There aren’t many things that are going to help with the sting of last night’s loss but the NHL is trying.
This morning, the league announced that they have shown the Ottawa Senators an unexpected bit of leniency for the Evgeni Dadonov fiasco.
Instead of losing the pick entirely, the league announced today that the Senators will pick 32nd overall in the 2026 Entry Draft in addition to having to pay a fine of $1,000,000. So not completely off the hook but not nearly as harsh as the original punishment.
This always felt like a reasonable conclusion to this strange chapter but the league definitely made Michael Andlauer sweat it out a little bit. From the organization’s stand point, they probably would have liked to know this a couple weeks ago and especially heading into the Trade Deadline. Better late than never though.
You can see the full announcement from the league below.
