Pierre Dorion was relieved of his duties as general manager of the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old was replaced by Steve Staios, the president of hockey operations who will be interim GM during the search for a permanent replacement.
Dorion joined the Senators in 2007 as a scout, was named director of player personnel in 2009 and assistant GM in 2014. He succeeded Bryan Murray on April 10, 2016, when Murray announced he was stepping down.
Ottawa qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs once during Dorion’s tenure as GM, in 2016 when they advanced within one game of the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final. The Senators were 225-261-59 under Dorion, and had a 13-point improvement last season (86 points) from 2021-22 (73 points).
The NHL on Wednesday announced the Senators would forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in the trade of forward Evgenii Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights on July 28, 2021, and the subsequent, invalidated trade of Dadonov to the Anaheim Ducks by the Golden Knights on March 21, 2022.
Ottawa will forfeit its first-round pick in either the 2024, 2025 or 2026 NHL Draft. The determination as to which pick will be forfeited will be made by the Senators within 24 hours of the conclusion of the NHL Draft Lottery for that year.
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