Roman Wick

Out of all of Ottawa’s rookies, excluding forward Zach Smith, Wick has the most potential to see action with the big club this year. The 24-year-old Swiss native has played in the Swiss men’s league for the past few years and had a coming-out-party of sorts at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where he proved he could play with some of the NHL’s best players. It was this performance that made GM Bryan Murray decide that the Senators had to get him under contract as soon as possible. He has the offensive skills to play a top-6 forward role, but he’ll likely need some time in the AHL, as did Peter Regin before him, to get adjusted to the more physical brand of North American hockey. He’ll be given a chance in pre-season games to play with some of Ottawa’s better offensive players and if he can perform well, then Wick could make the team out of camp. He’s one to watch.