The Senators made a splash today, placing two names on waivers:
The Nikita Zaitsev move in general feels like it had been a long time coming. Zaitsev infamously came over to the Sens from the Maple Leafs as a salary dump in the trade that primarily saw Cody Ceci and Connor Brown trade teams. He’s played 182 games for the Sens, putting up 41 points, and a 45.5% share of the 5v5 shot attempts, good enough for 12th-worst among defencemen in that span (min. 100 games played). From an eye-test perspective, he does seem to struggle with the puck on his stick, and last night he both made the mistake that set up the Canucks’ first goal, and took a penalty late that gave them a powerplay to score an insurance goal.