In a period of the NHL season where most general managers make their biggest mistakes, the best general managers are not only the ones who turn off their phones July 1, but the ones who comb the free-agent market for the best deals they can find.
There’s a steady theme emerging in the Ottawa Senators’ offseason work, and it has less to do with splashy headline moves and more to do with locking in structure on the back end.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Ottawa Senators are nearing an extension with pending RFA defenseman Jordan Spence, reports Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch. According to Garrioch, the deal will be in the range of a four-year term, while Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the deal will be worth approximately $20MM total, which would be a $5MM AAV across a four-year term.
The Ottawa Senators have re-signed defenseman Jordan Spence to a four-year contract worth $5 million annually, likely keeping one of their quietly impressive blueliners off the trade market.
Ottawa Senators general manager Steve Staios has had his work cut out for him this offseason after being compelled to trade captain and star winger Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers without receiving a roster player in return.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
A defenceman who is rumoured to be on the trading block is Ottawa’s Jordan Spence. Spence began his career with the Los Angeles Kings after they selected him in the fourth round of the 2019 NHL Draft.
If the Edmonton Oilers want to continue to build towards the future by acquiring young talent who could make an impact, they should look no further than Ottawa Senators defenceman Jordan Spence.
The 2026 NHL Draft is just 11 days away. As the draft approaches, teams are figuring out their strategy and also looking to set up potential trades. Last year, the Ottawa Senators made a trade during the draft.
The Ottawa Senators took steps forward this regular season under head coach Travis Green, but got a bad draw in the first round, ultimately getting swept at the hands of the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.
With just under $17 million in cap space heading into the offseason, it is expected that the Ottawa Senators will be active in adding to their roster. That may also mean letting go of current pieces to do that.
Jordan Spence had a good season. Maybe it wasn’t a great one. Perhaps it wasn’t what the Ottawa Senators expected when they acquired him. Still, by most objective measures, he was solid.
Jordan Spence has been a member of the Ottawa Senators for just under a calendar year — but he might not be long for Canada’s capital city. After acquiring
Spring has not been good for the Ottawa Senators’ blue line. Jake Sanderson went down early in March, Thomas Chabot and Nick Jensen suffered long-term injuries at the end of the month, and when Sanderson returned on Apr.
Jordan Spence is a 25-year-old right-shot defenceman who arrived in Ottawa via trade from the Los Angeles Kings on June 28, 2025. He isn’t a well-known name yet, but he’s the kind of player fans notice only when he stops noticing them—steady, available, and increasingly dangerous.
Senators defenseman Jordan Spence is in his first year with the team and has proven himself to be a worthwhile gamble after Ottawa acquired him last summer from the Kings in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick – 67th overall – and a 2026 sixth-round pick.
After making the 2025 Playoffs, the Ottawa Senators are heading into the 2025–26 NHL season with some unfamiliar energy that comes from bigger expectations.
General Manager Ken Holland said the defense was at the top of his to-do list, and the first domino has fallen on the backend for the LA Kings. To kick off day two, Holland traded young blueliner Jordan Spence to the Ottawa Senators for a third-round pick in this year’s draft and a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft.
The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Jordan Spence from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2025 third-round draft pick plus a 2026 sixth rounder, reports Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli.
The Los Angeles Kings are retaining defenseman Jordan Spence, who at 23 years old already looks like he could develop into an NHL mainstay in the near future.