Pierre Dorion and the Ottawa Senators management staff has always said that this year was going to be about getting the young players inside the organization to develop. Well, following a pretty disappointing training camp for the young players, the Ottawa Senators saw only three young rookies make the team. Only one remains following the first two games of the season.
Drake Batherson, Filip Chlapik, and Erik Brannstrom were the only three young players to make the opening night roster for the Ottawa Senators following a training camp that was supposed to be highly competitive and supposed to yield results of younger players making the team.