Murray put away the knife today after making the final trims to this lovely cut Senators roster, and we're now set to begin. In sending down Brian Lee, Lawrence Nycholat, Ilja Zubov and Alexander Nikulin, and keeping Luke Richardson and Nick Foligno, Murray sends a strong message about what he wants out of this year's team. Despite the youthful exuberance of those sent to Bingo, and some very impressive work during the preseason, Murray has gone with experience and grit in his decisions. Richardson signed to help his hometown team win the cup, and won't be around much longer to wait for another season, and Foligno proved the brightest forward, meshing with different lines, providing a scoring touch, and most importantly a hard nosed game.
With McAmmond out nursing his concussion back to health, and Emery getting his wrist and game back into gear, expect that Brian Elliott will serve very well as Gerber's backup, and that Richardson, McGrattan and Foligno will be iced on different nights, with Schubert moving forward and back to fill in the missing spot on our tight roster.
With cap space sitting at a tight 3.8 million, the boys needed to be sent down to preserve every cent for the time when we might be able to trade away a bit more salary in order to sign a top-flight forward to give us two powerful scoring lines (if Gerber is moved, as expected, that's over 7 million with which to barter). With any luck and compassion from fate, Dean will heal quickly, and the Sens will shoot out of the gate this season as one of, if not the top contender for the cup. We're all hungry for it, and ready to go.
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