Drafting Ottawa Senators Players to Playoff Teams
By Jack Baines
![Mar 1, 2021; Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (left) and defenseman Thomas Chabot (72) celebrate after a second goal by right wing Drake Batherson (middle) against the Calgary Flames in the second period at the Canadian Tire Centre. Mandatory Credit: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports Mar 1, 2021; Ottawa, Ontario, CAN; Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk (left) and defenseman Thomas Chabot (72) celebrate after a second goal by right wing Drake Batherson (middle) against the Calgary Flames in the second period at the Canadian Tire Centre. Mandatory Credit: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/23d3961b921d8c71e21aa30a33ae63eaa973670fecce7509f3e053d06dfe7817.jpg)
4th: Nashville Predators – Connor Brown
Much like St. Louis, the Predators find themselves down 2-0 to one of the league’s best teams and in need of a spark to turn things around. Brown may not have quite the impact of a Brady Tkachuk, but his career-high 21 goals led the Sens and is 8 more than Nashville’s leading scorers Calle Jarnkrok and Mikael Granlund.
Where Brown will help most though is on the penalty kill. Nashville’s 75.4 PK% ranked 29th in the league this season, worst among playoff teams. Brown was a staple on Ottawa’s very respectable 20th ranked penalty kill, and led the league with 5 shorthanded goals.
Nashville is facing an uphill climb against Carolina, but a player like Brown could be the key,