Ottawa Sun · Feb 9, 2017
Dion Phaneuf's trade to Senators couldn't have worked out better
Senators defenceman Dion Phaneuf competes in the hardest shot event at the Sens Skills Competition at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Dec. 30, 2016. (Errol McGihon/Postmedia)It's been a year since Dion Phaneuf crossed lines in the Battle of Ontario.
On Feb. 8, 2016, exactly 12 months ago, Phaneuf was the centrepiece in a rare trade between the Maple Leafs and the Senators that saw the former Toronto captain moved here in a nine-player deal that included longtime Ottawa winger Milan Michalek.
The decision caught the hockey world by surprise but as far as Phaneuf is concerned it couldn’t have worked out better.