Entering play with an exciting mix of young talent and veteran experience, expectations for this group are considerably high
The Ottawa Senators forward group is finally starting to take shape as this rebuild continues, prospects are finally starting to position themselves inside the top-6.
Much of the excitement surrounding the Senators during the lead up to the season has to do with 3rd overall pick Tim Stuetzle and his imminent appearance on Friday night, but that’s not the tip of the iceberg. Coach D.J. Smith has a lot more at his disposal this season, Brady Tkachuk entering his third season of NHL hockey, a primed Drake Batherson, Josh Norris and a proven goal scorer in Evgenii Dadonov.
#sens lines Tuesday
— Brent Wallace (@localpodcaster) January 12, 2021
Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Stuetzle-Stepan-Dadonov
Paul-Tierney-C.Brown
Paquette-Anisimov-Watson
Galchenyuk-White-Haley
While these lines aren’t championship calibre they’re however very exciting, especially in the top-6 where you have a line consisting of players all under 22 years of age and the other line has the recent 3rd overall pick and a perennial 20-goal scorer. The rest of the lineup is pretty veteran-heavy, especially the fourth line, this forward group should be much more competitive than they were last season. Look for the team to improve on their 23rd ranked offence (2.69 G/GP) from the season prior.