Between bringing in yet another hometown centre, to signing Kevin Gravel (whoever that is), to pulling the trigger on a pair of good low-risk depth options in analytics darling Nick Shore and Kenny Agostino, Kyle Dubas wasted no time in filling a good chunk of the holes left on his roster.
Oh, and he also stripped Mike Babcock of nearly every single one of his infamous toys. They’re all gone. Hallelujiah.
The exodus began off of the ice weeks ago when both D.J. Smith and Jim Hiller were granted permission to pursue employment opportunities outside of the organization, leading Smith to be brought to Ottawa as their head coach and Hiller to move over to Nashville.