For starters, newest Senator Magnus Paajarvi will make his debut tonight after being picked up off waivers from the St. Louis Blues on Friday. Paajarvi spoke yesterday about his eagerness to help contribute in Ottawa but his new coach understands that that could take some time.
"What we want is for him to be himself," said Guy Boucher following the team's morning skate. "We also need to be aware that when you have to make decisions in a fraction of a second and you have a lot of things running through your mind, there's going to be a little patience on our end too."
Paajarvi skated on a line with Derick Brassard and Ryan Dzingel this morning and that's where it's expected that he'll play the bulk of his time tonight as well as potentially seeing some usage on the penalty kill.
The list of injured Senators keeps growing unfortunately and as a result Colin White, Chris DiDomenico and Erik Burgdoerfer have all been recalled from Belleville for tonight's game. The Sens are currently without Mark Stone, Chris Wideman, Johnny Oduya, Nate Thompson, Gabriel Dumont and Filip Chlapik but Boucher shared that Stone could potentially play this weekend while Thompson and Oduya are also nearing returns.
Here's a look at the lines and defence pairings from today's morning skate:
