Quoting: hotNreadyWings
Interesting. I was thinking the opposite honestly. Ceci and karlson (although I know ceci has his moments) seem to have the right side pretty shored up. 3rd pair guys aren't hard to find imo. And I do know chabot is coming up. But you had a future top 4 with chabot karlson fleury ceci. Could be dominant
Ottawa has Claesson (24), Sieloff (23), Harpur (22), Englund (21), Donaghey (21), Chabot (20), and Lajoie (19) as currently signed LHD under the age of 25 (plus Gormley who just turned 25), plus Wolanin (22) and Gendron (21) in the system. Compare that to Ceci (23), Erkamps (22), and Jaros (21) signed, plus Summers (21) as the only RHD in the pipeline. Ottawa is flush with guys pushing for time on the left side, and fairly thin all things considered on the right. If they add a LHD, it's likely to be a vet signed to a relatively short contract (with an outside chance of an established in-prime partner for Karlsson), whereas the right side is where they would be looking to add an on-the-cusp body or two.
And no, I'm not saying that all those LHD are going to pan out - Gormley's likely beyond his last chance at actually getting an NHL job, for example. It's more a comment that, organizationally speaking, they would be looking to add to the right more than the left.