Senators get set to make tough final roster decisions after ending pre\u002Dseason on the weekend
Before the Senators return to the ice Monday morning at Canadian Tire Centre, general manager Pierre Dorion will huddle with his management staff to decide Brassard’s fate.
If the Senators opt to keep the 35-year-old Brassard and sign him to a contract, it likely means 23-year-old Mark Kastelic will also be sent back to Belleville. At one point late in Saturday’s game, he was on a line with Shane Pinto and Dylan Gambrell. That could be the type of unit Smith would employ with the Senators nursing a late game lead.
All of which makes Nikita Zaitsev’s future cloudy. He doesn’t figure into the top six, which includes Chabot, Zub, Sanderson, Hamonic, Holden and Brannstrom. “It feels good,” Sanderson said of receiving the coach’s confidence to play as part of the top pairing Saturday.Article content Kelly, who has played a total of 42 games with the Senators during the past two seasons, says the Senators found their focus as camp went on.
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