Sens sign James Reimer despite shaky debut in the AHL.

The Ottawa Senators have made a move, a move that reeks a little of desperation.

On Monday, the Senators officially signed veteran National Hockey League goaltender James Reimer to a new contract for the remainder of the 2025-26 season. The new deal, a one year contract, comes in at an average annual value and cap hit of $850,000.

Reimer had been previously signed to an American Hockey League professional tryout with the Senators AHL affiliate team, the Belleville Senators, but Reimer did not look great in his lone appearance in Belleville.

During the course of his lone AHL game this season Reimer would face 28 shots, allowing 6 of those shots to beat him, finishing the game with an ugly looking save percentage of .786 and a 6.05 goals against average.

Reimer most recently played at the NHL level for the Anaheim Ducks where he had a 4.50 goals against average and a .864 save percentage over 2 games last season.

This would normally raise some questions about why the Senators are making such a move, but of course after the firestorm of controversy that tore through that organization last week it comes as little surprise. Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark remains out due to a personal leave of absence and the rumors regarding that absence certainly haven't helped.

Was this a good move from the Senators? Let me know what you think of this one in the comments.