Ottawa Senators: One Year Later-The Dion Phaneuf Trade

Did the Ottawa Senators actually come out on top of the Los Angeles Kings in this trade?

Check your calendars folks, because it has already been a year since the Ottawa Senators traded Dion Phaneuf and Nate Thompson to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Marián Gáborík and Nick Shore.

I know, time flies right?

Looking back the trade was nothing more than a cap dump for the Sens, unloading Phaneuf’s awful contract ($7 million per year, with Ottawa retaining $1.75 million). Now with one year in the books we can see who really came out on top in this trade that at the time, according to fans, was easily won by the Kings a year ago.

Nick Shore

We begin with the assets acquired by the Senators.…