Fresh Faces in Ottawa -

The Ottawa youth movement is underway.

Senators fans can expect a younger roster with many new names on opening night. Names could include 2018 4th overall pick Brady Tkachuk (cover photo), Colin White, Alex Formenton, Christian Jaros, and Maxime Lajoie.

The Senators hold a 1-4-0 record in their pre-season with one games remaining against the Montreal Canadiens this Saturday. The Senators open their season on October 4 at the Canadian Tire Centre versus the Chicago Blackhawks.

Surprising

On Tuesday, Sept. 25, Ottawa waived 10-year veteran Zack Smith. The 30-year-old winger scored five goals and added 14 assists last year and is signed through 2020-21. He carries a $3.25 million cap hit, which is the seventh-highest among Ottawa forwards.

The Senator’s also assigned Logan Brown to Belleville, Ottawa’s American Hockey League affiliate. Brown, a former 2016 first-round pick, had a chance to make the club’s opening night roster this year. Instead, he will battle for a position on Belleville.

Breaking Bad

This year’s training camp was a make-or-break year for Nick Paul in Ottawa, and for Paul, it’s breaking bad. A core piece in the return of the Jason Spezza trade to Dallas, Paul is scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 1, 2019. He may be pushed out by younger prospects. Unless Paul has a breakout season in Belleville, his time in a Senators uniform may be over.

2018-19 Pre-Season Roster Update

The following is an updated roster from the Ottawa Senator’s training camp as of Tuesday, Sept. 25. Their original training camp roster can be found on the team’s website. The Senator’s most recent roster moves are found here and on the team’s Twitter account.

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Forwards

Name	2017-18 Team (League)	Current Status	Prediction
Balcers, Rudolfs	San Jose (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Balisy, Chase	Springfield (AHL), Florida (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Batherson, Drake	Cape Breton (QMJHL), Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Boedker, Mikkel	San Jose (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Brown, Logan	Windsor (OHL), Kitchener (OHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Carey, Paul	N.Y. Rangers (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Chlapik, Filip	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Ottawa (NHL)
Duchene, Matt	Colorado (NHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Dzingel, Ryan	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Formenton, Alex	London (OHL), Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Gaborik, Marian	Los Angeles (NHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Injured	Ottawa (NHL)
Gagne, Gabriel	Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Kelly, Parker	Prince Albert (WHL), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Prince Albert (WHL)	Prince Albert (WHL), Belleville (AHL)
Labate, Joe	Utica (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Leier, Boston	Acadia (AUS), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Luchuk, Aaron	Windsor (OHL), Barrie (OHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
MacLeod, Gregor	Charlottetown (QMJHL), Quebec (QMJHL)	Assigned to Quebec (QMJHL)	Quebec (QMJHL)
McCormick, Max	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
O’Brien, Jim	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Paajarvi, Magnus	St. Louis (NHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Pageau, Jean-Gabriel	Ottawa (NHL)	Injured	Ottawa (NHL)
Paul, Nick	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Perron, Francis	Belleville (AHL)	Traded	San Jose (AHL)
Pyatt, Tom	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Rodewald, Jack	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Ryan, Bobby	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Scarfo, Ryan	Union (ECAC), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Sexton, Ben	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Skille, Jack	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)	Released from PTO	N/A
Smith, Zack	Ottawa (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Returned to Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Stone, Mark	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Sturtz, Andrew	Penn State (Big 10), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Tambellini, Adam	Hartford (AHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Tierney, Chris	San Jose (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Tkachuk, Brady	Boston University (H-East)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
White, Colin	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)

Defense

Name	2017-18 Team (League)	Current Status	Prediction
Aspirot, Jonathan	Moncton (QMJHL)	Assigned to Moncton (QMJHL)	Moncton (QMJHL)
Bergman, Julius	San Jose (AHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Borowiecki, Mark	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Burgdoerfer, Erik	Belleville (AHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Ceci, Cody	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Chabot, Thomas	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
DeMelo, Dylan	San Jose (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Englund, Andreas	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Erkamps, Macoy	Brampton (ECHL), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Harpur, Ben	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Jaros, Christian	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)
Karlsson, Erik	Ottawa (NHL)	Traded	San Jose (NHL)
Lajoie, Maxime	Brampton (ECHL), Belleville (AHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Belleville (AHL)
Percy, Stuart	Rochester (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Sieloff, Patrick	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL)
Wideman, Chris	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Wolanin, Christian	North Dakota (NCHC), Ottawa (NHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)

Goaltenders

Name	2017-18 Team (League)	Current Status	Prediction
Anderson, Craig	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Condon, Mike	Ottawa (NHL)	Ottawa (NHL) Camp	Ottawa (NHL)
Gustavsson, Filip	Luleå – Swe-Jr., Luleå(SHL), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (NHL)
Hogberg, Marcus	Brampton (ECHL), Belleville (AHL)	Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (NHL)
Hollett, Jordan	Medicine Hat (WHL)	Assigned to Medicine Hat (WHL)	Medicine Hat (WHL)
Mandolese, Kevin	Cape Breton (QMJHL)	Assigned to Cape Breton (QMJHL)	Cape Breton (QMJHL)
McKenna, Mike	Texas (AHL), Dallas (NHL)	Cleared waivers. Assigned to Belleville (AHL)	Belleville (AHL), Ottawa (NHL)

Acronyms:

AHL: American Hockey League
AUS: Atlantic University Sport
Big 10: The Big Ten Conference
ECAC: Eastern College Athletic Conference
ECHL: East Coast Hockey League
H-East: Hockey East, National Collegiate Athletic Association
KHL: Kontinental Hockey League
NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
NHL: National Hockey League
OHL: Ontario Hockey League
PTO: Professional Try-Out
QMJHL: Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
SHL: Swedish Hockey League
WHL: Western Hockey League

Billy Morrison covers the Ottawa Senators and the NHL’s Atlantic Division for Full Press Coverage. Follow Billy on Twitter @BillyMorrison01.