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Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee believes another year of college will serve White well.

“It’s great that he realizes he still has to get better,” said Lee. “He had a great year last season. He knows the wrist procedure is going to give him a little bit of a setback, but he got the procedure done early (in the summer), so he’s going to be in good shape.”

Lee says White has already shown that he can lead offensively.

“He knows how interested we are in him. He just has to play right and be a complete player. He doesn’t have to sell us on getting points for us to sign him (after next season). There’s a big difference.”

Now on to Chabot, the slick defenceman who looked poised in Saturday’s somewhat sloppy scrimmage.

Senators general manager Pierre Dorion continues to suggest that Chabot will receive strong consideration to make the club out of training camp.

Chabot appreciates the vote of confidence.

“It’s nice to hear that,” he said. “Since I’ve been two years old, I have been thinking about playing in the NHL one day.”

The development camp is only the start of a long summer of training.

“I’m trying here, at development camp, to improve as much as I can,” he said. “We have skills practice and the (off-ice) workouts, and I’m trying to make the most of out of that every day.

“I will go back to Quebec to train and then (Canada’s) world junior camp is coming soon. That camp is going to help me get ready and (in) game shape to come back here again (for Senators) training camp in September.”

Chabot will likely receive at least a few regular-season games before the Senators make the decision on whether he stays or goes back to Saint John of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

If Chabot returns to junior, he will take on a major role for Canada’s world junior team. That, in turn, would mean going head-to-head against White on the big world junior stage next Christmas.

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