The Ottawa Suns Bruce Garrioch gets an exclusive chat with Senators head coach D.J. Smith with training camp looming.
The Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s have already kicked off their training camp at TD Place Arena and, across the river, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Gatineau Olympiques are well under way.At the Canadian Tire Centre, general manager Pierre Dorion, coach D.J. Smith and the rest of the staff are ramping up for the arrival of new owner Michael Andlauer sometime in the next couple of weeks while also preparing for training camp.
“We’re starting with everyone healthy and there won’t be any excuses. My first three years, the other team had the top three best players and we had young guys trying to find their way in the league. There’s going to be nights where we have the best players. That’s a good feeling for a coach and our job is to make sure we’re doing good things and working just as hard.”The Senators were without their top centre for most of last season after 24-year-old Josh Norris suited up for only eight games.
“He missed a year. He’s not just going jump right back in, but with camp and everything we expect he’ll be in the right form before long.”Article contentPhoto by Errol McgihonThe Senators should have a strong one-two punch with the return of Norris plus Tim Stutzle, who posted 39 goals and 90 points in 78 games last season.
“The biggest thing I’ve always been excited about here is those three centres down the middle and I’ve never had the opportunity to use them all,” Smith said. “We had a few games with all of them two years ago and a few with all of them last season. Splitting up the trio of captain Brady Tkachuk, alternate Claude Giroux and Stutzle may be tough for Smith, but he also needs to put Tarasenko in positions where he can succeed. Every combination will be used in camp as Smith tries to find the right answer.
“That’s what exhibition and intra-squad are about. We’ll try different guys on the left and right side,” Smith said.
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