{"id":136768,"date":"2023-04-11T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=136768"},"modified":"2023-04-11T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:29:15","slug":"nhl-rumours-jake-sanderson-extension-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/11\/nhl-rumours-jake-sanderson-extension-options\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Ottawa Senators Defenceman Extension Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours for your Tuesday. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are starting soon and some teams are preparing for the quest for Lord Stanley&#8217;s Cup. However, other teams are already thinking about their off-season. The Ottawa Senators will miss out on the post-season, but have some good young players to build around going forward. They do have most of the core under contract. However, some players still need a new deal. Today&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/22\/jake-sanderson-ottawa-senators-start-to-2022-23-season-analysis\/\" target=\"_self\"> NHL rumours<\/a> looks at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandeja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Sanderson<\/a> extension.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Jake Sanderson Extension Possibilities<\/h3>\n<p>Rumour: The Athletic&#8217;s Ian Mendes <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4379887\/2023\/04\/05\/senators-new-ownership-hockey-operations-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">answered a question<\/a> about what the next contract could be for the 20-year-old blueliner. Mendes said that the Whitefish, Montana native and the Senators have a few options. Sanderson will enter the final year of his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/27\/jake-sanderson-signed-by-senators\/\" target=\"_self\">entry-level contract<\/a>, but can sign an extension on July 1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s brighten up a dreary day in Ottawa with a fun mailbag column.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How quickly can a new owner make changes?<br \/>\u2022  The ideal role for Alfredsson?<br \/>\u2022 Tim St\u00fctzle chats about D.J. Smith\u2019s impact on his growth<br \/>\u2022 And a Mount Rushmore of infamous Sens fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BOiCj9tOyv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BOiCj9tOyv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ian_mendes\/status\/1643649517487570945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa&#8217;s young defender has four goals and 27 assists in 76 games and is touted as a cornerstone of the Senators backend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chaboth01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Chabot<\/a> is already<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/09\/19\/ottawa-senators-sign-thomas-chabot-to-eight-year-extension\/\" target=\"_self\"> locked up to a long-term deal<\/a> and general manager Pierre Dorion probably wants to do the same with Sanderson. There are a couple of directions that Ottawa can go.<\/p>\n<h3>What a Jake Sanderson Extension Could Look Like?<\/h3>\n<p>The Senators could go long-term and give Sanderson over $9 million per season. This could rival deals for players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Fox<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/makarca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cale Makar<\/a> and others. However, Dorion could do a bridge deal similar to what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dahlira01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Dahlin<\/a> got of three years and $6 million per season. The bridge contract would help keep the cap number done. However, there&#8217;s possibility Sanderson outperforms the deal and asks for a bigger cap number.<\/p>\n<p>The Senators have some big money in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stuetti02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Stutzle<\/a> and Chabot. There&#8217;s hope the cap number takes its long-awaited increase thanks to the ESPN TV deal. However, the Senators might have to break out the cheque book to pay Sanderson.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another round of NHL rumours for your Tuesday. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are starting soon and some teams are preparing for the quest for Lord Stanley&#8217;s Cup. However, other teams are already thinking about their off-season. The Ottawa Senators will miss out on the post-season, but have some good young players to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":136769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,4547,4548,8],"tags":[4555,6095,804],"class_list":["post-136768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-senators","tag-jake-sanderson","tag-ottawa-senators-rumours","tag-thomas-chabot"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}