Two years ago the Senators farm system was in dire straits. Now they have themselves a good group of prospects once again after these last two drafts.
Between about 2008 and 2013, the Ottawa Senators farm system had been consistently lauded as a top-notch group. At its peak the organization had blue chippers like David Rundblad, Jared Cowen, Jakob Silfverberg, Mika Zibanejad, Patrick Wiercioch, Robin Lehner, Mark Stone, Stephane Da Costa, Matt Puempel, and Stefan Noesen. Not only that, they had some "lesser" prospects at the time such as Mike Hoffman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Shane Prince, Erik Condra, and Colin Greening.