One year later: Senators pleased with returns from Dion Phaneuf trade
When long-time Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf first joined the Ottawa Senators, his new teammates didn’t really know what to think.
Someone they grew to hate was now suddenly clad in their black and red colours, an unlikely teammate following a blockbuster trade from Toronto.
“You didn’t even know if it was real or not,” Senators winger Mike Hoffman recalled. “But once it set in that yeah okay, it’s not a dream, he’s actually on our team now it didn’t take long at all (for him to fit in).”
Ottawa has seemingly got what it was after in the trade for Phaneuf, which was made a year ago Thursday.