Ottawa Senators: Predicting the Opening Day Lineup

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OTTAWA, ON – NOVEMBER 27: Erik Brannstrom #26 of the Ottawa Senators skates in a game against the Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre on November 27, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images) /

With the upcoming NHL season surrounded by uncertainty, I tried my best to predict the Senators opening day roster for 2020-21

With such an exciting prospect pool, the future of the Ottawa Senators relies on their young stars and most of them will have a great chance to kickstart their NHL careers next season.

While Ottawa has some key veterans still on the roster, it will be important to focus on what’s important for the future of the team. With veterans such as Bobby Ryan, Artem Anisimov and potentially Ron Hainsey, whether the Senators want to keep the latter two as fringe NHLers will be interesting to see.

With hopeful AHL graduates waiting in the wings, those names including Drake Batherson, Josh Norris, Logan Brown, Alex Formenton and Rüdolfs Balcers, Pierre Dorion will have to make some difficult decisions on what course of development these prospects require. Having such exciting prospects moving up the ranks, along with two top-5 draft picks in the upcoming draft, Ottawa should have a marketable roster unlike those of recent years.

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