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As we all await the start of the 2025-26 season and the storylines that will come into focus, I thought this was as good a time as any to go over a long-gestating story that will conclude one way or another by next Spring’s NHL entry draft.

The saga has impacted the Sens organization for the better part of three and a half years, stretched over an ownership change, and cost a GM his job. All because of a trade call that went awry for a player that had an extremely forgettable stint in Ottawa, Evgenii Dadonov.

Despite the length of time that has elapsed since the infraction itself, the story endures because the consequences in the form of league punishment have not yet been fulfilled. Most Sens fans are fairly familiar with the broad strokes of the botched communication but there is still some level of curiosity around the possibility that the league penalty of a lost first-round pick could still be potentially reduced, primarily because owner Michael Andlauer continues to float this to anyone who asks him about it.

Before we explore the possibility of the penalty reduction, we must return to the scene of the crime and more importantly, the timeline of everything that has happened up to now, which would comprise a large part of the justification Andlauer believes is there for the commissioner’s office to reconsider its punishment.

So here's part one, the timeline in question:

Oct 15th, 2020: We start our story a full five years ago when then-Sens GM Pierre Dorion signed UFA Evgenii Dadonov to a three-year/$15 million contract prior to the Covid-delayed 2020-21 season. That contract contained a modified no-trade clause, which required that Dadonov and his agent submit a list of 10 teams he could not be dealt to without his permission by July 1st of each year of his contract term. If a list was not submitted by that deadline, the clause would be considered null and void as per NHL CBA guidelines. 

In an interview given recently, Dorion stated that the 10-team modified no-trade clause was a standard offering in free agent contracts the Sens issued during his tenure, as they would refuse to negotiate terms with greater than 10 teams or full no-trade protection as a matter of organizational policy. In short, this is a clause Dorion and the Senators were extremely familiar with.

Pre-July 1st, 2021: After the 2020-21 NHL season ended, Dadonov’s agent sent his 10-team no-trade list to the Senators by email. We do not know the exact date this was done, but the league later confirmed that the list had been submitted prior to the July 1st deadline and that the Senators had acknowledged receipt of the list back to the agent. What we don’t know is who within the Senators front office was involved in acknowledging receipt of the list. We know that the Anaheim Ducks were one of the teams on this list and the Vegas Golden Knights were not.

July 28th, 2021: After a disappointing season, the Senators decided that Dadonov was not a good fit and were not overly excited about paying him for the remaining two years on his deal. They worked out a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights to receive Nick Holden and a third-round pick in return. 

On the official trade call (which we know Dorion, Vegas GM Kelly McCrimmon and a league representative were a part of), the pieces of the trade were confirmed by both parties. This is where Dorion was asked about the modified no-trade clause, which was a part of the player contract. We do not know exactly what was said on the call, only that Dorion indicated that the no-trade clause was no longer in effect, meaning that they had not received a list from the agent by the July 1st deadline. 

As no trade lists (at the time) were not required to be housed anywhere but with the team (reportedly requested by agents for privacy purposes to not upset other teams about being included as undesirable destinations), the protocol was for the trading team to be ultimately responsible for the communication of the list and for sending it along to the new team if necessary. As Vegas was not on the list submitted by the agent, there was no argument from Dadonov and the trade was considered legitimate and finalized. 

It should be noted that if player agents were allowed to participate in these trade calls, this miscommunication would have been identified immediately and the fiasco that followed would never have occurred.

March 21st, 2022 (trade deadline): During a middling year, Vegas was attempting to make a playoff push, and after dealing for an injured Jack Eichel in November, they were looking to make some salary cap moves to accommodate he and others returning to the roster. Dadonov was identified as a contract they needed to move and they finalized a deal with the Anaheim Ducks at the deadline to effectively dump him there.

The trade was then nullified by the league a couple of days later after Dadonov’s agent pointed out that the Ducks were a team that Dadonov needed to provide permission for a deal. This is when the presence of the no-trade list was uncovered, with the league confirming via Dadonov’s agent that the list had indeed been sent to the Senators by the deadline and was therefore in effect. 

