About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing contract negotiations for Drake Batherson and the importance of certain players to the Senators' defensive strategy.

The deadline to sign NHL players to eight year extensions is looming, does that put pressure on a Drake Batherson extension? Brandon Piller and Ross Levitan discuss quotes from the Sens annual charity golf tournament where both sides said they would like to get a deal done. What is the confidence level that they can hammer out an agreement? We continue with our organizational value rankings with three players that may not put up big points but are crucial to this teams defensive success!

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Hosts: Brandon Piller, Ross Levitan

Topics covered

• contract extension
• NHL
• Ottawa Senators
• player negotiations
• defensive success

Keywords

• Drake Batherson
• contract extension
• NHL
• Ottawa Senators
• defensive players

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Organizations: Ottawa Senators

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