2024–25 Ottawa Senators season explained

League:NHL
Season:2024–25
Year:2024
Team:Ottawa Senators
Division:Atlantic
Conference:Eastern
Record:0–0–0
Homerecord:0–0–0
Roadrecord:0–0–0
Goalsfor:0
Goalsagainst:0
Generalmanager:Steve Staios
Coach:Travis Green
Captain:Brady Tkachuk
Altcaptain:
Arena:Canadian Tire Centre
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The 2024–25 Ottawa Senators season will be the 33rd season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators enter the season with a new coaching staff.

Off-season

On May 7, the Senators announced their new head coach Travis Green, a former head coach with the Vancouver Canucks, and former player.[1] The team filled out their coaching positions by returning Daniel Alfredsson and Ben Sexton and adding Mike Yeo and Nolan Baumgartner as assistant coaches.[2]

On July 31, the Allen Americans, the ECHL affiliate of the Senators for the previous two seasons, announced a new affiliation with the Utah Hockey Club leaving the Senators without an ECHL affiliate.[3]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on June 24, 2024.[4]

Regular season

The Ottawa Senators regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
Legend:
Notes:
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Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
To Washington Capitals
Jakob Chychrun
[5]
To St. Louis Blues
Mathieu Joseph
3rd-round pick in 2025
To Ottawa Senators
Future considerations
[6]
To Utah Hockey Club
Egor Sokolov
To Ottawa Senators
Jan Jenik
[7]
To Colorado Avalanche
Kevin Mandolese
7th-round pick in 2026
To Ottawa Senators
6th-round pick in 2026
[8]
To Edmonton Oilers
Roby Jarventie
4th-round pick in 2025
To Ottawa Senators
Xavier Bourgault
Jake Chiasson
[9]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
3-year Free agency [10]
1-year Free agency
1-year Free agency
2-year Free agency
1-year Free agency [11]
1-year Free agency [12]
1-year Free agency [13]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
1-year Free agency [14]
2-year Free agency [15]
Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency [16]
San Diego Gulls (AHL) 1-year Free agency [17]
July 19, 2024 Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year Free agency [18]
July 25, 2024 Kölner Haie (DEL) 1-year Free agency [19]

Player signings

Date Player Term Ref
2-year
2-year [20]
3-year [21]
1-year [22]
2-year [23]
3-year [24]

Key

Contract is entry-level.
Contract takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Draft picks

See also: List of Ottawa Senators draft picks.

The 2024 NHL Entry Draft was held June 28–29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Senators made six draft picks. The Senators held the Boston Bruins' first-round pick, but traded it just before the draft for Linus Ullmark.[25]

The Senators' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 7, 2022, that sent Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.[26] The Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on March 15, 2024, that sent Jamieson Rees to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.[27] # The Senators' seventh-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on July 11, 2022, that sent future considerations to Ottawa in exchange for Matt Murray, a third-round pick in 2023 and this pick.[28]

The Detroit Red Wings' fourth-round pick went to the Senators as the result of a trade on July 9, 2023, that sent Alex DeBrincat to Detroit in exchange for Dominik Kubalik, Donovan Sebrango, a conditional first-round pick in 2024 and this pick.[29] The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Senators as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Nick Paul to Tampa Bay in exchange for Mathieu Joseph and this pick.[30]

RoundOverallPlayerPositionNationalityClub team
17Carter YakemchukDCalgary Hitmen (WHL)
239Gabriel EliassonDHV71 J20 (J20 Nationell)
4104Lucas EllinasCKitchener Rangers (OHL)
4112
Javon MooreLWMinnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
4117
Blake MontgomeryLWLincoln Stars (USHL)
5136Eerik WalleniusDHPK (Liiga)

Notes and References

  1. Got Our Guy . May 7, 2024 . Ottawa Senators Communications . nhl.com.
  2. Ottawa Senators . nhl.com . Senators Round Out Coaching Staff . June 4, 2024 . June 24, 2024.
  3. Allen Americans . allenamericans.com . Americans announce new NHL affiliation . July 31, 2024 . August 13, 2024.
  4. NHL.com . Ottawa Senators announce seven-game 2024-25 pre-season schedule . June 27, 2024 . Sens Communications.
  5. Web site: Senators trade defenceman Jakob Chychrun to Capitals. Sportsnet. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
  6. Web site: Senators shed salary by sending Mathieu Joseph to St. Louis Blues . Ottawa Citizen . Garrioch . Bruce . July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  7. Web site: Jan Jenik arrives from Utah in exchange for forward Egor Sokolov. Ottawa Senators. July 3, 2024. July 3, 2024.
  8. Web site: Senators trade goalie Kevin Mandolese to Avalanche. Sportsnet. July 15, 2024. July 16, 2024.
  9. Web site: Ottawa Senators acquire forwards Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson from Edmonton . Ottawa Senators . July 15, 2024. July 15, 2024.
  10. Web site: Breaking down Day one of NHL Free Agency. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  11. Web site: Gaining Gaudette. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  12. Web site: Hey, Hayden. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  13. Web site: Roos-hoo!. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  14. Web site: Penguins sign forward Bokonji Imama to a one-year contract. NHL.com. Pittsburgh Penguins. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  15. Web site: Avalanche Signs Parker Kelly. nhl.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  16. Web site: Colorado Avalanche sign Erik Brannstrom to one-year contract. tsn.ca. TSN. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  17. Web site: San Diego Gulls sign four players. sandiegogulls.com. San Diego Gulls. July 2, 2024. July 8, 2024.
  18. Web site: Former Sens F Chartier joins KHL's Red Star with one-year deal . tsn.ca . TSN . July 19, 2024. July 19, 2024.
  19. Web site: KÖLNER HAIE VERPFLICHTEN JOSH CURRIE . haie.de . Kölner Haie . July 25, 2024. July 26, 2024.
  20. Web site: Putting Pin-to paper. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
  21. Web site: Andonovsthree. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 3, 2024. July 8, 2024.
  22. Web site: A busy week for Jenik. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 5, 2024. July 8, 2024.
  23. Web site: Standing 'Gaard. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 15, 2024. July 15, 2024.
  24. Web site: Senators agree to terms with defenceman Carter Yakemchuk to a three-year, entry-level contract | Ottawa Senators . NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. August 6, 2024. August 6, 2024 .
  25. Web site: Sportsnet . sportnet.ca . Senators acquire Linus Ullmark in trade with Bruins . June 24, 2024. June 24, 2024 . Sportsnet. Staff.
  26. Web site: Blackhawks trade Alex DeBrincat to Senators for draft picks. July 7, 2022. July 7, 2022. Sportsnet.ca.
  27. Web site: Senators acquire Jamieson Rees from Hurricanes for sixth-round pick. March 15, 2024. March 27, 2024. sportsnet.ca.
  28. Web site: Murray traded to Maple Leafs by Senators. July 11, 2022. July 11, 2022. nhl.com.
  29. Web site: Sens acquire players and picks from Detroit in trade for Alex Debrincat. July 9, 2023. July 9, 2023. nhl.com.
  30. Web site: Sens acquire Joseph from Tampa Bay in Paul trade. March 20, 2022. July 2, 2022. nhl.com.