{"id":874792,"date":"2026-08-31T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874792\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:10:18","slug":"atlantic-notes-batherson-volokhin-steen-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874792\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Notes: Batherson, Volokhin, Steen \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Brian La Rose<\/a> |
\n at August 30, 2026 6:59 pm <\/p>\n

There has been a mutual desire between the Senators and pending UFA winger Drake Batherson<\/a> to get an extension done although there\u2019s still a gap to work through money-wise.\u00a0 While September 15th is viewed as a logical deadline as it\u2019s the final day an eight-year deal can be signed, Postmedia\u2019s Bruce Garrioch points out<\/a> a second potential deadline.\u00a0 He relays that the expectation is that if a deal isn\u2019t in place by the time Ottawa\u2019s season begins on October 3rd, the winger will then test the open market next summer.\u00a0 Batherson is coming off his best season offensively, one that saw him score 33 goals and 38 assists in 79 games.\u00a0 His camp is believed to be seeking a double-digit AAV on his next contract, a price tag it doesn\u2019t appear that the Senators are willing to get to just yet.<\/p>\n

More from the Atlantic:<\/p>\n

Canadiens prospect Yevgeni Volokhin<\/a> has signed a new three-year deal with KHL Spartak, per a team release<\/a>. The contract runs through 2028-29 with the two sides ripping up his existing pact which had two seasons left on it.\u00a0 Montreal drafted the netminder in the fifth round back in 2023.\u00a0 He was the VHL\u2019s top goalie last season, posting a 1.51 GAA along with a .948 SV% and nine shutouts in 40 games but it didn\u2019t yield much playing time with Spartak as Volokhin played in just four games with them.\u00a0 With there being no transfer agreement between the NHL and the Russian hockey federation, there is no deadline for the Canadiens to sign Volokhin.
\nWhile Lightning prospect Noah Steen<\/a> is about to begin his first full professional season in North America, he still has his old team in the back of his mind. In a video posted<\/a> on SHL Orebro\u2019s site, the 22-year-old opened the door to returning there down the road.\u00a0 This season, in the first year of a two-year deal, Steen should play exclusively with Syracuse but could play his way into recall consideration as the season goes on.\u00a0 He had 22 points in 52 SHL appearances last season and added seven goals for Norway in 10 games at the Worlds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Brian La Rose | at August 30, 2026 6:59 pm There has been a mutual desire between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,305840,981,5790,575,344148,6597,85,4788,444116],"class_list":["post-874792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-drake-batherson","tag-khl","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-noah-steen","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-yevgeni-volokhin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}