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With the return of Tyler Kleven on Monday afternoon, the Ottawa Senators suddenly found themselves carrying eight defensemen on their NHL roster, and that was one too many for their liking. According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, the team has opted to place Donovan Sebrango on waivers as of Tuesday.

Sebrango had served as Klevenâ€s direct replacement in the Senators†first two games down in Florida, but with Kleven now healthy, it appears the Sens have decided to send Sebrango back to Belleville of the American Hockey League, where heâ€s spent most of the past two seasons. His two games with Ottawa over the past week have now doubled his career games played total at the NHL level. He made his NHL debut with the Sens back in January.

Behind Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot, and Kleven, Sebrango is generally seen as the next man up on the left side of the organization’s depth chart. That much was made clear in the first two games of the season.

But he may soon have some competition. The Sens recently strengthened the left side of the B-Sens blue line by signing free agent Scott Harrington to a two-year AHL deal. Harrington brings more than 250 games of NHL experience. Everyone else on the left side in Belleville, and we’ll include Sebrango’s four games of NHL experience, have combined for four games of NHL experience.

If Sebrango clears waivers and reports to Belleville, head coach David Bell will suddenly have his own left side surplus on the back end. In Ottawa, the Sens appear to favour one extra defenseman and one extra forward.

Drake Batherson is set to be activated from injured reserve in time for Wednesday nightâ€s road game against the Buffalo Sabres. So he’ll likely be replaced on the IR by Brady Tkachuk after the captain suffered a right-hand or wrist injury during Mondayâ€s home opener. The Sens are saying Tkachuk might be out for a month or more and haven’t ruled out surgery.

Senators Captain Brady Tkachuk Likely To Miss A Month Of Action (At Least)
Following an uninspiring 6-2 drubbing at the hands of the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers on Saturday, Ottawa Senators fans were hoping for an inspiring bounce-back performance in the team’s home opener on Monday afternoon.

Sebrango was acquired by the Senators in July 2023 as part of the Alex DeBrincat trade. DeBrincat was dealt to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Sebrango, Dominik Kubalik, a conditional first-round pick, and Detroitâ€s 2024 fourth-round selection. That first-round pick was later part of the trade package sent to Boston for goalie Linus Ullmark.

Still just 23, Sebrango—a former World Junior player with Team Canada—could draw interest from other NHL teams on the waiver wire. The Ottawa-born defenseman likely has a soft spot for his hometown club, but with three quality left-shot defensemen under contract for at least the next two seasons, his path to full-time NHL status appears blocked for the foreseeable future.

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Gautam Gambhir Defends Harshit Rana: Amid the joy of clean-sweeping the West Indies 2-0 in the two-Test series, India head coach Gautam Gambhir took out time to hit back at criticism and allegations involving him and Harshit Rana, the 23-year-old pacer from Delhi, Gambhirâ€s home city.

Rana rose to the limelight last year following a terrific IPL campaign, where he helped Kolkata Knight Riders win the IPL 2024 title. Gambhir was the KKR mentor for that season before becoming Indiaâ€s head coach late last year.

Soon after, Harshit Rana, who also can whack the ball and is being looked at as a future No. 8 in Indiaâ€s white-ball sides, made his debut for India in all three formats and was part of Indiaâ€s winning squads at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and the Asia Cup 2025, though he didnâ€t make significant contributions as both tournaments were played in the UAE.

You donâ€t spare even a 23-year-old boy to run your YouTube channel: Gautam Gambhir Defends Harshit Rana

Fans and some experts, particularly former India captain and chairman of selectors Kris Srikkanth, were irked by Ranaâ€s selection in Indiaâ€s ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming tour of Australia. Srikkanth even went on to say that Rana is Gambhirâ€s “constant yes-man,†and thatâ€s how he retains his place in the squad.

Following Indiaâ€s series win against the West Indies in Delhi, Gambhir lashed out at the “shameful†criticism of Ranaâ€s selection.

“Look, itâ€s a bit shameful. And I will be very honest with you. If you do not spare even a 23-year-old boy to run your YouTube channel, itâ€s unfair. Because ultimately [Ranaâ€s] father is not an ex-chairman [of selectors] or an ex-cricketer or an NRI. He plays cricket on his own merit. And he will continue to play on his own merit,†Gambhir said in the post-match press conference.

“At least you can realise that he is a 23-year-old kid. He is not 33. Criticise me, I can still handle it. But a 23-year-old boy is a 23-year-old boy. I think that is why we need to be careful. What you say is only to run your YouTube channel.â€

Harshit is likely to get opportunities during the Australia tour, which includes three ODIs and five T20Is, starting October 19.

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