Ottawa Senators Claim Forward Gabriel Dumont Off Waivers

The Ottawa Senators have struggled to fill out their bottom six forwards this season. Often times they have chosen to use eleven defencemen as a result. In order to remedy this the Sens claimed forward Gabriel Dumont off waivers today.

Gabriel Dumont was placed on waivers by Tampa Bay yesterday and the Ottawa Senators opted to claim him. For those of you that haven’t heard of him, I’m not surprised. He’s a fringe NHL player and someone who isn’t going to make a huge impact. However, he can serve as a nice stopgap for the Sens until Colin White is ready or Zack Smith returns from injury.

Who Is Gabriel Dumont

Dumont is a 27 year old centre that has played seven games this season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. In those games he registered zero points. In 64 career games over the past six seasons he has registered three goals, four assists, for seven points. He’s not exactly an offensive dynamo.

History With Guy Boucher

A big reason of why he was picked up has to do with his connection to Guy Boucher. Boucher coached him back in Hamilton in the AHL. This isn’t the first time that a player from Boucher’s past is brought in on his request. Other examples are Tom Pyatt and Chris DiDomenico.

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His Role

It will be interesting to see if this can work out as Dumont is under contract for next season as well. For than likely he will just fill a spot until the Sens regulars are ready to return to the lineup.