The Senators will have some tough decisions to make in the coming months. With 2020 on the horizon, HockeyScanner looks at three bold predictions around the team for the year ahead.
This isn’t as much of a slam dunk as you might think. Yes, Duclair has caught fire as a scoring machine, providing Ottawa and the rest of the NHL with one of the most compelling storylines of the first half-season. On his fifth NHL team by the age of 23 , and publicly ripped by his former coach at Columbus for being, well, un-coachable, Duclair has turned his career around by emerging as a top-ten NHL goal scorer.This is where it gets tricky.
If you are Pierre Dorion, the Senators GM, do you extend Duclair for a few years or play it cautious with another one-year contract for this arbitration-eligible player? Duclair might just jump at that because it means staying with the first organization and head coach with which he has found success and confidence. Why not stick around? If Duclair and his agent play hard ball, the Senators could turn to a one-year deal, forcing Duclair to prove this season was not a one-off.With five draft picks in the first two rounds, the Senators are sitting in a strong position to acquire quality talent in 2020.
In the east, the Senators are not likely to “catch” New Jersey or Detroit for last place, but in the more competitive west, there is a possibility San Jose could drift to the very bottom, or close to it.
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