With the Ottawa Senators recently making trades for Derek Stepan, Cedric Paquette and Braydon Coburn are they done making deals before the NHL season starts?
Senators GM Pierre Dorian said making trades now makes sense as it will be difficult to trade with U.S. teams during the pandemic.
Dorian states, “we are trying to build the best team possible. We are trying to create as much internal competition as possible. Some of these trades have been talked about for a while. We didn’t know if they were going to happen before camp or not. And some of them came together fairly quickly. It’s going to be difficult to make trades with the 24 U.S.-based teams just because every player that crosses the border has to do a 14-day quarantine.“
NHL trade rumors have the Senators still on the lookout to improve the team. As Dorian stated, “You never know what can happen. You never know what can be thrown your way, even 24 hours before the season starts.“
They want to get better…may have to start trading away some of their young pieces.