Management GM Pierre Dorion WORST moves #7

[Xspyrit]

GM Pierre Dorion (2016-present) WORST moves

#1 - Mika Zibanejad (23 y/o) + 2018 2nd round pick (#33 OA) for Derick Brassard (29 y/o)
#2- Kyle Turris (28 y/o) + 2019 1st round pick (#4 OA) + Shane Bowers + 2019 3rd round pick (#63 OA) for Matt Duchene (27 y/o)
#3- Mark Stone (26 y/o) for Erik Brannstrom + 2020 2nd round pick (#61 OA Egor Sokolov)
#4- Mike Hoffman (29 y/o) + 2020 5th round pick (#126 OA) for Mikkel Boedker (29 y/o) + 2020 6th round pick (#158 OA Philippe Daoust)
#5- 2021 2nd round pick (#37 OA) for Derek Stepan (30 y/o)
#6- 2020 2nd round pick (#52 OA) + Jonathan Gruden for Matt Murray (26 y/o) + extension (4 years x 6.25)
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Of course all of this is with the benefit of hindsight, we are starting to look at the end results of these moves


Some personal notes and options to add later

- Johnny Oduya (35 y/o) contract : 1 year x 2.25 (played way too much for where he was at, it was his last year in the NHL)
- Craig Anderson (37 y/o) extension : 2 years x 4.75 (that seemed very high for a goalie who was aging/declining)
- Anders Nilsson (29 y/o) extension : 2 years x 2.6 (too much too fast once again)
- Ron Hainsey (38 y/o) : 1 year x 3.5 (3rd in TOI/GP for D-men, best he could get I suppose)
- Evgeni Dadonov (27 y/o) contract : 3 years x 5.0 (vast majority liked that signing but he didn't fit in Ottawa. Dorion made a nice trade to get out of the contract thought, getting 1 year of Holden and a 3rd round pick)
- Michael Del Zotto (31 y/o) contract : 2 years x 2.0 (doesn't seem like it was a good idea, hindsight or not)
- Alex Chiasson for Patrick Sieloff
- Evgeni Dadonov contract (same timing as Bobby Ryan buyout)
- Hiring Guy Boucher and staff
- Hiring DJ Smith and staff

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[bicboi64]

DeMelo for me. We have an estblished #4 guy who quietly does everything asked of him on a crap roster and don't extend him, instead move him for a useless pick. Right now he'd be our 4th best defender.

 

[PlayOn]

DeMelo for me. At least with Duclair we had someone else in mind and “replaced” him. DeMelo spoke on W&M how much he loved Ottawa and wanted to stay, he would have been the perfect stop gap as the kids got ready.

Condon and Smith contacts were bad. White I don’t mind, I can understand why it happened despite him not living up to it.

Most of the other stuff is pretty inconsequential. Like I don’t care too much that we acquired J Brown or Gudbranson, they are serviceable 6-7 dmen on a team with more structure and depth. The mistake is that we play them higher up the line-up. Logan Brown move is fine with me as well, those are risks that are well worth it if you hit and not too detrimental if you miss.

 

[Hale The Villain]

I don't think DeMelo is a big loss.

Good 3rd pairing defender but I didn't like the idea of both him and Zaitsev signed for several years blocking the young guys when neither should be playing top 4 on a contending team.

Unless he was willing to sign a 2 year deal (unlikely given the 4YR deal he got from WPG), I think trading him made sense.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

The fact that this is even possible to do speaks volumes on how bad Dorian has been.

 

[Xspyrit]

Most of the other stuff is pretty inconsequential. Like I don’t care too much that we acquired J Brown or Gudbranson, they are serviceable 6-7 dmen on a team with more structure and depth. The mistake is that we play them higher up the line-up. Logan Brown move is fine with me as well, those are risks that are well worth it if you hit and not too detrimental if you miss.

Josh Brown is bad because we actually gave up an asset for a guy who is NOT NHL level. Not only that, we PLAY him and he has a negative impact on the ice. He contributes to us being a lottery team, and we paid for that

Gudbranson trade was bad because we gave an asset for a guy that was not worth his AAV, which made him a cap dump on the NHL market, a bit like Stepan should have been at 6.5 AAV

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Still plenty of good options available!!!