Make this two deadlines in a row where the Ottawa Senators’ dysfunction has likely caused Jeff Gorton to lose sleep.
Last year it was Erik Karlsson being on the market at the same time as Ryan McDonagh, with teams vying for both player’s services, and putting McDonagh on the back burner as they tried to negotiate with Ottawa for the generational defenseman. You all know how that played out, with Gorton parlaying JT Miller with McDonagh in the blockbuster trade that doesn’t have the best early returns on investment to this point.