This is definitely another “zone” as Dorion calls it, but I hope they can be aggressive in terms of supplementing the young talent they already have.ĭorion has done a great job at drafting NHLers, but what he and his staff have severely underperformed in is acquiring established NHL talent. If the Senators finish in the bottom five in the league again, I certainly wouldn’t say the rebuild is over. In terms of the “rebuild,” there are a lot of semantics going on because I wouldn’t necessarily say they are still in a rebuild in the sense that they are tearing it down and amassing draft picks, but they are still “rebuild ing” as they have yet to make the playoffs. Yes, their young players will be better and that will help, but they haven’t been able to capitalize on adding surrounding talent yet. They have swapped Evgenii Dadonov for Nick Holden (a lateral move at best) and added Michael Del Zotto.

At the same time, it would have been nice for them to be out of the rebuild in a much more defined way by adding to the NHL roster in the off-season. #Sens- Bruce Garrioch September 7, 2021Īs the GM of a team, he’s obviously going to be optimistic and is only going to say positive things like this, so I get why it was said.

Now we're stepping into another zone,' says Dorion.

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