Senators on LeBreton Flats: not before 2035, says Ottawa journalist

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Crédit: Ottawa Senators' Brady Tkachuk skates by Colorado Avalanche's Scott Wedgewood during NHL action.

Yesterday afternoon, the Senators signed an agreement to purchase 11 acres of land on LeBreton Flats. As my colleague Félix Forget said: this project is not for tomorrow. But today, we may have a better idea of the “when” of the moving date. According to Zakary Mercier of Ottawa’s Le Droit newspaper, it won’t be before 2035 – and

That would be a long time from now, then. In today’s Sick Podcast, Jimmy Murphy estimates the official move to be around 2030, him. Anyway, that’s a long time away, and whether it’s 2030 or 2035, the core of the team won’t be/is no longer in its prime…[content-ads] It’s not because the Sens want to stay in Kanata longer, but it’s because a move is complicated. Murphy explained that it takes two-three years just to detoxify the area and the wetlands on the huge lot. After that, there’s zoning, new arena design, soil decontamination, approvals, etc. If Mercier (Le Droit) is right, in 2035, Drake Batherson will be 37, team captain Brady Tkachuk will be 36, Dylan Cozens will be 34 and Tim Stutzle and Jake Sanderson will be 33. When the team moves, the next core is, to this day, still undrafted. Overtime] – Good.

– To be continued.

– The Canadiens aren’t one of those teams.

– Kyle Connor’s future in Winnipeg is unclear.

– Really?