Ottawa Senators - Long road to contenders
 

League Changes

• League expansion - Saskatoon Fulmars (Will play in the Pacific Divison)
• Winnipeg Jets moved to Pacific Division
• Arizona Coyotes, Vegas Golden Knights moved to Central Divison
• Salary Cap - Raised to $84,000,000
• NHL Expanison Draft - July 2nd 2018

Personnel Changes

• Pierre Dorion fired as GM
• Ryan Beauchamp hired as GM
• Guy Boucher fired as head coach
• Ryan Aldridge hired as new head coach

Roster Changes

Trades

• Cody Ceci to Anahiem Ducks for LD Marcus Pettersson
• Rights to Mikael Wikstrand to Colorade Avalanche for Rights to Nick Henry

UFA Signings

• RW Zach Walker, 3yrs @925k
• RW Phillip Magnusson, 3yrs @665k

Resignings


Protection List

• G - Craig Anderson
• LD - Ben Harpur
• RD - Julius Bergman
• RD - Dylan DeMelo
• RD - Chris Wideman
• LW - Ryan Dzingel
• LW - Nick Paul
• C - Matt Duchene
• C - Chris Tierney
• RW - Tom Pyatt
• RW - Mark Stone

Lost

LW Magnus Pääjärvi


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Rebuild is underway in the Nation's Capital as GM Beauchamp pulled the trigger on a trade early Tuesday morning.

He sends Mark Stone, Logan Brown, Colin White, 2020 1st round pick, rights to Johnny Gruden to Colorado for Ottawa's 2019 1st round pick, Matt Calvert, Sven Andrighetto and 2019 6th round draft pick.

"Losing Mark Stone, Colin White and Logan Brown does and will hurt in the future. You are losing 2 very good young prospects in Logan Brown and Colin White. And 2 wildcards in Johnny Gruden and the 2020 1st round pick, but in the end, we might be getting a top end prospect, who should help rebuild," he responds. "Also, factor in losing a great player in Mark Stone, it does sting."

I always wait until after the first season to make any trades; that way I know just how good or bad the team is. I did this with Arizona and ended up winning the Cup in year one. I signed Thatcher Demko in the offseason so I now have my goalie of the future(hopefully) and I kept the rest of the team in tact so the team chemistry wasn't ruined. Now I can focus on bringing in prospects to replace to aging vets.

2 trades:

• Ottawa trades Bobby Ryan to Saskatoon for Magnus Pääjärvi
• Ottawa trades 2020 3rd round pick (Ott), rights to Jakov Novak to Dallas for John Klingberg

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