Senators Transactions
Senators Deadline Deals Paying Off
March 11th, 2017 Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion's trade deadline moves signaled he wants his team to take the next step as a franchise. With the team holding down second place in the Atlantic Division, a postseason berth seems all but certain as long as the team can play .500...
Sens' Trade for Burrows a Mistake
February 28th, 2017 It’s a trade that didn’t have to happen. To put it simply – it makes no sense. Pierre Dorion sent Ottawa Senators fans into a tizzy Monday afternoon, pulling the trigger on a highly contentious trade with the Vancouver Canucks that sent prospect Jonathan Dahlen to...
The Value of Cody Ceci to the Ottawa Senators
August 5th, 2016 The off-season checklist for Ottawa Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion is getting smaller as the 2016-17 NHL season approaches.There is one last thing that needs to happen before training camp opens. Dorion and the Senators need to re-sign Ottawa native defenceman Cody...
Hoffman Signing a Win for Senators
July 29th, 2016 Ottawa Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion has continued his busy off-season this week by signing restricted free agent Mike Hoffman to a four-year extension and avoiding salary arbitration for a second straight season. The deal will pay Hoffman an AAV of $5.1875 million...
Fantasy Outlook: Rangers and Senators Make a Trade
July 20th, 2016 News broke yesterday of the trade between the Rangers and Senators that sent fan-favorite Derick Brassard to the Senators for young center Mika Zibanejad. While not a "blockbuster" trade, it was a trade that saw a significant piece of each team's top-six forward rotation...Trade for Brassard a Push for the Playoffs
July 19th, 2016 During his entirety as general manager, Bryan Murray never spun the Ottawa Senators into a full rebuild. Now his successor, Pierre Dorion is not yet willing to go that route either. Every time the team has had a bad season, it would bounce back the following year. In fact,...
Chris Phillips, Sens Stalwart Calls it Quits
May 27th, 2016 Chris Phillips announced his retirement yesterday after 17 seasons. Unable to suit up for a single game this year due to a cracked vertebrae, the longest-serving Senator decided to hang up his skates and call it a career. With 1179 games played, Phillips is one game up on...
Senators’ Wiercioch, Chiasson, Prince On The Block
February 28th, 2016 With the hours counting down to the Trade Deadline, the Ottawa Senators are surveying their options. It seems to depend on the day as to whether they are competing for a playoff spot. After going on a four game winning streak, all hope seemed to be lost after a 5-3 loss...
Sabres, Senators Agree to Minor-League Trade
February 27th, 2016 The trades continue ahead of the February 29th NHL Trade Deadline as the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators have agreed to a seven-player deal on Saturday night. The Sabres have acquired forwards Alex Guptill, Eric O’Dell and Cole Schneider, as well as defenseman...
Ottawa Senators Labelled As “Front-Runners” To Land Jonathan Drouin
February 12th, 2016 From the looks of it, at the ripe age of 73 while battling colon cancer, Senators’ GM Bryan Murray shows no signs of slowing down. On Thursday morning Sportsnet released a report claiming that the Senators are front-runners to land Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan...
Unpacking Senators’ Blockbuster Deal With The Maple Leafs
February 9th, 2016 Tuesday morning. Coming off a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the focus in Ottawa is the same as it has been for a while. The Ottawa Senators have been beating the word consistency into the ground this year, struggling to look like the same hockey team night in...
How Much Better is Ottawa with Dion Phaneuf?
February 9th, 2016 As you may have heard from my colleague Dustin Nelson, the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs have completed a nine-player trade earlier today. On Ottawa’s end, the prize piece of the trade was Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf. In French, I'd like to say, nine...
The Ottawa Senators Trade Deadline Playbook
February 9th, 2016 The Ottawa Senators' season is all but over. Sure, they still have 29 games left to play, but since returning from the All-Star Break, the Ottawa Senators have effectively played themselves out of contention in the Eastern Conference. When the puck dropped on their first...
