Sens Depth Chart and What I'd do about it

  With Colin Greening signing a 3 year contract extension, it is safe to assume that he is in the Senators long term plan. Meanwhile, it is no secret that the Senators have far too many prospects than spots available this season. With the likes of Mark Stone, Shane Prince, Stephane Da Costa, Ludwig Karlsson and potentially JG Pageau in Binghamton primarily due to an excessive amount of depth in Ottawa, some changes to the roster must be made through trade. It hit me hard seeing David Rundblad (with his beautiful hair) and Jakob Silfverberg (with his beautiful shot) be traded for immediate help, but Kyle Turris has been excellent for Ottawa and Bobby Ryan looks to do the same. I made a quick look at what the depth chart could look like coming into training camp.

Michalek - Spezza - Ryan

MacArthur - Turris - Greening?

Conacher - Zibanejad - Condra

Kassian - Smith - Neil

Karlsson - Methot

Phillips - Wiercioch

Corvo - Cowen*

Anderson

Lehner

* if Cowen sits out and waits for a contract, Gryba, Ceci or Borowiecki will fill in.

  Obviously forwards is a bit more congested than defence. Here's what I would do to bolster the team's offence to push the Senators to the next level (and give more depth to forwards).

I would look at trading Kassian, Smith and O'Brien. 

Kassian offers very little to the team other than fighting and sits in the press box on the majority of nights We could acquire a 5th or 6th round draft pick. 

For the past 2 years, there have been rumours about Smith being traded for Hjalmarsson (2012) and Hemsky (2013). I'm not certain about the trade value of Smith but a 2nd or 3rd round pick seems reasonable. 

Jimmy O'Brien has been reportedly looking for a trade out of Ottawa for a little while now. He has fallen out of favour in the organization and I personally see no future for him here. I also don't know what he could get in trade.

Now what would trading these 3 players do for the team? Trading Kassian frees up space on 4th line Left Wing which could be replaced by Shane Prince, Ludwig Karlsson or Mark Stone. Trading Smith could bring Pageau over from Right Wing to Centre. As @sens_adnan said today, a 19, 7, 93, 44 Centre combo would be deadly. Neil will play Right Wing (even though I'd rather him not) and you have some improvement on the 4th line.

Michalek - Spezza - Ryan

MacArthur - Turris - Greening?

Conacher - Zibanejad - Condra

Prince/Karlsson/ Stone - Pageau - Neil

I personally love the look of that team, especially the 4th line (minus Neil). Thanks for reading!