predict the opening night roster for the Ottawa Senators this upcoming season. A few days ago, I talked about forwards. You can find that article here. Today, I will attempt to predict the defensemen and goalies for the Sens this year.
First Pair: Chabot-Gudbranson
Would I normally have Erik Gudbranson play with Chabot? Maybe not. I’d rather Guddy in a lesser role, say a top 6 d-man. But given that coach DJ Smith said he will use him as Chabot’s main partner, I had to put these two together.