Elliotte Friedman was on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 on Monday morning.

On the Ottawa Senators, who have a new incoming general manager, some nice young forwards, but are a group that has fallen short a lot lately – minus the miraculous run last spring:

“After what the owner said about the coach, I think you have to expect there’s going to be a coaching change there. I don’t think they really like the way they play.

“They’re going to try to add a center. No doubt about that. They really like Kyle Turris, but they want to get somebody to help him a bit.

“I think they’re going to look for a defensive defenseman. Maybe more of a third-pairing guy. And a defensive defenseman in terms of somebody who would worry about his defensive end first. You’ve got your Karlsson-Methot. You’ve got your Ceci-Phaneuf. I think they’re happy with those two pairs. And now they just want to get one more guy there to play on their third pairing.

“I think they feel they really need a centerman who can handle a lot of the big and tough top centers in the league. That’s what they’d like to do.

“I think there’s going to be a philosophy change in the way they play on the ice, as much as anything else.”

Source: Sportsnet 960/ Transcript: Nichols