Edited Mar. 31, 2022 at 8:14 p.m.
Ottawa has no spots for Kassian and don't want his salary
Massive logjam incoming at forward
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
???????? - Stutzle - ????????
Formenton - Pinto - Brown
Watson - White - Joseph
RFAs : Gaudette, Gambrell
The only 2 spots available are top-6 forward spots.
Contenders for Top-6 spots : 2022 first round pick (if they draft a forward), Ridly Greig? Egor Sokolov? Viktor Lodin? UFA? Trade?
Contenders for Bot-6 spots : Angus Crookshank, Mark Kastelic, Parker Kelly, Cole Reinhardt
Need more development : Roby Jarventie, Philippe Daoust, Zack Ostapchuk, Tyler Boucher, Carson Latimer, etc
I think Greig and Crookshank will be on the team. It will make Watson expendable