Interestingly, Vegas did not really end up needing to free up the cap space they thought they would due to additional long-term injuries occurring. They missed the playoffs that season despite the irony that Dadonov ended up being one of their most productive players after the deadline. Vegas would eventually deal Dadonov to the Montreal Canadiens the following November for Shea Weber’s dead money contract.

June 15, 2022: Senators Assistant GM Peter MacTavish unexpectedly resigned from his role and joined Quartexx Management, a player agency group. MacTavish remains with Quartexx in a senior role to this day. The Senators' front office staff under Dorion was extremely small, and it would stand to reason that if there indeed was internal miscommunication with the no-trade list, MacTavish was likely involved to some degree.

Summer 2022: As a result of the nullified deal, the NHL quietly conducted an internal investigation into the Dadonov affair and eventually determined that neither Vegas nor Ottawa were subject to any further action, and both parties were informed that the league considered the issue closed and they would be making no public comment on it.

December 2022: The result of the league investigation reportedly was not sufficient for McCrimmon, President George McPhee and the Golden Knights, who believed they had suffered reputational damage from the public fallout of the botched trade. So they demanded the NHL reopen the investigation, and the league acquiesced. A number of representatives from both the Sens and Knights front offices were interviewed extensively at this time.

June 13th, 2023: Michael Andlauer is announced by the Senators as the winner of a lengthy bidding process to become their new owner. Andlauer still has to receive official approval from the NHL Board of Governors and complete final due dilligence to determine the final purchase value. Part of the due diligence will be to verify all team assets including player contracts and future draft picks. At some point during this due diligence period, Andlauer later states that team representatives mentioned the ongoing investigation into the Dadonov trade and indicated to him they considered it a “non-issue.”

September 21st, 2023: Andlauer is officially approved as owner by the Board of Governors and the final sale price is announced as just under $1 Billion. Within a week, Andlauer hired Steve Staios as the team’s new President of Hockey Operations with Pierre Dorion remaining in place as GM.

November 1st, 2023: Roughly 10 months after conducting their interviews, the NHL sent Andlauer a 73-page report on their investigation and announced that the Sens would lose a first-round pick in either the 2024, 2025 or 2026 draft (at the team’s own discretion) as a result. Andlauer immediately announced that Dorion had mutually agreed to part ways with the club, though it was clear to all that Dorion had been fired with cause as a direct result of this ruling.

It was also stated that the league actually held off on announcing the results of the investigation due to the fact that they had to inform Andlauer of the punishment for Shane Pinto’s gambling investigation the week prior. The Senators have since deferred on losing the first-round pick the last two drafts, making the upcoming 2026 draft in June the designated option. 

Now that we understand the exhaustive timeline, we can look at what options, if any, Andlauer feels that he has with respect to appealing the ruling and having the penalty reduced.

In Part two this week, I’ll dive into the case Andlauer can make to see if the upcoming first-round pick can be salvaged.

By Tyler Ray
The Hockey News Ottawa

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As the Pittsburgh Penguins head into the 2025-26 season, questions about their aging core continue to make the rounds. Chatter about the future of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, and Erik Karlsson suggests there could be blockbuster trades inbound, but the reality is far from suggesting anything is imminent. 

GM Kyle Dubas knows the Penguins will need to turn away from the older stars and build the future of the franchise on the back of younger talent. But, with Crosby, Malkin, Letang and Karlsson still on the roster – and all holding leverage in any potential deals – that transition is complicated.

Malkin, 39, is in the final year of his contract, and speculation is that he’s been told this will be the final season he spends with the Penguins. At the same time, he doesn’t want to go anywhere, and his future remains undecided. Dubas confirmed discussions with Malkin will take place around the Olympic break to gauge whether the veteran wants to continue or potentially open himself up to other options. 

