Management GM Pierre Dorion BEST moves #9

[Xspyrit]

GM Pierre Dorion (2016-present) BEST moves

#1 - Erik Karlsson (28 y/o) for 1st round pick (#3 OA Tim Stützle) + Josh Norris + Rudolfs Balcers + Chris Tierney + Dylan DeMelo + 2nd round pick (#37 OA Mads Sogaard*) + 2nd round pick (#39 OA Zack Ostapchuk)
#2- Drake Batherson (23 y/o) extension (6 years x 4.975)
#3- Derick Brassard (30 y/o) for 1st round pick (JBD + Tychonick) + Gustavsson + 3rd round pick (via Ian Cole)
#4- Artem Zub (25 y/o) first contract (1 year x 0.925)
#5- Thomas Chabot (23 y/o) extension (8 years x 8.0)
#6- Ryan Dzingel (26 y/o) for Anthony Duclair (23 y/o) + 2020 2nd round pick (#52 OA) + 2021 2nd round pick (#37 OA)
#7- Jean-Gabriel Pageau (27 y/o) for 2020 1st round pick (#28 OA Ridly Greig) + 2020 2nd round pick (#59 OA)
#8- Curtis Lazar (21 y/o) for 2017 2nd round pick (#47 OA Alex Formenton)
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* Ottawa traded up using the Panthers 2nd round pick and the Penguins 3rd round pick (swapped with Ottawa's 3rd in the Brassard trade)


Of course all of this is with the benefit of hindsight, we are starting to look at the end results of these moves


Some moves to add later

- Victor Mete (22 y/o) claimed on waivers
- 5th round pick for Mike Reilly then traded for a 3rd round pick
- 4th round pick round pick for Austin Watson
- 4th round pick for Namestnikov then flipped for a 4th round pick
- Phaneuf + Thompson for Gaborik (contract dump)
- Hiring Boucher coaching staff

- Artem Zub extension (2 years x 2.5) : was it a good move?
- Zack Smith (31 y/o) for Artem Anisimov (31 y/o) : was it a good move?
- 5th round pick for Mike Condon : was it a good move? he was on waivers a bit before and we ended up overpaying him



Let me know if you have any suggestions!

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[Xspyrit]

Added the Connor Brown extension, which was pretty good

Weird that no one mentioned it before. Bunch of negative nancies!


We also need some votes

 

[aragorn]

Best Moves By Dorion:
1. Drafting Brady Tkachuk, then signing him long term & placing the C on his chest. Drafting Chabot & signing him to a team friendly long term contract & a player who IMO has Norris Trophy ability.
2. Drafting Batherson, allowing him to develop in Belleville, signing him to a team friendly long term deal.
3. Trading EK & getting Norris as part of the return. Now need to sign him long term too.
4. Drafting Stutzle & hopefully signing him to a good contract when his time comes up.
5. Drafting Sanderson, should be a great 2nd pairing LD. Drafting Pinto, should be a very good 2nd/3rd line NHL centre. Drafting Greig who could also turn into a pretty good NHl player.
6. Finding & signing Zub, now have to re-sign him with a little more term.
7. Trading for C. Brown has turned into a great move as CB has become a great two way complete player.
8. Taking Forsberg off waivers, tough decision now as to what to do as they approach the TDL.
9. Drafting Formenton, is starting to prove he should be in the top 6. His contract should also be long term & IMO relatively affordable.
10. Trading for Gustavsson, should be a good NHL backup with starter potential. Drafting JBD, Thomson & Kleven, all three could be good pros.

 

[Xspyrit]

#3, #5 and #6 out of the Top-10? Unfortunately #8 too, but not in Dorion's control

Stutzle extension gets in near the top. What else? What other good moves have happened since? Forsberg waiver pick up and extension gets in?

 

[Xspyrit]

Bump... again

Evgeni Dadonov (32 y/o) for Nick Holden (34 y/o) + 2022 3rd (VAN)​

is out of this list.

Also, these moves didn't turn out that great in the end...

#3- Derick Brassard (30 y/o) for 1st round pick (JBD + Tychonick) + Gustavsson + 3rd round pick (via Ian Cole)
#5- Thomas Chabot (23 y/o) extension (8 years x 8.0)
#6- Ryan Dzingel (26 y/o) for Anthony Duclair (23 y/o) + 2020 2nd round pick (#52 OA) + 2021 2nd round pick (#37 OA)
#8- Curtis Lazar (21 y/o) for 2017 2nd round pick (#47 OA Alex Formenton)

 

[armani]

Bump... again

Evgeni Dadonov (32 y/o) for Nick Holden (34 y/o) + 2022 3rd (VAN)​

is out of this list.

Evgeni Dadonov (32 y/o) for Nick Holden (34 y/o) + 2022 3rd (VAN) should be #1 on the list if it gets him fired!

 

[ottawagm]

Evgeni Dadonov (32 y/o) for Nick Holden (34 y/o) + 2022 3rd (VAN) should be #1 on the list if it gets him fired!

Dadonov + 1st -> Holden + 3rd actually seems good considering what we were going to have to pay to dump Joseph.

Still ridiculous to have messed that one up.

 

[Ralph Malfredsson]

GM Pierre Dorion (2016-present) BEST moves

#1 - Erik Karlsson (28 y/o) for 1st round pick (#3 OA Tim Stützle) + Josh Norris + Rudolfs Balcers + Chris Tierney + Dylan DeMelo + 2nd round pick (#37 OA Mads Sogaard*) + 2nd round pick (#39 OA Zack Ostapchuk)
#2- Drake Batherson (23 y/o) extension (6 years x 4.975)
#3- Derick Brassard (30 y/o) for 1st round pick (JBD + Tychonick) + Gustavsson + 3rd round pick (via Ian Cole)
#4- Artem Zub (25 y/o) first contract (1 year x 0.925)
#5- Thomas Chabot (23 y/o) extension (8 years x 8.0)
#6- Ryan Dzingel (26 y/o) for Anthony Duclair (23 y/o) + 2020 2nd round pick (#52 OA) + 2021 2nd round pick (#37 OA)
#7- Jean-Gabriel Pageau (27 y/o) for 2020 1st round pick (#28 OA Ridly Greig) + 2020 2nd round pick (#59 OA)
#8- Curtis Lazar (21 y/o) for 2017 2nd round pick (#47 OA Alex Formenton)
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Crazy how quickly our thoughts on this list change though.

 

[Xspyrit]

Crazy how quickly our thoughts on this list change though.

Even among the options not voted yet... not that positive

Cody Ceci (26 y/o) + 2020 3rd (#83 OA) for Connor Brown (26 y/o) + Nikita Zaitsev (28 y/o) : paid 2nd + 4th to get rid of Zaitsev, got a 2nd for Brown... Basically it costed us a 3rd + 4th to "get rid" of a RFA

Matt Duchene (28 y/o) for 2019 1st (#19 OA Lassi Thomson) + Vitaly Abramov + Jonathan Davidsson : absolutely nothing left

Evgeni Dadonov (32 y/o) for Nick Holden (34 y/o) + 2022 3rd (VAN) : we'll lose a 1st round pick here

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

 

[Icelevel]

Best move no question. Him resigning from his position as gm of the Ottawa senators. Enjoy your Gabriel’s pizza tonight Pierre. Please stay far away from now on.