While all of us are unfortunately caught up in all of the Erik Karlsson rumours, news broke about two of the team’s important young players on Friday afternoon.
As per TSN’s Brent Wallace, forward Mark Stone and defenceman Cody Ceci have filed for player-elected arbitration by today’s 5:00pm deadline. This means that neither can accept an offer sheet (if magically proposed), and that both will be back with the Senators next season unless there’s a trade.
Stone is coming off a career year (20G, 42A, 62P in 58GP) and a three-year contract that carried a $3.