With Brady Tkachuk watching in the stands, the Sens win an exciting season opener, 3-2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs. We take your feedback on the Tkachuk signing; the fans chanting his name; we touch on the sluggish attendance, Anton Forsberg's performance, rookies Shane Pinto and Parker Kelly were both all over the ice and much more.

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Austin Watson is hurt again, out 4 weeks with ankle injury. Outside of Chabot and Zub, they still don't know the pairing on defence. Filip Gustavsson is sent down to Belleville. Is that the best strategy or not? The Blues send Logan Brown to the minors. Bobby Ryan is released by Detroit. Mika Zibanejad gets an 8 x 8.5M deal.

Today we discuss DJ Smith trying out Tim Stutzle in Brady Tkachuk's spot at left wing, playing with Norris and Batherson. Nick Paul slides into Stutzle's spot. Will the Sens get enough scoring out of the their top 6 forwards this season? Colin White is gone for 4-6 months with a should injury. The Sens juggle the pairings with their bottom four defencemen. And we discuss the importance of pre season team building.

In our poll today, how are you currently feeling about Brady Tkachuk's handling of his contract negotiations? Most aren't very happy with the Tkachuk group. Meanwhile, Alex Formenton looked pretty damn good at top line LW Friday.

The first cuts are the deepest. On Saturday morning the Sens released the following players to Belleville: Xavier Bernard Philippe Daoust Tyrell Goulbourne Roby Jarventie Zac Leslie Vincent Sevigny Mads Sogaard Matthew Wedman Colby Williams. On Sunday
Sunday it was Jonathan Aspirot Jacob Bernard-Docker Max Guenette Mark Kastelic Kevin Mandolese Cole Reinhardt Egor Sokolov Lassi Thomson Pontus Aberg Dillon Heatherington Kole Sherwood. Back to junior: Ridly Greig and Zack Ostapchuk. Any surprises? We discuss.

Parker Kelly makes a bad decision in his fight Friday night vs Michael Pezzetta.

Clean or Dirty? Josh Norris hit from behind Friday on Sami Niku.

Nostalgia about wooden sticks.

New Sens promo, trailer for the season ahead.

Today we discuss Pierre Dorion's fairly bold claim that the rebuild is over. If "the rebuild is over" and you start to think about every player and prospect in their prime - do the Senators now have what it takes to someday win a Stanley Cup? Who will (vs who should) replace Brady Tkachuk on the top line? Is Nick Paul the right choice? Chris Tierney starts as the number two centre and Shane Pinto has earned nothing yet. What's Erik Brannstrom status, will best guys really play, as they claim? Sounds like Sokolov will be in Belleville for his own good, and Angus Crookshank will be gone 4-6 months.

With main camp starting this week, Matthew Tkachuk says his brother Brady isn't close to a deal with the Sens right now. The Sens DO sign Logan Brown over the weekend. And long time Ottawa Senator Zack Smith calls it a career.

Arguing about Brady Tkachuk's arrival and what kind of contract he'll sign has become Ottawa's favourite pastime. GM Pierre Dorion all signed up for the next 4 seasons.  Sens rookie camp is underway and Gregg still really really really dislikes talking about Logan Brown

The Sens re-sign Drake Batherson and Filip Gustavsson and we break it all down. Brady Tkachuk remains unsigned and reportedly getting frustrated over the lack of legitimate offer. Is Tomas Hertl a trade target for the Senators? Is it a good idea to give up the kind of young or future assets the Sharks would want? Mark Stone gets married with Brady in his wedding party.