Report: Senators tried to reacquire Methot from Golden Knights
The Ottawa Senators attempted to recoup their lost expansion pick, but ultimately failed to do so.
The club lost defenseman Marc Methot in last week's draft after which it became abundantly clear that the Vegas Golden Knights were looking to flip the 32-year-old for assets. Having tried to persuade the Golden Knights to lay off, but to no avail, the team gave one last attempt to reacquire Methot on Sunday and Monday, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.
Led to believe the ask from the #Sens to protect Methot was a first-round pick in 2018.
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) June 27, 2017
On Monday, the NHL confirmed to LeBrun that teams could indeed reacquire players taken from the Golden Knights in the expansion draft just as long as the trade was not worked out beforehand.
In the end the Dallas Stars were the top bid for Methot, attaining his services in exchange for a 2020 second-round pick and 2017 goaltending prospect Dylan Ferguson.
The Senators will now be taxed with finding a replacement for the veteran shutdown defender.