The Senators are in need of a true, proven reliable scoring left winger.
At the moment, the best hope rests in the young hands of either Peter Regin, Nick Foligno, or Milan Michalek.
All of these players have the skill to be top six wingers, but none are proven, or yet reliable. Worse, the best of the three, Milan, is really a right winger, but due to a lack of depth on the other side of centre, is being forced to play out of position.
How much better would he be playing in his natural position? We’ll never know unless the Sens get someone to fill his role on the left.
This issue runs in stark contrast to the depth on RW.
Alfredsson, Michalek, Kovalev, Shannon, Butler.
So who might be available at this point?
Well, it’s a good news bad news scenario. There are likely proven offensive wingers out there, but every one of them have issues.
Simon Gagne
Oh Simon, what skill, speed, energy, fragility. Gags is a 225 lb power forward in a 185 lb body. Six games into the season a neck injury had Gagne watching as TBL played lights out w ...
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