Stephen Halliday may not start the season with the Ottawa Senators, but he’ll be only a phone call away.
The road to putting himself on the radar screen begins on Saturday.
The Senators have depth down the middle of the ice heading into training camp, which gets underway next Wednesday at the Canadian Tire Centre, so the 23-year-old Halliday is in tough to make it to opening night.
But as the Senators open the Prospects Challenge against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Bell Centre in Montreal, the 6-foot-4 Halliday can serve notice that he’s ready to make the next step.
Steve Staios, the Senators president of hockey operations and general manager, along with coach Travis Green and several members of the staff, will be on hand in Montreal to evaluate how Halliday an