What I’m hearing about Senators’ 2025 first-round pick, Drake Batherson, Claude Giroux, more. By Julian McKenzie. June 6, 2025. ASHTON, Ont.

The 27-year-old's value to Ottawa also increases if the team can't or doesn’t re-sign Claude Giroux. Trading Batherson would leave the club without its top two right-wingers from this past season.

The two-time defending PWHL champion Frost re-signed a couple of their own, the Frost announced Sunday. Minnesota re-signed Mae Batherson to a two-year deal and Claire Butorac to a one-year contract.

Batherson’s run in Ottawa began in 2017 as a fourth-round pick. The 6’3″, 200-lb winger nonetheless made his NHL debut less than a year and a half later, ...

Batherson finished up a promising rookie season on one of the better blue lines in the league. She was taken by the Frost in the sixth round of the 2024 PWHL Draft, spending most of her time in a ...

Former Ottawa Senators forward Alex Formenton, once a promising NHL player, faces trial for alleged involvement in the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault case. His career stalled amidst these ...

Batherson and Pinto have formed quite a bond during their time with Ottawa, so it felt like a no-brainer for the two of them to spend some more time together in the off-season.