5 Worst Trades in Senators History

The Ottawa Senators have made their fair share of trades throughout their history. Some of those moves have seen them come out on top, but others have fans wondering what just happened. As with any NHL team, the return an organization can get for a particular player or pick can vary a great deal. Are they buyers or sellers at the trade deadline? Is the organization in a rebuild? Did the player ask to be traded or was a player causing issues for the team, like what happened with Dany Heatley and Mike Hoffman? (from ‘Heatley hated by Senators fans,’ Globe and Mail, 12/2/2012)

Duchene did well during his time with the Senators, playing 118 games, scoring 50 goals and getting 107 points. But the Senators stumbled, finished second-last in the league and then were on their way to finish last in the league before they traded Duchene to the Columbus Blue Jackets for two prospects, a first-round pick and a conditional first-rounder. This was 15 months after the original trade.

The first-round pick that the Senators sent to the Avalanche had a condition that the Senators could either send the 2018 or 2019 first-rounder. The deal turned out to include fourth overall in 2019 after the Senators chose to draft Brady Tkachuk in 2018. The Avalanche drafted top-available defender Bowen Byram. Imagine the Senators with both Tkachuk and Byram?

There’s also Matthew Steinburg, who the Avalanche drafted with the third-round pick they received. Hammond’s time with the Senators was winding down anyway and has mainly spent time in the AHL after leaving Ottawa. Shane Bowers, however, also might hurt the rebuilding Senators in the long run.

Bowers was the 28th overall pick in 2017 but hasn’t lived up to the hype to this point. In 2017-18 he put up 32 points in 40 games with Tkachuk on his wing at Boston University. While his stat line dipped after his winger left, Bowers had a solid defensive, penalty-killing showing at the 2019 World Junior Championship.