Placing Ottawa Senators Skaters Into Tiers
By Daniel Bruce
Breaking down the Senators skaters into separate tiers
The Ottawa Senators roster is finally starting to take form as the franchise nears the end of their long rebuild, I thought it’d be a cool exercise to break the roster into four tiers (Elite, Great, Above-Average, Replacement).
This team has an abundance of young talent that’s starting to shine through as the years go by. With already established young stars such as eventual captain Brady Tkachuk and Thomas Chabot, plus young players who’ve just become NHL players such as Josh Norris, Drake Batherson, and Tim Stützle. There’s no denying the talent that the organization has brought in and developed throughout this rebuild, along with some secondary players such as Connor Brown, Nick Paul and Artem Zub who’s roles on this team are crucial for them to succeed.
Near the bottom of the roster, Pierre Dorion and staff have to make some decisions about some veteran players and whether they want to keep them in the organization, hint: they shouldn’t.