Senators Eye Ristolainen, Free Agent Math, and Draft Board Movement

Ottawa has a few plates spinning here, and none of them are exactly light. The Senators are working through free-agent contract projections while also kicking around the idea of a Rasmus Ristolainen trade, which tells you the roster-build conversation is very much alive. On top of that, the draft rankings add another layer of decision-making, because every front office wants value, but not every front office agrees on where it lives.