Welcome, friends and neighbours, to the second installment of our season preview series. Yesterday, nkb tried his hand at the hefty task of unpacking and projecting the Senators’ mightily jumbled forward corps. Today, I’ll tackle the somewhat less formidable task of disassembling and re-constructing Ottawa’s collection of defenders and netminders as training camp proceeds and the regular season looms.
DJ Smith and company will have some tough decisions to make when it comes time to release the final roster for opening night. Management promised a rookie-heavy roster but Pierre Dorion has continued to bring in veteran reinforcements so I struggle to predict with any confidence what direction the staff expect the team to take during this unusual season.