The next month in the NHL is going to be quite hectic. Protection lists will be made public on Sunday, the Expansion Draft is on Wednesday, the NHL Draft is on Friday/Saturday the 23rd/24th, and free agency begins on the following Wednesday, the 28th. Big signings and trades usually happen for a few weeks, so there will be plenty to discuss well into mid-August, which has never happened before.
As we inch closer to the Expansion Draft, I wanted to look at some possible names that the Ottawa Senators could look at acquiring, specifically on defense.