{"id":848273,"date":"2026-09-15T05:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848273\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T05:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T05:16:09","slug":"sources-senators-nearing-eight-year-contract-extension-with-drake-batherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848273\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Senators nearing eight-year contract extension with Drake Batherson"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the clock ticking towards Tuesday night\u2019s CBA deadline, multiple sources indicate the Ottawa Senators<\/a> are closing in on an eight-year extension with 33-goal scorer Drake Batherson<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exact terms are unclear, but it\u2019s believed to average somewhere between $10.5 million and $11 million per season. It would be the largest contract in franchise history \u2014 a major commitment and a relief to the fanbase.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings as new contract rules arrive once the calendar flips to Sept. 16 at midnight Eastern Time. Maximum term drops from eight years to seven for a team\u2019s own free agents; from seven years to six for a player who signs elsewhere. The largest permissible gap in earnings between two consecutive years of a contract drops from 25 per cent to 20, and the lowest season of any contract can\u2019t pay less than 71 per cent of the highest. (The previous margin was 60.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two of the biggest unresolved cases for 2026-27 are Adam Fantilli<\/a> (Columbus) and Cutter Gauthier<\/a> (Anaheim). There was some optimism in Gauthier\u2019s case, less so for Fantilli, but deadlines spur action and one phone call can change everything. Don\u2019t be surprised, though, if teams\/players who are unsigned for 2027-28 also try to take advantage, knowing they won\u2019t be able to do next summer what they can do through Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the clock ticking towards Tuesday night\u2019s CBA deadline, multiple sources indicate the Ottawa Senators are closing in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-848273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}