Ottawa Senators Sterling Predictions Revisited, Part 2: Trades

Yesterday we revisited part one of our “Sterling Predictions” that were made back in October, which focused on who was going to lead the Ottawa Senators in scoring. Today we have part two, which asked about trades in the 2021-22 season. Predicting trades is always difficult to do, but the Silver Seven staff tried their best to see into the future:

Who will be the first player traded? Are the Sens buyers or sellers at the deadline?

In reality, the first answer was Nick Paul, as there were other deals that brought in Dylan Gambrell and Travis Hamonic, but neither of those included an NHLer being shipped out of town. Paul was of course dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mathieu Joseph and a…