Ottawa forfeit draft selection over invalidated trade

The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a 1^st round draft selection for their role during the offseason in 2021 of the trade of Evgenii Dadonov to the Golden Knights and the subsequently invalidated March 2022 deal that made the player to change teams again as he became part of the Ducks.

Sens will forfeit its 1^st round selection in 1 of the 2024, 2025, or 2026 National Hockey League drafts. The NHL franchise from Canada will make that decision within a day of the draft lottery campaign’s conclusion.

The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a first-round draft pick in either 2024, 2025, or 2026 following their role in the July 2021 trade of Evgenii Dadonov from the Senators to the Vegas Golden Knights and the subsequent, invalidated March 2022 Dadonov trade between the Golden Knights… pic.twitter.com/AEZtEOH8Bl

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In March 2022, Vegas traded Dadonov to Anaheim along with a conditional 2^nd round selection for John Moore and the deal of Ryan Kesler. But only hours after the exchange became public, the Golden Knights announced it had “become aware of a problem with respect to the exchange” and are discussing it with the NHL office.