Ottawa Sens making room for prospects to flourish

Ottawa Senators Erik Condra during practice at the Bell Centre in Montreal Thursday April 16, 2015. The Ottawa Senators play the Montreal Canadiens in game two of the 2015 playoffs Friday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia NetworkThe Senators quickly found out they erred last summer by signing veteran David Legwand just in case Jean-Gabriel Pageau wasn't quite ready for prime time.

They refused to travel down the same road again as the 2015 free agent market opened.

Instead of inking their own Erik Condra or any other proven NHLer, GM Bryan Murray opted to only add three players who are ticketed to start the season with their farm team.

"We liked Erik a lot, we tried real hard to encourage him to stay…