“We think we’re going to have a real competitive team.

“Where we end up is going to depend a lot on health and on the other things, goaltending and special teams and how we can play defence.

“But we believe we’re a real competitive group and we’re going to try to be a team that’s difficult to play against and see where we end up.”

-Paul MacLean, head coach of the Ottawa Senators via Allen Panzeri of Senators Extra.