Dylan DeMelo was one of the Ottawa Senators players most frequently linked with a move away ahead of the trade deadline, with Pierre Dorion cashing in on the impending UFA before potentially seeing him walk away for nothing in the summer.
In return for the right-handed blueliner, the Senators have received the Jets’ third round in the 2020 Draft, taking the team’s total number of picks to 12, with seven of those picks coming in the first three rounds.
DeMelo had understandable value ahead of the deadline, being a right-shooting defenceman with decent production (19:55 average time on the ice, 63 blocked shots, 94 hits, 53.