US EditionNHL opts not to make Senators forfeit a 1st round pick for nullified 2021 trade
- On Thursday, the NHL altered its penalty, moving the Senators to the 32nd overall pick and paying a $1 million fine to NHL Foundation Canada.
- The dispute traces back to a July 2021 trade when Ottawa failed to supply Evgenii Dadonov's 10-team no-trade list, leading to a penalty announced on Nov. 1, 2023.
- The Senators appealed to the league, saying owner Michael Andlauer and GM Steve Staios replaced Pierre Dorion after the penalty, justifying reconsideration due to major changes in ownership and management.
- As a result for the draft, every team finishing behind the Senators will move up one spot in the first-round draft order, and if Ottawa, missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs, wins a top-two lottery slot, a draft lottery re-draw mechanism will apply.
- Senators owner Michael Andlauer said the team accepts the modified sanctions and considers the matter closed, praising the league for reconsidering, in a rare second rescission in about a dozen years.
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NHL Admits It Shouldn't Have Taken A Draft Pick From The Senators Four Years After Controversial Trade Debacle
Ottawa Senators logo In 2022, the Golden Knights tried to trade Evgenii Dadonov to the Ducks in a transaction that was voided over a contract clause Vegas claimed it had no idea existed in the first place. The Senators ultimately lost a first-round draft pick for their role in the confusion, but the NHL has reversed course around two-and-a-half years after it doled out that controversial punishment. In 2020, Evgenii Dadonov landed a three-year, …
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Senators to pick 32nd in 2026 draft in modification of trade penalty
The NHL on Thursday modified the disciplinary sanction levied against the Ottawa Senators for their role in the July 2021 trade of Evgenii Dadonov to Vegas and subsequent voided deal in March 2022 between the Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks.
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NHL opts not to make Senators forfeit a 1st round pick for nullified 2021 trade
The NHL has decided not to make the Ottawa Senators forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in a 2021 trade that was later nullified.
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