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The Ottawa Senators have brought back a familiar face to give the club depth on defence. Article content

The Senators finally ended the contract stalemate with restricted free agent blueliner Maxence Guenette on Monday afternoon by sending him to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for veteran blueliner Dennis Gilbert, who finished last season with Ottawa. Article content Article content

The Flyers immediately signed Guenette, 24, to a one-year, two-way deal.

This will be the 29-year-old Gilbert’s second stint with the Senators. He was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on March 7, along with centre Dylan Cozens, in the deal that sent centre Josh Norris and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker the other way.

Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and gene

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