Even though he’s arguably got more in the tank, there’s a good chance he decides this will be it and he’ll close the door on his NHL career in a Penguins uniform. 

Malkin’s loyalty to Pittsburgh is commendable. However, for the Penguins to move on, they need him to be willing to go. He has a full no-move clause, meaning a trade is unlikely unless he agrees.

Meanwhile, Karlsson remains a high-profile trade candidate, but options for acquiring teams are dwindling. Carolina, Florida, Ottawa and Vegas were all rumored to have shown varied levels of interest. Nothing materialized. That leaves the Penguins with an $11.5-million defenseman with two years remaining on his deal. Karlsson seems ready to move on, but other teams aren’t sold on whether he’s a wise investment, and the Penguins aren’t keen on retaining millions of dollars to ship him out.  Even if they found a trade partner, the belief is that he won’t fetch as much as he should in any potential deal. 

Sidney Crosby’s long-term future has been a running storyline in the NHL. Everyone knows he wants to stay in Pittsburgh for his entire career, but most insiders believe he deserves another shot to win, and that probably isn’t happening in Pittsburgh before he retires. 

NHL insider Chris Johnston said on the SDPN podcast that conversations about Crosby’s potential trade are natural, suggesting everyone around the NHL and at the highest levels is talking about it. Crosby still has much to offer, even in his older years. Several teams would line up for a shot at acquiring him, and the Penguins would be foolish not to entertain trades. But as of now, he’s given them no indication he’s ready to consider a different location. 

Kris Letang, much like Malkin and Crosby, has no desire to play elsewhere. There was some loose speculation he’d be open to the Montreal Canadiens about a year ago, but most believe that’s only if Crosby and Malkin are gone. 

The Penguins Have No Choice But to Wait

Dubas finds himself in a tough spot. He can get a lot out of his veterans, but probably not enough for the Penguins to be legitimate contenders. He can add to that mix, but what good would that do beyond a short-term push that isn’t sustainable? 

The Penguins are headed for an inevitable rebuild, but Dubas can’t really begin that process until he’s able to shake the contracts for the older stars on the roster that have no desire to leave, despite how this season is going to go down. 

As harsh as it is to say, the hope might be that the start of the Penguins' season is so bad that these core players have a change of heart. 

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The Athletic has recently released its ranking of how near rebuilding teams are to a Stanley Cup win. For the exercise, they branded the teams that missed the playoffs as “rebuilding teams”. Since the Montreal Canadiens made the dance last time around, they were excluded from the ranking, but Corey Pronman mentioned that had they been part of the exercise, he would have ranked them in fourth place.

Which teams are therefore ahead of the Canadiens in the ranking? Pronman lists the San Jose Sharks, the Utah Mammoth, and the Anaheim Ducks as the top three rebuilding teams. What allowed them to clinch such rankings? Let’s have a closer look.

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For the writer, the Sharks deserve the top spot due to their highly desirable group of young players, including Macklin Celebrini, Michael Misa, Will Smith, and Sam Dickinson. While it’s hard to argue with the talent San Jose has up front, they remind me of the Edmonton Oilers.

They’ve been focusing a lot on the forward group and are still a bit thin on the blueline. The fact that Pronman has included Dickinson in that article is quite telling. While the youngster seems destined for a promising future, he has yet to play a single game of professional hockey. As a result, I believe it’s a bit premature to say the Sharks are close to the Cup when their top blueliner hasn’t skated in a professional game.

In net, the Sharks’ top option is Yaroslav Askarov. Although he was a high draft pick by the Nashville Predators at the 2020 draft, taken 11th overall, he has only played 16 NHL games, with a combined 3.01 goals-against average and a save percentage of .899, which is below .900. He has done well in the AHL, but so has Cayden Primeau, and that success hasn’t translated well to the NHL.

