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Ottawa Senators: Making Sense of Awful Trade Proposals

By Jack Baines

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: General manager Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa Senators talks on the phone on the draft floor during Rounds 2-7 of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: General manager Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa Senators talks on the phone on the draft floor during Rounds 2-7 of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 29: Kasperi Kapanen #24 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for a faceoff against the Vancouver Canucks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on February 29, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canucks 4-2. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – FEBRUARY 29: Kasperi Kapanen #24 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for a faceoff against the Vancouver Canucks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on February 29, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canucks 4-2. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

Conclusion

That concludes what could safely be called the least-sexy trade proposals piece of all time as with the exception of Kapanen and possibly Puljujarvi, there were no impact players involved. That may be okay for a team like Ottawa though, who have one of the league’s top prospect systems and should now be looking to supplement the emerging young core instead of swinging for the fences, at least for the time being.

Not all of the trades seem like big wins, or even wins at all for the team, but by grounding ourselves in the fantasies of fans of other teams, the trades can seem a whole lot more reasonable.

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