Équipe: 2023-24 Sénateurs d'Ottawa

Date de création initiale: 20 juin 2023

Publié: 20 juin 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

* Would only work if the Rangers moved Barclay Goodrow's contract or even like Panarin. Also, in this case the Cat would come with an 8x8 immediate extension. I'd be fine to add in a 3rd round pick going back to NY*

First line: no changes, extremely effective
second line: can be very effective, Norris is a sniper, bath is a playmaker and I have every reason to believe that the sens should keep Joseph and give him second line opportunities (he had 12 pts in 8 games after trading for him)
Third line: Pinto and Lafreniere would work extremely well together (we could also give laf 2LW minutes instead of Joseph occasionally. And Greig would develop nicely with this more than competent third line.
Fourth line: Smejkal is a high reward guy he could be an extremely effective bottom line guy, Kasty returns and Gauthier can snipe the puck and they all have size.
Defencemen: We utilize all 3 pairings fairly equally and can switch stuff around (Chychrun-Chabot, Sanderson-Zub etc)
Goalies: Riskiest position in this ACGM, not bolstering the goalies, however I believe that our defencemen would be stronger and im banking on a Forsberg return with Sogaard improving.
PP1: Same as last season, except Cat out and Norris in, gonna be lethal with guys like Stu, Tkachuk, Chabot, Norris and Batherson manning the first unit
PP2: G leading the way, Laffy on the PP is heat, Pinto has a one timer and Sanderson and Chychrun man the point
PK: On forward, we have guys like Stutzle, Smejkal, Joseph, Giroux, Kastelic etc that can kill penalties, however I believe that Norris, Batherson, Pinto and maybe even Greig can be effective on the PK. On defence, all 6 could probably play PK

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