1-year, $850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
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1-year, $850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
Source:2026-07-10T03:59:00.000Z
Ottawa and Xavier Bourgault have settled on arbitration on a one-year, $850,000 AAV contract.
The first arbitration case of the 2026-27 offseason has come to a close after it was announced Thursday that Ottawa and Xavier Bourgault had settled on arbitration on a one-year, $850,000 AAV contract. The 23-year-old appeared in two games with Ottawa in 2025-26, but spent the majority of the season with Belleville (AHL), where he had 25 goals, 57 points in 34 PIMs in 70 games played.
1-year, $2,000,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. NMC.... 1.5M for 10GP, 500K for 40 GP, $500K for each conference finals and Stanley Cup. Expires 2027 (UFA).
Source:2026-07-08T03:59:00.000Z
Ottawa has signed Claude Giroux to a one-year, $2 million contract extension.
Giroux decided to test the open market after four seasons with the Ottawa Senators, but has ultimately opted to re-sign with the team. The 38-year-old forward, entering his 20th NHL season, has remained productive offensively despite seeing a diminished role. In the 2025-26 season, Giroux averaged 16:18 time-on-ice, his lowest total since his rookie season in 2008-09, but still managed a solid 49-point (14G / 35A) campaign in 82 games.
1-year, $1,100,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
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The Senators have signed Leevi Meriläinen to a one-year deal worth $1.1M.
Merilainen faces some heavy competition for playing time in Ottawa this season as the team heads into 2026-27 with Linus Ullmark and Sam Ersson both under contract and ahead of him on the depth chart. The 23-year-old Merilainen, a third-round pick of the Senators in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, struggled in limited NHL action last season, posting a 3.51 GAA and .860 SV5 in 20 appearances (8-10-1).
1-year, $850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
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1-year, $850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
Source:2026-07-02T03:59:00.000Z
2-year, $4,400,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2028 (UFA).
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1-year, $850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. $200,000 Guaranteed. Expires 2027 (RFA).
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1-year, $900,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2027 (RFA).
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2-year, $1,850,000 contract with the Ottawa Senators. Expires 2028 (UFA).
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Ottawa has signed Christian Kyrou to a one-year, two-way contract.
The Philadelphia Flyers opted not to give Kyrou a qualifying offer, sending him to free agency as a UFA. The 22-year-old defenseman has yet to play an NHL game. He scored 34 points (10G / 24A) last season in 55 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL).
Ottawa has signed Phillip Tomasino to a one-year, two-way contract.
Tomasino was drafted 24th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, but has fallen out of favour in recent seasons. The 24-year-old forward has 95 points (34G / 61A) in 218 career NHL games, but spent most of the 2025-26 campaign in the AHL, scoring 41 points (12G / 29A) in 52 games.
Ottawa has signed Ryan Suzuki to a one-year, two-way contract.
Suzuki was drafted 28th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, but was unable to translate his pedigree to a prolonged look at the NHL level, ultimately resulting in the team moving on. The 25-year-old forward scored 48 points (13G / 35A) in 66 games with the Chicago Wolves (AHL) last season.
Ottawa has signed Philippe Daoust to a one-year, two-way contract.
Daoust was a sixth-round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and has yet to play an NHL game. The 24-year-old forward had an excellent 2025-26 season in the AHL, scoring 50 points (14G / 36A) in 63 games with the Belleville Senators (AHL).
Ottawa has signed Sammy Blais to a two-year, two-way contract.
Blais has seen some success at the NHL level, offering a unique blend of hitting, physicality, and offensive ability. That said, the 30-year-old forward has spent most of the past two seasons in the AHL, including scoring 38 points (14G / 24A) last season in 35 games with the Laval Rocket (AHL).
Ottawa has signed Samuel Ersson to a two-year, $2.2 million AAV contract ($4.4m total).
After being thrust into a starting role with the Philadelphia Flyers the past two seasons, Ersson was overtaken by Dan Vladar in the 2025-26 season, making Ersson expendable for the Flyers. The 26-year-old Ersson posted a 3.12 GAA and .870 SV% last season in 33 games (14-11-5) with the Flyers and hopes to provide complementary goaltending for Ottawa behind Linus Ullmark.
Ottawa has signed Nick Cousins to a two-year contract extension worth $1.5875 million AAV ($3.175M total).
Nick Cousins will return for a third season in Ottawa after finishing 2025-26 with his highest goal and point totals since 2022-23 and has earned himself a two-year contract extension worth $1.5875 million AAV ($3.175M total). The 32-year-old pesky forward is entering his 14th NHL and will be expected to create a spark in Ottawa's bottom-six again this season after putting up nine goals, 23 points and 92 PIMs in 81 appearances last season.
