OTTAWA, ON - APRIL 7: Brady Tkachuk #7 of the Ottawa Senators skates against the Edmonton Oilers at Canadian Tire Centre on April 7, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)
With training camp right around the corner, all of Ottawa waits on the status of pending RFA and team leader Brady Tkachuk
The undisputed face of the franchise, Brady Tkachuk enters the middle of September without a contract in place, for both sides getting a contract done before the Senators enter training camp would be ideal. With a full training camp and a normal offseason, having the full team in Ottawa for training camp should be one of the main goals, if Tkachuk ends up sitting out for some portion of camp, it will create a distraction that this team doesn’t need at this point.