Sources: Ottawa Senators fire GM Pierre Dorion after eight seasons at the helm

The firing comes just hours after the NHL announced Ottawa’s first-round draft pick forfeiture.

the Ottawa Senators fired general manager Pierre Dorion on Wednesday after parts of eight seasons on the heels of an embarrassing punishment from the NHL thatfor mismanagement of a player’s negotiated “no-trade” clause. Dorion, 51, was the seventh-longest tenured GM in the league at the time of his dismissal.

The former NHL defenseman has a long and successful history working with Andlauer. With Andlauer as owner and Staios as GM of OHL Hamilton, the Bulldogs captured two league championships. Andlauer closed on the sale of the Senators on Sept. 21 and formally installed Staios as team president just eight days later.

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