With the Ottawa Senators’ training camp well underway, fans may have questions pertaining to the new veterans that GM Pierre Dorion recently traded for. The acquisitions of Derek Stepan, Cedric Paquette, and Braydon Coburn have brought the number of one-way deals up to seventeen, on top of established players on two-way deals like Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson.
This doesn’t seem ideal for a rebuilding team with prospects like Logan Brown, Josh Norris, and Alex Formenton looking to make the jump to the NHL. There obviously should be at least some concern regarding the number of spots available and I think the roster is too congested at the moment, but I can still see the logic in the approach the Sens are taking here.