NHL Entry Draft 2018 Tank Thread | Why Not Us? Why Not Now? | Sens Finish 30th, TOP 5 PICK GUARANTEED

[Cloud]

Jets should be fun to watch in the playoffs. Those crowds will be amazing.

Yes I think they actually should have a decent shot of going pretty far...great fans there as well as you said, and a pretty fun team to watch.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

We're true champs at this tanking gig.

 

[Tuna99]

Great tank boys. To think we got below teams we were laughing at in November like Montreal and Arizona is truely and incredible suck-fest-of-magnificent-suckatoodness.

I’m glad this season is over. But serious concerns this franchise can ever get on stable enough ground to even rebuild.

Ottawa has a serious lack of leadership from ownership through management to the dressing rooms.

 

[JungleBeat]

Wahlstrom I'll cede as he's a forward and definitely more appealing for teams wanting forwards, Boqvist and definitely Smith I don't agree with at all.

I prefer Smith because he’s more dynamic and has superior puck skills and skating (not saying Dobson doesnt)

 

[saskriders]

I wish the lottery was sooner. I want to watch videos of the couple guys we will have to decide upon depending on where we pick, but I don't want to watch a bunch of Svechnikov and Zadina videos only to have us fall to 5th.

 

[Spartachat]

Good job on the tank boys! Buffalo was too hard to catch anyways. For the final game of the season I can finally cheer for the Sens to win!!!! Go Sens go!

 

[JonnyMacSen]

The Tank is not quite over boys, The Pens can still drop two spots today to 20th if the Ducks and Wild get a win.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Jets should be fun to watch in the playoffs. Those crowds will be amazing.

Jets and Preds crowd will be incredible to watch

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

If Toronto and Winnipeg fail to have success this spring that will be 25 years since any Canadian team has won the cup...let that sink in.
Honestly, yet regrettably, I'm completely prepared to see the Leafs win if it means getting Stanley back on Canadian soil at this point.

I couldn't care less how long it's been since the cup came back to Canada. Can go as long as it needs until Ottawa brings it back first.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Looking like Brady T at 5 then...

 

[Spartachat]

I couldn't care less how long it's been since the cup came back to Canada. Can go as long as it needs until Ottawa brings it back first.

I wouldn't mind if one of the Western Canadian teams won it. Just not Toronto or Montreal!

 

[Mingus Dew]

Looking like Brady T at 5 then...

I’m more or less resigned to this outcome. Sigh.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

If Toronto and Winnipeg fail to have success this spring that will be 25 years since any Canadian team has won the cup...let that sink in.
Honestly, yet regrettably, I'm completely prepared to see the Leafs win if it means getting Stanley back on Canadian soil at this point.

No true Senators fan would root for the Leafs to win the Stanley Cup, ever, in their lifetime.

With Canadians being the majority of players in the NHL, the Stanley Cup returns to Canada every off-season, when Canadian players have their few days with the Cup.

Leaf fans are obnoxious enough even though their team has the longest current SCFs appearance drought, among current teams. Imagine how much more obnoxious they'd become if they made it to the SCFs, win or lose.

 

[Daffy]

The Tank is not quite over boys, The Pens can still drop two spots today to 20th if the Ducks and Wild get a win.

Sharks are only ahead of Pens because of game in hand. Need Wild to beat San Jose in overtime to ensure they both stay ahead.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

NHL Lottery Simulator - NHL Draft Odds 5th today

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Tanking Job Complete.

 

[SPF6ty9]

NHL Lottery Simulator - NHL Draft Odds 5th today

The import thing to consider is that, I believe when a team gets picked all their lottery balls would be removed from the draw and the odds would be completed re-jigged. So rather than a 61.2% chance of 4 or 5 as this graphic would suggest, it would be in real life a higher chance of going top 3. Especially if a team with large odds like the Sabres get popped in the top 3. It's probably a safe assumption to think we'd be picking 3 or 4.

 

[The Lewler]

I told you guys we are locked into bottom 3 months ago.

See it's true even a blind squirrel finds acorns.

 

[BondraTime]

The import thing to consider is that, I believe when a team gets picked all their lottery balls would be removed from the draw and the odds would be completed re-jigged. So rather than a 61.2% chance of 4 or 5 as this graphic would suggest, it would be in real life a higher chance of going top 3. Especially if a team with large odds like the Sabres get popped in the top 3. It's probably a safe assumption to think we'd be picking 3 or 4.

No, this is taking that into consideration.

 

[BonkTastic]

See it's true even a blind squirrel finds acorns.

I went for a walk in the greenbelt today to feed birds with my kids, and a pair of squirrels tried to run up my pant leg to get at the seed in my hand.

They weren't blind, but obviously this anecdotal story proves you were right about the hockey thing.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I went for a walk in the greenbelt today to feed birds with my kids, and a pair of squirrels tried to run up my pant leg to get at the seed in my hand.

They weren't blind, but obviously this anecdotal story proves you were right about the hockey thing.

Wouldn't expect otherwise when you have your nuts in your hand

 

[Sensinitis]

3 weeks till the lottery

 

[SPF6ty9]

No, this is taking that into consideration.

Ah cool, I just assumed it would be based on the literal amount of combinations each team would have for the lottery for each pick rather than taking into account all the different possible scenarios and how they would effect each pick. Good to know...well, not really, definitely less good for the Sens this way haha.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

In terms of the draft lottery, as long as either Ottawa or Buffalo wins the lottery, we finish with at least a top 2 pick? Are there any other scenarios that keep us in the top 2?

Edit - Or does each position get individually selected by lottery?

 

[saskriders]

In terms of the draft lottery, as long as either Ottawa or Buffalo wins the lottery, we finish with at least a top 2 pick? Are there any other scenarios that keep us in the top 2?

Edit - Or does each position get individually selected by lottery?

Each position is selected individually.