The Hockey News-Ottawa Podcast: One on One With Drake Batherson

Ottawa Senators winger Drake Batherson is having himself a career year.

Now in his seventh year as a pro and fifth as a full-timer, Batherson is currently a top 30 scorer in the NHL, boasting an eight-game point streak and points in 12 of his last 13 games.

Along with Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk, that trio has separated itself from the rest of the Senators in scoring. Stutzle leads with 30 points, Tkachuk has 29, and Batherson is at 27. No one else on the team is within ten points of those three.

The Hockey News Ottawa caught up with Batherson in Los Angeles last weekend. We discussed:

• Drake's fantasy football prowess

• the Senators start so far and the club's new attitude

• his season individually

• new faces in the locker room this year

• Adam Gaudette's goal scoring outburst

• what it's like working with Daniel Alfredsson as a coach

• some thoughts on Linus Ullmark

• Shane Pinto joining him in the all-star summer skate out east

• his new dog

• and much more

Here's our conversation with Batherson. Be sure to subscribe to the Sens Nation Podcast on all podcast apps or watch the full podcast on YouTube.