Centers Derek Stepan and Cedric Paquette, and defenseman Braydon Coburn were not at camp.
Stepan, who was acquired in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, is in Arizona with his wife, who is expected to give birth in early January. Paquette and Coburn, who were each acquired in a trade with the Tampa bay Lightning on Sunday, are in quarantine after arriving from the United States.
Stepan and Paquette will provide the Senators with veteran depth at center.
"Whether it's Colin White, Logan Brown, Josh Norris… We want to make sure they grow because they're going to be facing some very good centers in the Canadian Division," Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said. "Any night they could be facing either [Auston] Matthews or [John] Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs), [Elias] Pettersson or[Bo] Horvat (Vancouver Canucks), [Mark] Scheifele or [Paul] Stastny (Winnipeg Jets), [Connor] McDavid or [Leon] Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), so we wanted to make sure that we had someone who could play the tough hard minutes."
Dorion also said that Tim Stuetzle, the No. 3 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, likely will be used at forward instead of center. Stuetzle, who is playing for Germany at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, was tied for the scoring lead with 10 points entering play Thursday.
"He's got a lot of the great qualities as a center but what comes with that is the play away from the puck and defensive responsibilities," Dorion said. "As much as he's got high NHL talent, away from the puck he still has a lot of work."
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