Ramblings: The Return of Josh Norris; Production updates for Pettersson, Chytil, Boldy and Perbix – January 19

Josh Norris returned to the Ottawa lineup on Wednesday night when the team hosted Pittsburgh, as close to a game win as it could have come for the Senators

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He had been out nearly three months with a shoulder injury, which was a blow to a team and a player looking to build on his 35-intention campaign from a season ago

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There may be a risk of Slafkovsky's rookie season coming to an end, which may cut two approaches. He has half a season of NHL experience

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he should be in all the structures by September and he shouldn't be playing a lottery season in a group that will lose a lot of games

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But he also loses that development time and any good-sized time lost for this type of younger player can have a big impact.

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Dobber Hockey 2023 Mid-Season Guide Dropped Closing Week! He has the whole fable of poolies not just wanting to challenge for a championship this season

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or even just to catch a glimpse in advance. Help support our paintings here all year by picking up your copy at Dobber Keep

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Something I like to do during rave season is three different quarterly tests: one after the first 20 games, another after the next 20 games

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