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Ottawa Senators: Grading Pierre Dorion’s 2020 Off-Season Moves

By Jack Baines

DALLAS, TX - JUNE 22: Genral Manager of the Ottawa Senators Pierre Dorion speaks with a runner prior to the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - JUNE 22: Genral Manager of the Ottawa Senators Pierre Dorion speaks with a runner prior to the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Eugene Melnyk and Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa SenatorsPhoto by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Eugene Melnyk and Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa SenatorsPhoto by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

What have we learned?

Ottawa’s off-season was a mixed bag, to say the least. While there was no slam-dunk, absolute clear win, some of the moves have promised both now and for the future.

The concern I have is that the team didn’t swing big very often. The two big acquisitions were Dadonov and Murray and even those two are far from sure things. It’s very possible we’ll look back on this off-season and see a missed opportunity.

Pierre Dorion has done a good job amassing one of the league’s top prospect pools, but there’s still lots of work to be done before this team can flip the switch to being contenders. Dorion has proven to be a good draft-and-develop GM so far but hasn’t had much of a chance to prove what he can do beyond that. If this off-season was a sneak-peak of things to come, consider me worried.

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