Speaking of the Sens, Kyle Dubas has hired former Ottawa assistant GM Trent Mann to serve as a player development and scouting advisor. I’d like to think the 50-year-old exec, who spent the past dozen years serving in various posts with the Sens, had some say in drafting their uber-talented core, which includes young studs such as Drake Batherson, Thomas Chabot, Shane Pinto, Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle and Brady Tkachuk.
Jumping the gun a bit, perhaps Mann will do the same for our Pens…a ways down the road, of course.