OTTAWA — Steve Staios has prioritized adding right-shot defencemen ever since he took over as general manager of the Ottawa Senators two seasons ago.

He has already used two first-round picks on right-shot defencemen Carter Yakemchuk and Logan Hensler but that is about the future.

The off-season trade for Jordan Spence is about the present. The Senators needed more puck movement from the right side of the blue line and Spence will fill that void.

Spence, 24, is the type of elite puck-moving defenceman that every team covets and a player the analytics community loves. The Kings were significantly better with Spence on the ice at five-on-five last season, according to Hockey Viz, with an expected goals rate of 2.59. That number dropped to 2.45 with him off it.

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