At one point in their careers, forward Mika Zibanejad and defenseman Erik Karlsson were members of the Ottawa Senators. Both players were traded by the Senators to end their tenure with the team.
While Zibanejad took time to develop, trading him away in 2016 hurt the Senators when his career took off with the New York Rangers. For Karlsson, he was the captain of the Senators before being traded away to the San Jose Sharks in 2018.
Both Zibanejad and Karlsson missed the playoffs with their teams in 2025 while the Senators made the playoffs after eight long years.