Ottawa Senators Unveil Their Full Coaching Camp Roster, Whereas We Predict Who Will Make it to Opening Evening

The Ottawa Senators have introduced this yr’s full coaching camp roster, which will likely be held at Canadian Tire Centre and Bell Sensplex. The camp is made up of 5 goaltenders, twenty defencemen and thirty-one forwards. Health testing is ready for Wednesday, and the on-ice stuff will fireplace up on Thursday.

Merely put, there are solely a few jobs up for grabs. 11 of the 12 opening night time ahead spots are taken, 5 of the six defence positions are set, and the goalies will likely be Linus Ullmark and Anton Forsberg.

Here is the total camp roster. The gamers we consider are “certain issues” are in daring. The gamers who will get an extended take a look at camp are indicated with an asterisk. After the lengthy scroll, we’ll share our prediction on which two gamers will seize these final roster availabilities.

Goaltenders (5)

1. Linus Ullmark (Boston – NHL)

2. Anton Forsberg (Ottawa – NHL)

Mads Sogaard (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

Leevi Merilainen (Allen – ECHL, Belleville – AHL)

Michael Simpson (London – OHL)

Defencemen (20)

*Calen Addison (Minnesota – NHL, San Jose – NHL)

Matthew Andonovski (Kitchener – OHL)

*Jacob Bernard-Docker (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

1. Thomas Chabot (Ottawa – NHL)

Jeremy Davies (Rochester – AHL)

Jorian Donovan (Brantford – OHL, Saginaw – OHL)

Gabriel Eliasson (HV 71 – Swe. Jr.)

*Maxence Guenette (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

Tomas Hamara (Kitchener – OHL, Brantford – OHL, Belleville – AHL)

*Travis Hamonic (Ottawa – NHL)

2. Nick Jensen (Washington – NHL)

3. Tyler Kleven (Belleville- AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

*Nikolas Matinpalo (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

Filip Nordberg (Växjö J20 – Swe-Jr., Muskegon – USHL)

*Filip Roos (Rockford – AHL, Chicago – NHL)

4. Jake Sanderson (Ottawa – NHL)

Donovan Sebrango (Allen – ECHL, Belleville – AHL)

Djibril Toure (Sudbury – OHL, Windsor – OHL)

Carter Yakemchuk (Calgary – WHL)

5. Artem Zub (Ottawa – NHL).

Forwards (31)

1. Michael Amadio (Vegas – NHL)

2. Drake Batherson (Ottawa – NHL)

Wyatt Bongiovanni (Manitoba – AHL, Belleville – AHL)

Tyler Boucher (Belleville- AHL)

Xavier Bourgault (Bakersfield – AHL)

Jake Chiasson (Fort Wayne – ECHL, Bakersfield – AHL)

3. Nick Cousins (Florida – NHL)

*Angus Crookshank (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

Philippe Daoust (Allen – ECHL, Belleville – AHL)

Lucas Ellinas (Kitchener – OHL)

*Adam Gaudette (Springfield – AHL, St. Louis – NHL)

4. Claude Giroux (Ottawa – NHL)

5. Noah Gregor (Toronto – NHL)

6. Ridly Greig (Ottawa – NHL)

*Stephen Halliday (Ohio State – Large-10, Belleville – AHL)

Matthew Highmore (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

Hayden Hodgson (Ontario – AHL)

*Jan Jenik (Tucson – AHL, Arizona – NHL)

*Nikolay Kulemin (Salavat Yulaev – KHL)

*Zack MacEwen (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

7. Josh Norris (Ottawa – NHL)

*Zack Ostapchuk (Belleville – AHL, Ottawa – NHL)

8. David Perron (Detroit – NHL)

Oskar Petersson (Rögle BK – Swe. Jr, Rögle BK – SHL, Belleville – AHL)

Garrett Pilon (Belleville – AHL)

9. Shane Pinto (Ottawa – NHL)

Jamieson Rees (Springfield – AHL, Charlotte – AHL, Belleville – AHL)

Cole Reinhardt (Belleville – AHL)

10. Tim Stützle (Ottawa – NHL)

11. Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa – NHL)

Keean Washkurak (Springfield – AHL)

We could get some pushback for itemizing Tyler Kleven as a certain factor. However GM Steve Staios is already on document as saying Kleven may have been in Ottawa final yr. He has the scale and bodily play the membership now covets beneath Staios. And to be trustworthy, there are not any different left-shot defencemen in his class who may derail the TK-O-Prepare.

The opposite spot will go to certainly one of Travis Hamonic, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Max Guenette, or Calen Addison. We favour the veteran Hamonic, who’s feeling wholesome once more after two knee procedures. He is a former teammate of Staios and performed beneath Travis Inexperienced in Vancouver. He’ll get the primary look and JBD will most likely be the seventh D to begin.

At ahead, it is a massive group battling for one spot, and we’re rolling with Zack Ostapchuk. His offence is simply nearly as good as anybody else’s on the “possibly” checklist, however he may also fill the bodily (and combating) function left by Mark Kastelic.

There it’s. The opening night time roster is ready. Go forward and cancel coaching camp.

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