I saw some people say that Pronman is always so anti-Senators-which I don’t buy considering he gave them an A in the 2020 draft-but even if he was, having 10 Senators on this list is even more impressive since he’s supposedly “harsher” on them. He had Tim Stützle (7), Brady Tkachuk (8), Josh Norris (22), Jake Sanderson (27), Shane Pinto (58), Alex Formenton (86), Erik Brännström (98), Jacob Bernard-Docker (118), Egor Sokolov (161), and Ridly Greig (166) on his list, which is quite the representation from Ottawa. To put that into perspective, the average team has just over five players in that group of 166.
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He ranked 194 players and had seven Senators in the top 98, plus 10 in the top 166. The Athletic’s Corey Pronman released his top U23 players a few days ago, and the Senators are sitting pretty. If the best offers for him are late-round picks and the Senators aren’t going to get another forward, it’d be better to just play him in Ottawa and see if he can stick. But he needs to stay healthy because he hasn’t been able to since he was drafted five years ago. I think a one-year, one-way deal is fair since this is a make-or-break year for him.ĭoes he still have potential? Absolutely, and I was one of his strongest supporters in the past. I do wonder what both sides would be looking for in a contract though because he’s clearly too good for the AHL but hasn’t been able to prove much in the NHL. If Brown is willing to sign a one-year deal in Ottawa, he might make the team by default-however, that assumes he is healthy, which is never a good assumption. Unless they acquire somebody else or Nick Paul moves to centre, there isn’t really much competition at this position, especially if White moves to the right side with a vacant spot left by Dadonov. The Senators centre depth includes Josh Norris, Colin White, and Chris Tierney as locks, plus Shane Pinto and Logan Brown as other options. I thought for sure he was going to be traded in the off-season, but the only thing they’ve done to the forwards is get rid of Dadonov. Logan Brown is their only other unsigned RFA and he’s a bit of a forgotten man. Either way, I’m counting on an expensive new contract and a ‘C’ on his sweater very shortly. It doesn’t sound like a long-term deal is guaranteed, but it’s nice hearing that it is a distinct possibility. What that says to me is both sides agree getting Tkachuk in camp is a priority.” If that can’t get done soon, it’s very possible the two sides will switch to something shorter. “Over the last little while, the word is the Senators and Tkachuk have been grinding away on a long-term deal - believed to be similar to Thomas Chabot’s 8x8 extension.
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There has been plenty of speculation about what Tkachuk wants, and the latest update from Elliotte Friedman is that the two sides are in a good position: It hasn’t reached “panic” territory yet, although it’s fair to be a bit antsy about when this contract is going to be finalized. Brady Sagaīrady Tkachuk remains unsigned, although there are still other high-profile names on that RFA list including Rasmus Dahlin, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov, Kailer Yamamoto, and others. I wouldn’t say Ottawa is out of the woods yet with this rebuild, but they are on the right track with the next step being the hardest one. Because adding to your young talent can be the difference between being the Edmonton Oilers or the Pittsburgh Penguins. That is the one thing that will make or break him as a good GM for Ottawa, and that will be tested over the next few seasons.
This is definitely another “zone” as Dorion calls it, but I hope they can be aggressive in terms of supplementing the young talent they already have.ĭorion has done a great job at drafting NHLers, but what he and his staff have severely underperformed in is acquiring established NHL talent. If the Senators finish in the bottom five in the league again, I certainly wouldn’t say the rebuild is over.
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In terms of the “rebuild,” there are a lot of semantics going on because I wouldn’t necessarily say they are still in a rebuild in the sense that they are tearing it down and amassing draft picks, but they are still “rebuild ing” as they have yet to make the playoffs. Yes, their young players will be better and that will help, but they haven’t been able to capitalize on adding surrounding talent yet. They have swapped Evgenii Dadonov for Nick Holden (a lateral move at best) and added Michael Del Zotto. At the same time, it would have been nice for them to be out of the rebuild in a much more defined way by adding to the NHL roster in the off-season. #Sens- Bruce Garrioch September 7, 2021Īs the GM of a team, he’s obviously going to be optimistic and is only going to say positive things like this, so I get why it was said. Now we're stepping into another zone," says Dorion.