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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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Mark Stone Traded to Vegas

At the beginning of the rebuild, Mark Stone was lauded as the future captain and face of the franchise. He was supposed to be the one piece that stayed with the team.
Unfortunately for the Ottawa Senators, Stone would decide he did not want to participate in a rebuild, which is completely his right, and the Sens had to make the hard choice to trade him away at the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline as opposed to risk losing him for nothing as an unrestricted free agent.
Many teams would come knocking for Stone’s services as he was having a career-high season, scoring 28 goals and 62 points in 59 games before the trade, but ultimately the winning bid came from the Vegas Golden Knights.

The Senators would send Stone and Tobias Lindberg to Vegas in exchange for Erik Brannstrom, a second-round pick (Egor Sokolov), and Oscar Lindberg.

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At the time, Brannstrom was a 19-year-old prospect who had been picked 15th overall in the 2017 draft by the Golden Knights and was seen as one of the top prospects in the entire NHL. Unfortunately, Brannstrom has not lived up to those insane expectations as of yet. He’s been good, but he’s been shafted down the depth chart behind guys like Thomas Chabot, Jake Chychrun, Jake Sanderson, and even Artem Zub.

As for Stone? He’s since been named the first captain in Vegas Golden Knights history and has established himself as the face of their franchise. It has absolutely sucked for him in terms of injuries though, as he’s been continuously battling back issues. I hope he’s able to get a full recovery sooner rather than later.

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