{"id":504335,"date":"2026-10-22T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504335\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:18:42","slug":"ex-san-jose-shark-william-eklund-fitting-in-with-ottawa-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504335\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-San Jose Shark William Eklund fitting in with Ottawa Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANATA, Ont. \u2013 New Ottawa Senators forward William Eklund will not play<\/a> against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre. The winger will also not be in the lineup at the end of the month, when the Senators travel to San Jose to face the Sharks at SAP Center.<\/p>\n

Eklund is expected to be out several more weeks<\/a> after recently undergoing surgery to repair torn tendons in his left ankle. Eklund sustained the injury during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 8 when he took a hit from defenseman Simon Benoit.<\/p>\n

We spoke to Senators forward and former Shark Fabian Zetterlund about how Eklund, his good friend, has fit in since he came to Ottawa in a June trade with San Jose. The two live near each other in the Ottawa area.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s Eklund\u2019 spirits right now?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one wants to get injured. But at the same time, it\u2019s part of hockey, It happens, and it happens fast out there, and it\u2019s tough. It\u2019s tough for him, tough for the team to lose a guy like that, and we all feel for him. But he\u2019s already like working out, and his rehab is going well too. He wants to be back soon, but it will take a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

He seemed to be fitting in really well with the group here.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, really well. He stepped in right away and had no problem with that. He loves it here too, and unfortunately, can\u2019t be out there with us. But he\u2019s still in the locker room every day, and just you can see how hard he works to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Was there a perception that he would have to replace Brady Tkachuk?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not the same players at all. Eky is his own (player), and he\u2019s a great hockey player in this league, and he will have a long career in in this league as well. His playing style is great, and he fits perfectly in this group, and it\u2019s fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the schedule came out, were you guys looking forward to playing the Sharks?<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. I mean it\u2019s always obviously a fun game playing against your older team. But at the end of the day, it\u2019s just hockey, too. So you have to be prepared like it\u2019s a normal game.\u201d<\/p>\n

How\u2019s it been so far for you guys? It seems like things are really starting to gel for the group right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we always stuck with it. The whole group wants that. We\u2019ve just continued to go, and we\u2019re growing as well. It\u2019s going to be a fun season ahead of us. We\u2019ve had a good start, just got to continue to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Have you kept an eye on the Sharks at all? That whole roster is completely different, but do you keep an eye on them at all?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou keep an eye on every team, so I\u2019ve seen them a lot. I watch hockey sometimes, and I see them. I see the scores and all that kind of stuff. So of course, I keep watching them a little bit.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about your own game right now?<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it\u2019s in the right place. I always want more, and always want to be better every day, and that\u2019s my main focus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANATA, Ont. \u2013 New Ottawa Senators forward William Eklund will not play against the San Jose Sharks on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,401,402,181,404,88,90,89,98,198,403,94685,200,127],"class_list":["post-504335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-hockey","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-sharks-alert","tag-social-alert","tag-south-bay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}