Since becoming general manager of the Ottawa Senators in 2016, Pierre Dorion spent most of his tenure rebuilding the roster. He’s drafted talents like Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle, Drake Batherson and Jake Sanderson and added skilled veterans like Claude Giroux and Jakob Chychrun along with 2023 offseason signings of Vladimir Tarasenko and Joonas Korpisalo.
Entering the 2021-22 season, Dorion felt confident enough to claim that his club was past the rebuilding stage. While the Senators did improve during that season and in 2022-23, they still found themselves outside the playoff picture.
Dorion’s future could become a topic of speculation this season. Michael Andlauer, the Senators’ new owner, recently hired Steve Staios as the club’s president of hockey operations. Staios was the general manager of the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs when Andlauer owned that franchise.
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