Shane Prince and Matt Puempel are sitting beside each other in the corner of the Senators' dressing room these days.
Talk about staring your competition in the face.
When the final Senators roster is selected for the Oct. 8 opening night against the Buffalo Sabres, only one of them is going to be here so neither should get very comfortable because only one is spot open up front on this team and they're both trying to get it.
So, given their proximity in the room and the expectations placed on both of them, Puempel was asked if they keep an eye on what the other guys are doing?