One week after the NHL trade deadline, a quick look at the deals the Senators made — and one they were denied.

Word is GM Pierre Dorion talked to the Dallas Stars about acquiring Patrick Sharp, but the veteran winger wouldn’t waive his no-trade to come to Ottawa.

Who wants a playoff run when it means leaving that hot Texas sun, right?

Meanwhile, Jonathan Dahlen is clearly sulking over the Senators sending him to Vancouver. The Swedish winger had three goals and two assists as Timra defeated Tingsryds 8-4 in Round 2 of HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs on Wednesday.

And still, the Senators had to do that deal for Alex Burrows, who has been a nice fit on the first line and in the Ottawa dressing room.

Viktor Stalberg was acquired to give the fourth line a boost, which he has done, and more.

Burrows and Stalberg led Ottawa forwards in power-play ice time during the first period of Wednesday’s game in Dallas, with an identical 1:53 each.

Stalberg’s power-play goal late in the second period against the Stars gave the Senators a 4-1 lead that they weren’t going to give up.

Burrows and Stalberg each have scored twice as the Senators have gone 4-0 since the deadline, including the latest victory in Texas that was decided by special teams.

So far, so very good for the results from Dorion’s first NHL trade deadline.

FAR AWAY EYES

Mark Borowiecki leads the league in hits, which means he also leads the league in having to answer for them. This time it was after a clean check on Radek Faska that he had to drop his gloves and go with Jamie Oleksiak, a wee lad who stands 6-foot-7 and 260 pounds. No wonder Borowiecki, who is playing through an injured left something or other, ended the fight ASAP. Meanwhile, do you think anybody calls Oleksiak “Penny”? … Some teams play the left wing lock, but the Stars appear to favour the left side vacate. On Ottawa’s first power play, Mike Hoffman sent two passes through the slot to an open Erik Karlsson, who was standing at the bottom of the right faceoff circle, and both times the captain passed up on the shot. Moments later, Chris Wideman was presented a similar opportunity, with plenty of breathing room, and he graciously flipped it into the net … Jason Spezza has changed. No way, when he was with the Senators, he misses that wide open net he had less than a minute into the game. OK, so it was a foot or two off the ice, but he was a better batter in Ottawa.

C’EST WHAT?

Freddy Claesson looked a little nervous for the first TV interview he’s ever done to talk about a goal he scored. to talk about an NHL goal he scored. But what do you expect? “I wasn’t sure. I was pretty sure it went in but I wasn’t 100% sure,” Claesson told Shawn (Jack) MacKenzie, the Sportsnet reporter, not the 54-year old retired goalie. “I just did my celly then we’ll see what happened. I’m happy.” … Claesson’s goal came in his 36th career NHL game. He now has scored 14 times in 321 pro games since coming over from Sweden … Marc Methot is now the only Senator still looking for his first of the season … Borowiecki, who collected the souvenir puck for Claesson, looked like he was ready to get in on the scoring action the next shift. But he was dragged down on a 2-on-1, which at least gave the Senators their second power play.

TAKING NUMBERS

Even with seven defencemen, Karlsson still played 10:07 in the first period. That’s partly because Borowiecki and Methot combined for six penalty minutes and Dion Phaneuf missed a couple or three shifts after limping to the dressing room … Derick Brassard and Mark Stone each had three shots in first. It just seemed like Brassard had a lot more … Cody Eakin took 10 draws for the Stars in the first period and was 3-7. The rest of his team took 11 … Another lost draw by Eakin led to JG Pageau’s goal in the second ... Karlsson’s ice time was cut back in the second, when he played just 8:16 … Stalberg, who was supposed to help the penalty-killing, led all Senators forwards in power-play ice time through two periods, with 2:27.

ON SECOND THOUGHT

Spezza’s assist on the Tyler Seguin goal was his first in five games against the Senators. He also has one goal … Kari Lehtonen was angry enough to be pulled after the Pageau goal that he slammed his stick against the wall separating the benches, right next to Mike Condon. The Senators backup goalie didn’t flinch … Wideman delivered a big hit on Devin Shore, but when the TV cameras flashed to both on their respective benches, it was the Senators D-man who appeared to be shaken while the Stars forward was smiling … The only shot to beat Craig Anderson through two periods went through the size of a mouse hole, or at least the way they used to look in cartoons. Seguin was just putting it on net when he bounced it in off Anderson’s shoulder ... If Anderson gets Thursday off, he could set the record for most wins by a Senators goalie Saturday in Colorado, where he used to spend the hockey season before being moved to Ottawa. Rather fitting, no? … Not sure what more a guy could do than all that accomplished by Pageau on this night. Along with his eighth goal of the season, which proved to be the game winner, Pageau was 13-1 in the face-off circles and oh yes, he led the team with five blocked shots. Wonder if he swept the dressing room floor before leaving, too.

dbrennan@postmedia.com