When the Senators traded Dadonov to the Golden Knights in July 2021, there was no mention that the winger had trade protection. The contract he signed with Ottawa in October 2020 had a clause that stated he couldn't be traded without first submitting a 10-team no-trade list.
Kampf, 30, is currently suspended from the team without pay, as the Maple Leafs sent him down to the minors. The veteran centre isn't having it and has no interest playing for the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies. Some NHL veterans take the move with a grain of salt, work hard, and try to force their way back into the NHL. Kampf decided he was going to cause quite the stink, after Treliving has spent the past few weeks trying to move the disgruntled forward.
"I think I do, just to be frank and to be honest. I definitely think I do. Whether I do decide that I want to go somewhere - whether that actually happens - I don't have complete control of that. Obviously, I have control of where I can't go or don't go. I'm going to be 36. It's going to be my 14th season. Last year of my contract for this. I don't know what the future holds for me."
