We get into Mathieu Joseph's mysterious healthy scratch situation. Despite a major push on social media, Tim Stutzle does not get the fan vote for the NHL All-Star game. Pierre Dorion scouts the LA Kings game - could right shot defenceman Sean Durzi be someone he's looking at? The Sabres honour goalie Ryan Miller, who will forever be connected to the Senators.

Josh Norris and Mathieu Joseph are both expected back this week, which will cause a positive ripple effect throughout the lineup. After 11 games in the show, Jake Lucchini goes on waivers. How much later do you wait on a coaching change? Why is Sanderson playing 7 minutes less than Chabot in St Louis? The Sens are now 24th in The Athletic's prospect rankings. Galatioto Sports partners, who are brokering the sale of the Senators, are opening up the Sens books for a select few potential buyers this week.

Sens shuffle their lines. Would loading up 3 good forward pairs be a better option? We're at the half way point of the season and the Sens are a 500 club, right where they were almost a month ago. If you had to decide right now, do you think the Senators do at the trade deadline? Buyers? Sellers? As the Sens beat Arizona Thursday night, we got a look at Jakub Chychrun...what do we think? The plus minus stat and Drake Batherson. DJ gets his 100th NHL coaching victory...in his 250th game. John Tortorella bans iPads on the bench in Philly and Blake Wheeler suffers ruptured his what? Oh no.

Senators are 29th in even strength scoring...why? Why is Boston so good? The Bruins have an .850 pts percentage, 11 points ahead of the entire NHL. Austin Watson says part of the Sens identity is dump and chase. How do we feel about that? As we begin a new year and the second half of the season, who or what has you most pumped up to be an Ottawa Senators fan right now?​ Prospect watch: Tyler Kleven is the NCHC Defenceman of the week. Egor Sokolov has 35 pts in 34 games. Vancouver acquires a boat load of assets for Zack Ostapchuk. sensnationpodcast.com

Right after the Sens' skills competition, Drake Batherson joined us for a good conversation about what's happening in the Sens' locker room these days. He won the hardest shot competition. He talks about rookies Jake Lucchini, along with Mark Kastelic who won the fastest skater competition. He also updates us on what he knows about the Sens injured players. Speaking of which, 2021 first rounder Tyler Boucher is hurt again.

Cam Talbot sits down with Steve and they discuss his interesting path to the NHL, which included summers working at his Dad's steel mill. The Athletic's Ian Mendes fills in for Gregg. Ian had a great article on Alex DeBrincat this week so we talk about the future of the Cat and we also hit Ian with a little Sens trivia. Unfortunately, Steve's clue made it too easy! Brady Tkachuk is an NHL all-star. He's a great choice, but there were other Senators who might have been worthy as well. Brady gets to play on the same team as his brother for a change, as they both suit up for the Atlantic Division squad.

We discuss Alex DeBrincat's contractual situation. According to our source, DeBrincat loves playing in Ottawa and his new teammates, so the ball will be in the Senators' court. Artem Zub is back from injury. 1700 citizens of Sens Nation tell us who they think is the better defenceman, Chabot or Zub? And after the Rangers healthy scratch Alexis Lafreniere, we revisit the 2020 NHL draft and how well the Senators made out. Maybe that 2020 NHL Draft Lottery went the Sens way after all.

We discuss the Sens win over Boston, in a wildly entertaining return from the holidays. Cam Talbot owns the Ottawa net; Ottawa's four biggest additions this season – Talbot, Giroux, DeBrincat and Sanderson have all been fantastic. Will DeBrincat be here long term? Andrew Hammond retires. Remembering our favourite hockey themed Christmas gifts.

The Senators have re-signed defenceman Artem Zub. He gets a four year extension worth $4.6 million. Does this mean Pierre Dorion is actually free to make all the moves he wants, regardless of the fluid ownership situation? Sens losses in Winnipeg and Minnesota make us wonder if the recent upswing was aided by facing non-playoff teams. We talk about the 4 Sens prospects going to the World Hockey Championships. And a little Sens trivia.

The Sens split two games on the weekend. Cam Talbot wanted to face Minnesota but the Sens go with Forsberg. When did it becomes almost taboo to start goalies in back to back games? Filip Gustavsson is putting up great numbers in Minnesota and takes a bit of a run at the Sens from last season. Alex Formenton Signs in Switzerland. Why did the Swiss do what the Sens would not?