The Sens made two depth signings this week, re-signing RFA and forward Jan Jenik (1 year, two-way), and signing 26-year-old defenseman and fomer Iowa Wild captain Cameron Crotty (2 years, two-way).
The Ottawa Senators bolstered their depth on Monday, signing forward Jan Jenik and defenseman Cameron Crotty to two-year contracts. Jenik’s new deal is for just the 2025-26 season, while Crotty put pen to paper on a two-year contract.
Once upon a time, back in 2019-20, forward Jan Jenik was the Ontario Hockey League's second-most productive player behind eventual 9th-overall pick Marco Rossi.
With the Senators in the playoffs and their farm team in Belleville not making the playoffs, Ottawa has determined which players will be joining the team as their Black Aces.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The bulk of the Belleville Senators' production in this update came in back-to-back impressive 6-1 victories over the Bridgeport Islanders. Overall, a 3-2-0 record allowed them to keep pace with their divisional rivals and stay in the play-off hunt.
It’s no secret that the Ottawa Senators have a weaker prospect pool. The Hockey Writers’ Logan Horn ranked them 24th in his midseason Farm System Rankings, a big jump up from their previous position of 31st, and placed only one player – Carter Yakemchuk – within the NHL’s Top 100 Prospects.
This road trip has had both dizzying highs and punishing lows. After reeling off an impressive six game winning streak, the Senators have stumbled recently.
After placing forwards Adam Gaudette and Jan Jenik on waivers Sunday, the Ottawa Senators are one step closer to finalizing their roster before Monday’s 5 pm ET NHL cap-compliant deadline.
The team in Canada’s capital has signed a piece they recently acquired. On Friday, the Ottawa Senators announced they have signed forward Jan Jenik to a one-year, two-way contract.
The Ottawa Senators and Utah HC continue to shuffle up their rosters early on this offseason, striking a deal to swap a couple of inexperienced forwards.