Colin White’s college career could be over as early as this weekend.
That doesn’t mean he’ll immediately join the Senators.
While the club would like its No. 21 overall selection in 2015 to leave Boston College and try to make the Senators next season, there are no guarantees he’ll be ready to play in the NHL next week if the Eagles are eliminated by Vermont in the best-of-three quarterfinal that starts Friday.
The landscape among the Ottawa forward group has changed with the arrival of Alex Burrows (Vancouver), Viktor Stalberg (Carolina) and Chris DiDomenico (Switzerland) before the March 1 trade deadline, while Bobby Ryan (finger) and Chris Neil (finger) are both expected to return.