Teams are taking a look at Ottawa Senators center Stephen Halliday
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, on some teams wondering what the Ottawa Senators have in center Stephen Halliday.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “You know the other name, it’s not as big a name, but I had a couple people tell me that, this is a player that I think a couple teams are trying to see, what’s his ceiling, and what could his role be like in the NHL? And that’s Stephen Halliday from Ottawa.
He’s, he’s 23 years old. He just got called up. Didn’t play much. They were chasing the game. I think he only got seven minutes on Thursday night. But you know, Halliday is a guy. He, he was drafted 104th in 2022. He went to Ohio State. He played a couple years there.
This, last year was his first pro year. He turned pro at the end of the 23-24 season, and he had nine points and seven playoff games for Belleville. Last year, he had 19 goals and 51 points. This year, he’s got one goal in 18 assists in 17 games. He’s got one assist in five games for the Senators.
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And he’s a big guy, and like, I’ve just …”
Kyle Bukauskas: “Pretty good hands, too.”
Friedman: “Good hands. You’ve seen them more than me, so I’ll take your word for it. I’ve just heard that, like, you look at Ottawa, they’re pretty set down the middle for a long time. Like, they’ve got guys signed who can play center for quite a bit.
And I’ve just heard that this is a guy who will play more consistently in the NHL. I think people are trying to figure out and watch him and say, ‘How high can he play?’ So that’s, that’s an interesting one there, too.”
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