Shane Pinto

You can't all be on the same line.

So Pinto, Cousins, Stutz, Labatherson.

I'm missing somebody.

Someone else in there.

Eklund, Pinto.

What about your guy? What about Graham's boy, Zetterlund? No.

It's not going to get you 20? No.

And he gets way too many defensive zone draws to be a 20-goal scorer.

It was survival mode, not dominance.

exactly and yesterday we talked about dylan cousins versus shane pinto for the second line center spot and whether michael amadio or hayden hodgson would make the final cut so with all that context let's get into the rankings okay segment one where do the senators rank in the atlantic right now the data puts them fourth behind boston florida maybe toronto depending on how you view the leaf step why fourth

It's about ceiling versus floor.

The Senators have a high ceiling with Tim Stutzel, but their floor is shaky because of the defensive core.

The first two games, obviously senators practice this morning.

You had Tim Stutzla with Andre Burakovsky and Drake Batherson, Dylan cousins between William Eckman, and Fabian Zetterlin the third line shut down line Shane Pinto with Claude Giroux and Michael Amadio and then it was Stephen Halliday between Nick Cousins and Hayden Hodgson with Ridley Gregg getting his reps in at practice as well on the back end Jake Sanderson did not skate today but we're expecting him to be ready to go for Saturday and we'd expect him to play with Jordan Spence Thomas Chabot we've got with Nicholas Batten-Paolo Cam Crotty was getting a look though today and So we'll see how that all develops.

And we've got the pair that's been the most consistently together throughout training camp, Tyler Clevin with Carter Yakimchuk.

Hoyt Stanley was getting reps in with Jordan Spence today as well.

He did not skate yesterday.

Shane Pinto did.

So that's encouraging news on that front because he missed the game on Saturday.

Warren Fogle also practiced yesterday.

So here's the sort of the latest on the injuries.

Shane Pinto, who sat out Saturday, was supposed to play.

He was back taking a regular shift at practice yesterday.

So that's good news.

I think if Burakovsky is fully healthy for opening night, he'll probably take that top line spot away from Warren Fogle.

Gives them a third line, Michael Amadeau, Shane Pinto, and Claude Giroux.

I think this third line is a little bit – it's going to fly under the radar.

You know, you look at Amadou, 35 points last year.

Shane Pinto had 46.

Klaus Giroux had 49.

So very capable kind of depth scoring, and I think it might catch some teams off guard from there.

Here is what we are tackling today.

First, we break down the center depth chart, Shane Pinto versus Dylan Cousins, and where Ridley Gregg fits in.

Second, we look at the left-wing battle between William Eklund and Warren Fogel.

And third, we predict who makes the final cut and who gets sent down to Belleville.

Let's start with the most critical position group, center.

We have Tim Stutzel locked in as the number one, but behind him, it's a mess.

Shane Pinto has been here for years, but Dylan Cousins has shown flashes of being an elite two-way force.

Where do they stand heading into training camp?

It'll be a Bet MGM.

Shane Pinto's getting a tinted Bet MGM visor.

But here's the thing.

And then they're going to say,

That's how the money's going to flow.

That's how they get him.

They're just going to fine Shane Pinto the rest of his life.

Pretty much.