Sens season seat members got an honest examination of the hockey club's off-season on Wednesday, along with updates on LeBreton Flats, renovations at Canadian Tire Centre and the fan experience for 2026-27.
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Facing thousands of the most passionate Ottawa Senators fans at the Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday night, Steve Staios did his best to reassure the faithful that the post-Brady Tkachuk era will not begin with a step backwards.
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Sat betwixt beloved local radio broadcast voices Dean Brown and Gord Wilson at the Senators’ Season Seat Member Summit, the general manager and president of hockey operations’ seat was hottest when he was read a fan-submitted question about not getting a roster player from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Tkachuk.
Staios meticulously walked the audience through the process of trading the team’s captain, stopping along the way to remind them of newly acquired winger William Eklund.
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“I wasn’t done after the Brady deal, and I’m certainly not done now,” he said. “We’re determined to bring championship here to Ottawa.”
While many Sens fans are still grappling with Tkachuk’s abandonment, Staios addressed the narrative that Ottawa simply is not a destination for the NHL’s top players.
