VandeVelde will be looked at by the coaching staff during training camp and evaluated to see if he is worth signing for the season. He has played 278 career games in the NHL while putting up just 48 points. Last season he spent with the Philadelphia Flyers where he put up 15 points in 81 games. This may seem like a questionable signing for the Ottawa Senators as there doesn’t appear to be any room for him in the lineup. However, the purpose of bringing him in might not even be to sign him
It’s a strange concept bringing a player to training camp with no intention of signing him.