{"id":871317,"date":"2026-08-25T20:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871317\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:54:12","slug":"report-ottawa-senators-closing-on-decision-on-next-captain-to-replace-brady-tkachuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871317\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ottawa Senators closing on decision on next captain to replace Brady Tkachuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It appears the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> will not be waiting long to replace departed forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brady-tkachuk\/8480801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brady-tkachuk\/8480801\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a> as team captain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/ottawa-senators\/why-thomas-chabot-deserves-next-captain\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/ottawa-senators\/why-thomas-chabot-deserves-next-captain\">Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia<\/a> reports that president and general manager Steve Staios is closing on a decision in tandem with head coach Travis Green. He adds the belief is the Senators would like to name a captain before training camp opens on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Garrioch lists defencemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/thomas-chabot\/8478469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/thomas-chabot\/8478469\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Chabot<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-sanderson\/8482105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jake-sanderson\/8482105\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Sanderson<\/a> and centre Tim Stutzle as the top candidates to become the 11th captain in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chabot is eligible for new contract next summer, which could factor into the decision. He is currently signed at an average annual value of $8 million through 2027-28. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sanderson is signed through 2032 at an $8.05 million cap hit, while Stutzle\u2019s deal &#8211; at a team-high $8.35 million AAV &#8211; runs through 2031.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tkachuk was named captain of the Senators prior to the 2021-22, holding the role for five seasons before he was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ottawa went without a captain for three years before choosing Tkachuk to lead the franchise after trading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/erik-karlsson\/8474578\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/erik-karlsson\/8474578\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Karlsson<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> just prior to the 2018-19 campaign. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Karlsson had a four-year run as captain after Jason Spezza wore the \u201cC\u201d in 2013-14. Prior to Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson spent 13 seasons as captain of the Senators. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears the Ottawa Senators will not be waiting long to replace departed forward Brady Tkachuk as team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[712,84873,49,48,20739,84870],"class_list":["post-871317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-apple-news","tag-brady-tkachuk-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480801","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}