Despite the looming reality that both the Ottawa and Belleville Senators will eventually end their seasons in the abysses of the Canadian divisions, a lot of us feel a real sense of promise for what next season will bring after Pierre Dorion’s performance at the NHL trade deadline. While the Senators didn’t make any blockbuster moves like years past, they may have finally cleared the path for the players who will determine the future fate of the franchise and we should realistically get a lot of looks at some of Ottawa’s most intriguing prospects at the professional level in the coming weeks.