"D-Day is imminent for Nikita Filatov and the Ottawa Senators.

At some point in the next few days, Senators general manager Bryan Murray will talk with the talented but often times indifferent Filatov to chart a course for his future.

While Filatov created a stir 10 days ago with speculation that he would prefer to play in the Kontinental Hockey League than in the American Hockey League with the Senators' top farm team in Binghamton, he has since made some positive noise with some inspired play.

Filatov was held off the scoresheet in a 4-1 loss to the Syracuse Crunch on Friday, but he had scored three goals and three assists in his two previous games. He had seven goals and five assists in 14 games before Saturday night. Filatov has one assist in six games with the Senators.

"I told him when I put him down (to Binghamton), that by Nov. 30, I would have a meeting with him," said Murray. "It would be (about whether) to come back and get another chance to play up here or I would consider - and that's the big word, I would consider - allowing him to go back to the KHL."

Murray says nothing has changed.

"By Nov. 30, I will tell him he's in Binghamton for the rest of the year or he's in Ottawa for the rest of the year or a combination of the two or I would let him go back and play (in Russia). But it will be what we decide.""