Senators shore up offence with free agent winger Tarasenko on sensible one-year deal
This seems to be one of those summers where the Ottawa Senators get deals done when thoughts are elsewhere.
Remember when Ottawa was going to make a splash at the NHL draft and move winger Alex DeBrincat, with a quality scoring winger coming the other way?
DeBrincat did get traded, but it was weeks after the draft and a full eight days past the opening of free agency.
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And if the top player acquired by the Senators in that trade with Detroit, Dominik Kubalik, felt like more of an extra-base hit than a home run, well, there was this nagging sense that Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion was not done yet. He said as much on local radio.
On a sultry Thursday summer evening, during what might be the quietest week of the NHL off-season, the Senators got that scoring piece they had sought by inking winger Vladimir Tarasenko to a one-year, $5-million deal.
This right here is *chef’s kiss*
