The Ottawa Senators will keep the seventh overall pick in this year's draft, leaving the team to forfeit their first-round pick in either 2025 or 2026 as a result of league punishment. Senators president and general manager Steve Staios confirmed the choice Wednesday.
The Ottawa Senators will keep the seventh overall pick in this year's draft, leaving the team to forfeit their first-round pick in either 2025 or 2026 as a result of league punishment.
"Ottawa will forfeit its first-round draft pick in one of the 2024, 2025 or 2026 Drafts," the league said in a release at the time. "The determination as to which pick will be forfeited will be made by Ottawa within 24 hours of the conclusion of the Draft Lottery for that year. The league will have no further comment on the matter."
Ottawa missed the playoffs this season for the seventh straight year. The team hired head coach Travis Green on Tuesday with a four-year contract after playing out last season under interim head coach Jacques Martin, who stepped in once Smith was let go.The Senators traded Dadonov to Vegas for defenceman Nick Holden and a third-round pick in July 2021. Ottawa failed to inform Vegas that Dadonov had a 10-team no-trade clause, which caused trouble at the 2022 trade deadline.
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