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The ugly Mikael Wikstrand memories of a year ago are slowly fading away for the Ottawa Senators.

This time around, a highly-touted Swedish defence prospect is more than willing to stay around the organization for as long as it takes to play for the Senators.

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“I don’t know if I go crazy (looking at the depth chart, but I try not to think about it too much,” said Andreas Englund, the 6-foot-4, 200 pound defender who was drafted 40th overall by the Senators in 2014 and who served as captain of Sweden’s world junior squad last season.

“I will play to my strengths and battle to get to the Senators at some point, whether it’s this season or next season or the season after that. We’ll see.”

There’s nothing flashy about Englund, a no-nonsense defender — he scored two goals and four assists in 46 games with Djurgardens of the Swedish Hockey League last season — who is ticketed for Binghamton of the American Hockey league.