So far, I’m quite happy with the offseason the Senators are having if only because they haven’t done anything blatantly silly. Last offseason, we saw some veteran, mostly-past-their-prime acquisitions paired with a relatively big contract for a goaltender who hadn’t been great in a few seasons. If the Sens had gone down that path again this offseason, I would’ve been concerned.
Instead, we saw Ottawa move Evgeni Dadonov’s contract, for better or for worse, for a stable, veteran defender in Nick Holden and then they spent a couple bucks at the free agency farmers market on Michael Del Zotto.