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Trade Deadline Primer: Ottawa Senators

With the All-Star break now behind us, the trade deadline looms large and is now less than a month away.  Where does each team stand and what moves should they be looking to make?  We continue our look around the league with the Ottawa Senators.

Things haven’t gone completely according to plan for Ottawa this season.  This was supposed to be the end of the rebuilding phase with GM Pierre Dorion going as far as saying before training camp that “The rebuild is done. Now we’re stepping into another zone”.  As it turns out, the rebuild isn’t done and they’re in the same zone they have been as they’re set to miss the playoffs for the fifth straight season.  While brighter days are certainly on the horizon with the depth of their prospect pool, they will be doing what they’ve been accustomed to in recent years at the deadline.

Record

19-26-5, 6th in the Atlantic

Deadline Status

Short-Term Seller, Long-Term Buyer

Deadline Cap Space

$33.94MM today, $55.15MM in…

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