In second place, Pronman opts for the Mammoth, citing the fact that they took notable steps as an organization last season and were lucky enough to land the fourth overall pick, which they used to select Caleb Desnoyers. Once again, Pronman focuses on the forward group, mentioning Logan Cooley, Dylan Guenther, and their other high picks of the last decade.

Looking at their defense, though, it is somewhat aging. Granted, acquiring Mikael Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lightning helped, but aside from him and Sean Durzi, every other blueliner is over 28 years old (Olli Maatta, Nate Schmidt, Ian Cole, and John Marino).

In net, they have a trio of NHL-capable goaltenders in Karel Vejmelka, Vitek Vanecek, and Connor Ingram, but is there one that could backstop them to the most fantastic prize of them all? That’s far from a done deal.

In third place in the rankings, Pronman has the Anaheim Ducks and mentions Leo Carlsson, Roger McQueen, Mason McTavish, Cutter Gauthier, and Beckett Sennecke as their top players. Granted, Anaheim’s center line has excellent depth, and they do have at least two very promising defensemen in Jackson Lacombe and Olen Zellweger, while Tristan Luneau is progressing very well (52 points in 59 games with the San Diego Gulls). The biggest question mark for me in Anaheim is in the net.

Lukas Dostal, 25, has 121 games of NHL experience but has yet to make a significant impact. That being said, with the young core maturing, the defense in front of him may improve and make his job significantly more straightforward.

Looking at previous Cup winners, it’s essential to have a well-balanced side to claim the Stanley Cup. The Toronto Maple Leafs underwent a significant rebuild, focusing heavily on firepower. As a result, they’ve become a regular-season powerhouse, but they’ve struggled to find success in the playoffs. Until recently, the same was true for the Oilers, who made it to the Cup final but needed to do some tuning and get reinforcements on the blueline, while they still had a question mark in net.

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Buffalo Sabres GM Kevyn Adams pulled off a few trades in the lead-up to the NHL Draft and on Draft weekend, one of which being the deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins that sent veteran defenseman Connor Clifton and a 2025 second-round pick for the younger and less expensive Conor Timmins. 

The Penguins are among five clubs sending their youngsters to LECOM HarborCenter this week for the 2025 Prospect Challenge, but as the calendar clicks toward the start of NHL training camps, Pittsburgh GM Kyle Dubas may be one of the more active executives in terms of making trades, as the Pens are clearly in a rebuild posture and have numerous veterans entering the last year of their contracts.  

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According to David Pagnotta of the Fourth Period, Penguins veterans Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell are among the players they are willing to move. Dubas does not have any pressure to trade either winger, since they have three years remaining on their contracts, but the return for both may be at its highest with each coming off of career years.

Rakell has a partial eight-team no-trade clause on his contract, but Rust can be moved anywhere, something that might be attractive to the Sabres, since the club trying to end their 14-year playoff drought is not a popular destination. The question is whether Adams is willing to give up the young assets necessary to acquire either Rakell or Rust. That is something that might have to wait until well into the regular season, and if Buffalo is within range of a playoff spot. 

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The Ottawa Senators have said on several occasions that you can never have enough right-shot defensemen in your organization. But this summer, they've acquired a pile of righties. They got Jordan Spence in a draft-day mugging of the Los Angeles Kings. They also re-signed Finnish defensemen Nik Matinpalo and Lassi Thomson, signed former Minnesota Wild defenseman Cameron Crotty, and welcomed former first-rounder Carter Yakemchuk to life as a first-year pro.

So maybe you can have enough right-shot defensemen.

And that may not be great news for 24-year-old Max Guenette, the last RFA defenseman remaining in the organization. According to Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch, "the expectation is that he will be dealt before camp." At the moment, not including Guenette, the Senators have eight right-shot defensemen under contract within their organization.

Nick Jensen's timetable for a return to the lineup will play a large role in the plans for Guenette. If Jensen ends up being out long-term, or just isn’t the same player anymore after hip surgery, there's a chance that could change things.

