The Senators have a Carter Yakemchuk dilemma on their hands

Sometimes, good news is followed by not-so-good news.

The Ottawa Senators have finally had a much healthier defensive core over the last handful of games. With Tyler Kleven set to return to the lineup tonight after Wednesday night’s game in Buffalo with an illness, their blue-line pairings are almost set. However, head coach Travis Green now faces a rather interesting dilemma: what happens with defenceman Carter Yakemchuk?

For three of the Senators' last four games, the rookie defenceman has sat in the press box in favour of Nikolas Matinpalo. With injuries to Artem Zub, Jake Sanderson and captain Thomas Chabot, there has typically been room for both of them in the lineup, but that is no…