June 6: General manager Steve Staios told reporters Friday that “ there’s no truth ” to the speculation regarding Batherson’s trade availability, per Claire Hanna of TSN .

June 3: The Senators are willing to part ways with winger Drake Batherson via trade as they look to acquire an upgrade for their top-six forward group, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen said Tuesday.

Batherson’s name popped up in trade conversation around the deadline, but he ultimately wasn’t moved. Those talks also stemmed more from teams calling on Batherson, not Ottawa actively shopping him. While saying the Sens are trying to move on from him outright is a stretch, there’s a belief “ some within the organization are frustrated with his lack of consistency ,” Garrioch writes, and they’

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