When the Knights acquired Evgenii Dadonov from Ottawa, they were led to believe he didn't have an active no-trade list. It turned out that he did, and a new report indicates the Sens will face punishment for the miscommunication.

The Ottawa Senators are officially having a week they'd like to forget.

Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported during the second intermission Saturday night that the NHL is expected to announce, sometime in the next few days, another punishment for the Senators. No, this has nothing to do with the Shane Pinto gambling punishment. 

This goes back to Ottawa's 2021 Evgenii Dadonov trade with the Vegas Golden Knights.

At the time of the deal, the Knights were led to believe Dadonov didn't have trade protection because he didn't submit his no-trade list to Ottawa in time. It turned out that wasn't true. The list was apparently right on schedule and still very much in play. So when Vegas tried to trade Dadonov to Anaheim last year, it was vetoed because the Ducks were on his no-fly list.

Dadonov was later traded to the Montreal Canadiens.

There's no word on why this probe has taken so long or what the punishment to the Senators might be. But no matter what it is or how we got here, the remoted mixup won't leave much of an impression on the Senators' new owner, Michael Andlauer. He and Steve Staios, his new hand-picked president of hockey operations, are currently evaluating job performances throughout the organization.