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Senators rumors: Pierre LeBrun reveals Claude Giroux’s plans for next season amid retirement speculation
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The Ottawa Senators made a run to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025-26. As the season has come to an end, there are rumors about the Senators reshaping their roster .
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Now, one of the major parts of their roster is making declarations about his future, according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic.
" Claude Giroux needed some time after the season to mull over his future, as far as whether he wanted to continue playing. I was told Monday that the 38-year-old forward, an unrestricted free agent on July 1, has decided he wants to come back and play another season," LeBrun wrote.
Giroux just finished the one-year contract extension he signed with the Senators last summer. It came on the heels of a three-year deal he signed with the Senators ahead of the 2022-23 campaign. The contract extension took him from an AAV of $6.5 million to $2 million.
Giroux, a once-dominant forward in the NHL, is coming off his worst season in terms of points since 2020-21. This season, he scored 14 goals while adding 35 assists, good for just 49 points. He last scored below 50 points in 2021-22, when he played just 54 games due to COVID-19 restrictions. That year, he found the back of the net 16 times with 27 assists. Outside of that, his worst season was 2012-13, when he played just 48 games due to injury. Still, he lit the lamp 13 times while adding 35 helpers.
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While it is clear that Giroux has lost a step, he is still a capable forward and is willing to come back for another season in the NHL. Now, the question becomes, will it be with the Senators or not?
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