Senators Prospect Report: Preparing for the Playoffs

1 year ago  /  The Hockey Writers

A lot has changed in the last few weeks. The Ottawa Senators went from having two experienced goalies to having to rely on two rookies after both went down with long-term injuries, traded away Tyler Motte for Julien Gauthier and a draft pick, implying that they were going to be sellers at the deadline again, then blew everyone away by for just three draft picks. A lot will have to go right for them to continue to play into April and May, but there is no doubt that the rebuild is finally over. So when he was called up to Ottawa on Feb. 14 to start his very first NHL game, replacing the injured Anton Forsberg, not a lot was expected of him. Although he has just 32 points in 53 games this season, 19 of those points are goals, which ranks 29th in the AHL....

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