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What are Pierre Dorion’s worst trades as GM?

By Jacob Larivière

OTTAWA, ON - DECEMBER 13: Cody Ceci #5 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his second period goal against the New York Rangers with teammates Mark Stone #61, Matt Duchene #95 and Bobby Ryan #9 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 13, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
OTTAWA, ON - DECEMBER 13: Cody Ceci #5 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his second period goal against the New York Rangers with teammates Mark Stone #61, Matt Duchene #95 and Bobby Ryan #9 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 13, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images) /
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Alexander Burrows…

Getting close to the trade deadline, Pierre Dorion wanted to acquire some forward depth. So he traded prospect Jonathan Dahlen to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Alexandre Burrows in February of 2017. When asked about why he made this trade, Dorion would say that he needed to find a replacement for Clarke MacArthur (whose career would end due to concussion issues) and decided on Burrows as his top candidate.

As Burrows had an NMC, he would have to agree to waive it in order to be traded, and he would do that. The Canucks appeared to be entering a rebuild and the Sens were looking at a deep playoff run, why not? He would have an impressive debut with the Senators, scoring two goals. In 21 games with the team to finish off the year, he would score 6 goals and 5 assists for 11 points. While these numbers are pretty decent, the reason I mention Burrows as a bad acquisition is because of one situation in particular.

On February 6th, 2018, Burrows would lose his temper in a regular play against the New Jersey Devils and would do one of the most brainless things I’d ever seen happen in all of hockey when he got in a scrum with Devils forward Taylor Hall and elbow him repeatedly in the head. This play would result in Burrows being suspended for 10 games, and lead the Ottawa Senators to buy him out at the end of the season. When asked about the incident, Burrows would say “Obviously I messed up on that one. I let the emotions get the best of me”. Burrow is now serving as an Assistant Coach for the Montreal Canadiens.

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