Guenette, the Belleville Senators’ alternate captain, was a 7th-round pick by Ottawa in 2019. The 6-foot-1, 201-pounder from L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, has appeared in eight NHL games in his career. He was called up last season but didn’t see any game action, and he posted 23 points in 58 AHL games for the B-Sens.

Given that he cleared waivers to be sent down to Belleville last fall, and not much about his stock has changed since then, the Sens wouldn't be counting on much in return if they choose to move him elsewhere.

The best they could hope for is an AHL player of similar impact who simply plays at a different position — one where the Senators aren’t operating at a surplus.

By Steve Warne
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The Buffalo Sabres have been considered to have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL, which is in part due to them selecting high in recent drafts because of their not qualifying for the playoffs. The Sabres have displayed an eye for talent, but the organization’s developmental model has not yielded enough results. 

Leading up to the opening of training camp in mid-September, we will look at the club's top 40 prospects. All are 25 years old or younger, whose rights are currently held by the Sabres or are on AHL or NHL deals, and have played less than 40 NHL games. 

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#6 - Brodie Ziemer  - Right Wing (Minnesota - NCAA)

Ziemer was the Sabres third-round pick at the 2024 NHL Draft in Las Vegas after scoring 70 points (27 goals, 43 assists) in 61 games as part of the US National Development Program’s Under-18 squad, and after posting a dozen points and serving as team captain of Team USA at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Under-18s.

The 19-year-old winger was a standout for Team USA at the 2025 World Junior in Ottawa last January in their gold medal-winning effort, and he put up good numbers (12 goals, 11 assists in 38 games) as a freshman at the University of Minnesota. Ziemer is a high-motor player with good two-way skills and possesses leadership abilities, but he will have to get stronger to improve his chances of a successful professional career. 

Elite Prospects says Ziemer “plays the short-range, give-and-go passing game, but also finds the cross-slot threats. Inside space, he deceives defenders. Without it, he deftly redirects passes through opponents into space.” The feisty forward is a lock to be part of Team USA at the 2026 World Junior in Minneapolis this December.

Arseni Gritsyuk is adjusting to life in New Jersey, but he doesn’t have to do it alone.

This offseason, New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald signed two new additions to the team: Connor Brown and Evgenii Dadonov. Both veteran forwards are expected to play key roles on the roster, but for Dadonov, his impact could be especially important heading into the 2025-26 season.

Dadonov has been part of the NHL since 2009. At that time, Gritsyuk was just nine years old.

After 11 seasons in the league, the Devils brought Dadonov in for the upcoming campaign. Born in  Russia in 1989, Dadonov was drafted 71st overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers.

He spent six seasons with Florida before stints with the Ottawa Senators (2020–21), Vegas Golden Knights (2021–22), Montreal Canadiens (2022–23), and Dallas Stars, where he played the past three years.

While the right winger has put up solid numbers, 361 points in 617 games, he was brought to New Jersey for more than just scoring.

Mentorship.

The Devils selected Arseni Gritsyuk in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Since then, he has developed in the Kontinental Hockey League before officially making the jump to North America this summer. Now, he’s preparing for his first NHL training camp with New Jersey.

Excitement has surrounded his arrival, but the adjustment is significant. Moving from Russia, where he was born and raised, to North America, where his career will continue, is no small transition.

Luckily, he has support.

After a 13-and-a-half-hour trip to New Jersey, Gritsyuk told NHL.com that he met up with Dadonov soon after arriving.

He’s also leaning on assistant coach Sergei Brylin, another Russian-born Devil. Drafted in 1992, Brylin played his entire career in New Jersey and now serves behind the bench. He’s already helped Gritsyuk settle in, giving him a tour of team facilities and providing a familiar presence in his native language.

Although Gritsyuk learned English in preparation for his NHL move, he acknowledged how helpful it is to have Russian speakers around as he adapts on and off the ice.

“It’s important,” Gritsyuk told NHL.com. “If I didn’t have them, it would be a little bit harder for me.”

