Our look at the Sens' pending free agents continues. This week we look at the forwards. Yesterday, we looked at long-serving Chris Neil. Today, it's a much newer Senator: Mike Hoffman.
Last season, Mike Hoffman led the Ottawa Senators in goals, but was sometimes demoted in the lineup due to defensive deficiencies. In the summer, he went to arbitration, and the decision took much longer than normal to be handed down. The reasoning: Hoffman was an extremely unique case. As Elliotte Friedman likes to point out, almost nobody gets their first NHL point at age 24 and goes on to produce at the rate Hoffman has.