Gilbert has one assist in six games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season, RFA Guenette agrees to one-year deal following the trade

Imagine if the Ottawa Senators were down both Thomas Chabot and Nick Jensen entering this week. Thankfully, it’s only Chabot on the injury list as the Senators avoided a scare when Jensen didn’t finish last week’s game against the Boston Bruins.

Steve Staios, the club’s president of hockey operations and general manager, had been scouring the National Hockey League’s trade market to try to find some depth for the left side after the club lost defenceman Donovan Sebrango on waivers to the Florida Panthers last month.

Good news for Ottawa Senators fans, as the franchise accelerated its timeline to be competitive in the 2025-26 season following the official announcement of a trade on Monday.

The Philadelphia Flyers today announced that the team has acquired restricted free agent defenseman Maxence Guenette from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenseman Dennis Gilbert, according to General Manager Daniel Briere.

Defenceman Thomas Chabot, who suffered an upper-body muscle injury a week ago against the Stars at home, was on the ice on Monday. He hasn’t been cleared to take any contact, but the expectation is that he will be on the flight with his teammates when they depart Ottawa.

The Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers swapped depth defensemen on Monday, with the Senators getting veteran Dennis Gilbert in exchange for Maxence Guenette.

The Ottawa Senators swapped depth defensemen with the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, acquiring the left-shooting Dennis Gilbert in exchange for righty Max Guenette.

The team acquired Maxence Guenette, an offensive defenseman who mainly played in the AHL and tallied nine goals and 23 points last season in 58 games.

There is a chance that Brady Tkachuk could return during the Senators' West Coast road trip as he recovers from hand surgery.

Last season, when the Ottawa Senators needed goal-scoring help, there weren’t many high-end options down in the minors. Their top goal-scoring Belleville candidates were Wyatt Bongiovanni and Angus Crookshank, who each scored 22 goals. Neither finished last season among the AHL’s top 30 goal scorers.