Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion traded away forward Mike Hoffman for the sake of his team, he told reporters Thursday.
"Trading Mike Hoffman was something we needed to do, our dressing room was broken" Dorion said, per TSN. "We have to have a dressing room that wants to win together."
Dorion made the move after Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson and his wife, Melinda, filed a peace bond against Hoffman's fiancee, Monika Caryk, for allegedly harassing the two on social media over a lengthy period of time.
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While Dorion admitted he was forced to deal the 28-year-old, he stopped short of implicating Hoffman and Caryk.
"This was not an indictment on Mike Hoffman," the GM said. "We needed to go in a different direction.
"In all this, the victim is Melinda Karlsson. Whoever did this needs to be brought to justice."
The Senators traded Hoffman on Tuesday to the San Jose Sharks, who then flipped him to the Florida Panthers just hours later.
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