FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -
Pierre Dorion wasn’t sitting idle on Saturday.
Instead, he was working the phones and league sources told Postmedia if he doesn’t make a trade it won’t be from a lack of trying.
Three league executives told me Saturday that the Senators GM has his dipped his fingers in a lot deals with his counterparts selling off and has pretty much expressed interest in several forwards — and even the odd defencemen — to see if he can find depth before the deadline.
Armed with owner Eugene Melnyk’s blessing to add a player to the payroll with the mandate of getting the Senators to the playoffs, Dorion worked the phones again Saturday in an attempt to see if he can stir up a deal for a forward before Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline.