Senators Place Artem Zub On LTIR, Recall Donovan Sebrango

The Ottawa Senators have placed defenseman Artem Zub on long-term injured reserve as expected.

In a corresponding roster move, the organization announced the LTIR placement and the recall of defenseman Donovan Sebrango from their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators.

Its an unfortunate but necessary transaction for the Senators after reports from this weekend indicated that Zub would be out for a while with a broken foot.

Ottawa is likely still looking to add a defenseman via the trade market but will use Sebrango for now.

Its becoming somewhat of a lost season for Zub.

Hes already missed time in mid-to-late October with a concussion and could miss as many as two months due to the broken foot.

As arguably the teams best right-handed shooting defenseman, Sebrango will have big shoes to fill.

Hes in the second year of a four-year, $18.4MM extension originally signed in 2022.

Hes tallied two assists over 11 games with the Senators this year and posted a respectable +0.5 E +/- according to Hockey Reference.

The only silver lining to the injury is that Sebrango has a clear path toward making his NHL debut.

He was originally drafted with the 63rd overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, making his way to the Senators organization in the trade sending Alex DeBrincat to Detroit over a year ago.

Sebrango, 22, is in his fourth professional season collecting seven goals and 31 points in 184 games between the Grand Rapids Griffins and Belleville.

There may be some initial discipline issues (149 PIMs in the AHL) but he allows Ottawa to win more puck battles in the defensive zone.

The Senators dont play until tomorrow night against the San Jose Sharks which would be an ideal matchup for Sebrangos first game.

Theyll likely play him next to Thomas Chabot or Jake Sanderson to lessen his initial responsibility if he does make his debut tomorrow.

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