Senators defenceman Jared Cowen isn't asking for a trade

Ottawa Senators defenceman Jared Cowen (2) won the hardest shot competition during the annual Sens Skills competition at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ont. on Thursday December 31, 2015. Errol McGihon/Ottawa Sun/Postmedia NetworkSeven weeks before the NHL's trade deadline, Jared Cowen says he's not asking the Senators to move him.

Nor is he thinking a deal is imminent.

"Even if I was, I don't know if I'd be telling you guys," the big defenceman told three beat reporters in the team's dressing room after Friday's practice. "No offence. I don't want the Drouin situation."

The reference, of course, was to Tampa Bay Lightning winger Jonathan Drouin, who has requested a trade so he can get the…