The Florida Panthers have acquired veteran right winger Vladimir Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. In the trade, the Senators will receive a conditional 2024 fourth-round pick and a 2025 third-round pick from Florida, while Ottawa in turn will retain half of Tarasenko's salary.

Signed to a one-year deal this off-season, the Ottawa Senators are poised to move veteran right winger Vladimir Tarasenko before Friday's trade deadline.

The Senators entered this season with high hopes, as their group of young forwards took solid steps forward last season. The signing of Tarasenko, the presence of veteran center Claude Giroux, and the young nucleus led by Tim Stutzle, Brady Tkachuk, and others looked like a formidable forward group on paper.

Instead, the Senators have served up a disaster in Canada's capital this season, as they sit with a record of 25-31-3 and in last place in the Atlantic Division.

The team has been undone by shoddy goaltending and defense, as their 212 goals allowed is one of the higher marks in the NHL.

Their offense has not been up to snuff with the East's contenders, but among the non-playoff teams, only the New Jersey Devils have lit the lamp more often than the Sens.

The team had a stretch of play so disgraceful that it got head coach D.J. Smith fired, and another frustrating off-season of trying to figure out how exactly to get this core to win games lies ahead in Ottawa.