If Batherson Goes Long-Term In Ottawa, Does That Put Him In The Captain Conversation?
If Drake Batherson goes all in on an eight-year extension, his loyalty could shift opinions on the Senators' leadership options.
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Is there a preference there?
Like, would you like to deal with it this summer or would you prefer to kind of play out the final year?
Yeah, I think as a, as a player, I mean my last go around, I didn't get my deal done until early September, like two weeks before camp.
And that summer was just stressful because you're, you know, you're training, you're working out, you're trying to get fired up for a season, but you're, I mean, you know a deal's coming, but, you don't know when.
So I think the earlier you can get a deal done, the better.
And just, you know, you stop thinking about it where, you know, some guys, you know, they're stressing about a deal till late into the summer every year, which is, which is tough.
So it'd be nice to, to get it done and, and hopefully it happens.
