Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa2008-09, Leclaire akakuvara gumbo rake, achimubvisa mumwaka uye maBlue Jackets akasimudzira rookie Steve Mason. Kutamba kwaMason kwakanga kwakatanhamara, achitungamirira Musangano Wokumadokero mumapoka anoverengeka. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, Blue Jackets yakatengesa Leclaire kuOttawa Senators, pamwe chete nechisarudzo chechipiri chekutenderera muna 2009
(Robin Lehner), mukutsinhana naAntoine Vermette pazuva rokupedzisira raMarch 4, 2009. Sezvaitarisirwa, Leclaire akatora chinzvimbo chekutanga muchengeti wemagariro eSenator muna 2009-10 mushure mekunge apora zvizere kubva pakuvhiyiwa kwegumbo. Zvisinei, Leclaire aizopedza mwaka achitsigira Brian Elliott mumambure eOttawa, nekuda kwekutamba kusingaenderane nekukuvara - kusanganisira chipfuva chakaputsika chakatambura kubva pakurohwa nepuck yakarasika paakanga akagara pabhenji panguva yemutambo. Kusapindirana uye kukuvara kwakawedzera zvakanyanya muna 2010-11 naLeclaire achitamba mitambo gumi nemana yeNHL uye maSenator akapedza gore aine vaviri vepamusoro-vatambi vevarindi vevarindi kunze kweavo vakatanga mwaka nechikwata. Mumwaka wacho akavhiyiwa hudyu.