One of his biggest challenges so far? Learning his teammates’ names.

“In Russia, you go in a room and everyone’s name is Sergei, Maxim, Anton,” he joked. “Here it’s Jake, Bobby, Scott, Markstrom, Marky. It’s a little bit different.”

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Kevyn Adams - 2000-01 - Adams was drafted 25th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins. 

Adams was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL expansion draft. He would Adams would score 22 points in 66 games with the Blue Jackets before being traded at the trade deadline to the Florida Panthers alongside a 4th round pick in the 2001 NHL entry draft in exchange for Ray Whitney and future considerations.  

Although it felt like Adams played in Columbus for a long time, his stay was very short, and CBJ fans at the time were not happy about the trade initially. But when Ray Whitney stepped into Nationwide Arena, that all changed. 

Adams went on to play until the 2008-09 season. In January of 2009, Adams retired from the league and became a player agent. He was hired by the Buffalo Sabres as a Development Coach in 2009 and has held various positions, including Assistant. Coach, Director, Youth Hockey Supervisor, Vice President, and Sr. VP of Business Administration. On June 16, 2020, however, he was promoted to the big job of General Manager of the Sabres, where he still holds that position today. He is, however, on the hot seat, as the Sabres haven't made the playoffs since 2011. 

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Simon moved into coaching almost immediately after retiring. His first head coaching job was for the Cincinnati Cyclones in 2013-14 for one season. He spent 5 years as the Head Coach for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. He has been an assistant for the Iowa Wild for the last two seasons. 

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Jared Boll - 2007-16 - Boll was drafted in the 4th round of the 2005 NHL Draft.

Boll played in 518 games for the CBJ and totaled 62 points. He is #1 all-time in CBJ history with 1,195 and has 154 fights to his name. 

Jared Boll was a big man in his playing days. Standing 6-foot-3 and 206 pounds, there weren’t too many who would willingly step up to Boll. He was an old-school enforcer who would not hesitate to stand up for his teammates and take one on the chin if necessary. In his career, he fought the St Louis Blues more than any other team. He had four seasons where he had fight totals over 20 and there were a few seasons that were 15+. His most common opponent was Krys Bach (5), and he fought the likes of Paul Bissonnette (4), George Parros (4), and Clayton Stoner. Boll is the best enforcer the CBJ has ever had.

After retiring from the Anaheim Ducks, Boll returned to Columbus, where he is now an assistant coach. 

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Greg Moore - 2009-10 - Moore was drafted in the 5th round of the 2003 NHL Draft. 

Moore played four games for the Jackets during the 09-10 season and had zero points. On March 1, 2010, Moore was traded by the Islanders to the Columbus Blue Jackets. After signing with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010, he was traded back to Columbus on February 28, 2011. 

He left for Europe in 2011 and would play in Germany and Czechia until he retired in 2015. He went into coaching immediately, retiring. He has coached at various levels for the United States Development Team and is currently the Head Coach for the U.S. National U-17 Team. He's also been a head coach for the USHL's Chicago Steel, and three seasons for the AHL's Toronto Marlies. 

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Mattias Timander - 2001-02 - Timander was drafted in the 9th round of the 1992 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins. 

Timander was taken by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. After playing for the Jackets during their first two years of existence, he was traded to the New York Islanders in 2002. He finished his CBJ career by playing in 154 games and totaling 22 points. 

When the lock out of 2004-05 happened, Timander left for his home country of Sweden, where he played until he retired in May of 2013. 

Report Suggests Stars Had Interest In Blue Jackets' OlivierEarlier this week, a report surfaced from Jeff Marek suggesting that the Dallas Stars were one of the teams interested in Columbus Blue Jackets' forward Mathieu Olivier if he had hit the open market.

Earlier this week, a report surfaced from Jeff Marek suggesting that the Dallas Stars were one of the teams interested in Columbus Blue Jackets' forward Mathieu Olivier if he had hit the open market.  

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