At the time of writing this, the Ottawa Senators find themselves some ~$20M under the salary cap floor. Rumours continue to swirl about dead contracts the Senators can absorb from cap-crunching teams across the league and about free agents the organization could pick up to round out the roster and get closer to the floor. Internally you can ear-mark players like Joey Daccord, Filip Chlapik, and Rudolfs Balcers for two-way contracts that won’t really move the needle cap-wise as these players have not earned arbitration rights yet. A few players, however, have the games under their belt to demand a bit more compensation and who, combined, could get Ottawa much closer to that $20M in missing puzzle pieces.
Weekly Question: Which Arbitration-Eligible RFA Should Ottawa Prioritize?
