Ottawa Senators locker room features plenty of ex-Toronto Maple Leafs
OTTAWA — Connor Brown doesn’t mind switching sides in the Battle of Ontario.
Two months ago, the Ottawa Senators acquired the 25-year-old forward and defenceman Nikita Zaitsev from the Toronto Maple Leafs for blue-liners Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur.
For a kid who grew up in Toronto and was drafted by the Leafs, 156th overall in 2012, it was a bit of a shock to learn he would soon be wearing the Senators logo.
“You always see everyone being traded and you never think it’s going to be you and then it comes,” Brown said on Friday as the Senators opened training camp. “I think it’s going to be a good opportunity for me here and I think I fit in nicely with the guys. It’s a good group in there so I’m just excited to get things going.”