The Ottawa Senators paid a hefty price to acquire the services of Linus Ullmark, last year's Vezina Trophy Winner. Ullmark had been involved in many trade talks since Jeremy Swayman stepped up as the clear-cut number-one netminder in Boston.
For the Senators, it was a deal waiting to happen. The franchise had been looking for a netminder for quite some time. They inked Jonas Korpisalo via free agency last summer, hoping that he could be the team's top goalie, but after one season, they gave up on him:
