Senators preview: Rankings, predictions, playoff chances and more

With the 2018-19 season fast approaching, we're running snapshots of all 31 NHL teams, including point total projections, positional previews, best- and worst-case scenarios and more.

The Ottawa Senators appear poised for a long rebuild. What should be expected out of them in 2018-19?

How they finished in 2017-18: 28-43-11 (67 points), finished 30th in NHL, seventh in the Atlantic Division

So there's this team, and it misses out on the Stanley Cup Final by the margin of one overtime goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. It decides it's so close to winning a championship that it goes all-in the following season and makes this trade for a former All-Star center who told his team he…