NHL Entry Draft What's the worst pair of picks you'd be happy with?

[JD1]

By the time you have to sign a player to "top guy" money Bobby Ryan will be off the books. That will go along way to signing a guy like Laf.

Very good point....that clears a lot of payroll

With Bobby's money gone, we could have chabot, Tkachuk and the 2 draft picks locked up under the cap....assuming fyous spending is real

 

[ATdaisuki]

lafreniere, stutzle, byfield, drysdale, raymond, perfetti, sanderson, rossi...

of course i'd be happier with higher picks, but the worst we can do is fifth and sixth. i just named eight players i'd be happy walking out of the draft with. even guys ranked lower than these ones like lundell and holtz are solid enough prospects that any team would be proud to have. i feel like we're in a win or win more situation here. the lottery tonight is only determining how excited i am for the team's future. will i "only" be excited, or will i be shaking-in-my-chair-so-much-i-can't-type excited? can't wait for tonight!

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Any of the top 6 or 7 prospects will be good NHL players, but while I've still got visions of sugarplum Lafreniere-s dancing in my head... I'll be happy with 5 and 6 come draft day, but to leave tonight happy I'd really like to see at least 3 and 5 so we can get Byfield or Stutzle.

 

[Asquaredx2]

Like others have said, I'm really hoping for a top-3 pick. Since I feel like we desperately need top tier forwards, I'm not that keen on drafting Drysdale who I think is probably the #4 pick in a vacuum. So I think I'd be just as disappointed in 4 and 5 as I would be in 5 and 6. And obviously, #1 would be the dream.

But at the end of the day, any way it shakes out we'll be in a position to draft two guys with lots of potential.

 

[DueDiligence]

Very good point....that clears a lot of payroll

With Bobby's money gone, we could have chabot, Tkachuk and the 2 draft picks locked up under the cap....assuming fyous spending is real

After the end of the 20-21 season the Senators are in great shape cap wise. They can spend a fair bit of money and still be "budget" conscious. https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/senators

 

[aragorn]

I'll be disappointed if Ottawa isn't able to draft Byfield, after that I have some favourites & some who I don't want. Ideally Byfield & Lafrenier or Stutzle would be the best outcome, Byfield & Drysdale or Sanderson would be the next good outcome & finally Byfield & Askarov, Quinn or Holtz. Don't really want Raymond, Perfetti or Rossi.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

5&6 is the worst case and while good spots to select, i'd still be disappointed all things considered.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

We're getting 1 and 2, so all this doesn't matter.

Where do you guys want to meet up to chat once the board crashes because of it? Is there an HFBoards Sens discord or something?

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Finishing bottom 2 three years in a row and not get a 3rd round pick would be abysmal. Nothing greedy about it. There's a drop-off in forwards after 3.

It's a good thing Montreal selected Kotkaniemi. Choosing Tkachuk was basically like having a top 3 pick anyway.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

3 and 5 I guess. One of Stutzle/Byfield at the very least.

Basically there's a 62.4% chance I'll be satisfied.

Same. I want one of those top 3 players. Potential franchise winger or center.

I won't be mad if the Senators end up with 5 and 6, they'll still get solid players . . . but i certainly won't be happy.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

On a side note, Garrioch totally has his "use in case Sens get #1 overall with San Jose's pick" article ready to go that has numerous subtle jabs at Doug Wilson.

Honestly, I think the Hoffman thing sealed his fate. You can't mess with the hockey gods like that. They are sensitive gods. So you go and hustle a GM into taking a negative value contract off of you for a player he clearly doesn't want in the East, let alone his division, and then conspire to flip that player right back for draft picks that vastly exceed the value of the asset you gave up. You even convince that GM you messed with to give you the better late pick in the deal.....then you turn around and take advantage of his back being against the wall by acquiring the best player in his franchises history, and send him back some of the same assets you screwed him in the first place to get.....I respect Doug Wilson's competence, but that's bold.

That, and Vegas getting jobbed....I think it has built up a major debt with the hockey gods that will be paid tonight. I know they badly want to give Arizona the 1st overall because they think it is hilarious to constantly award Taylor Hall's team the top pick, but I think the Doug Wilson/Dorion stuff is too much for them to cash in on.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

I'll be disappointed if Ottawa isn't able to draft Byfield, after that I have some favourites & some who I don't want. Ideally Byfield & Lafrenier or Stutzle would be the best outcome, Byfield & Drysdale or Sanderson would be the next good outcome & finally Byfield & Askarov, Quinn or Holtz. Don't really want Raymond, Perfetti or Rossi.

I’m curious, where do you rank guys like Marner, Marchand, Point, Kane and Schwartz

 

[DueDiligence]

I’m curious, where do you rank guys like Marner, Marchand, Point, Kane and Schwartz

That's the point in this draft. One or two of 4-8 ranked players will probably be as good as those guys you mention.

 

[aragorn]

I’m curious, where do you rank guys like Marner, Marchand, Point, Kane and Schwartz

I like Marchand a lot & the other guys are good players too, especially Kane who has the knack of being in the right place at the right time. Kane & Marchand are HOF players, not sure where the other three end up. There are plenty of bigger players too that are equally as good or better that I would prefer over those three.

Given there NHL success it's hard to argue against them, but not all the small players drafted become good NHL players. I would rather take a shot with a good bigger player who can move down the line as you get better players to replace them higher up in the lineup. I'm not a fan of smaller players in the bottom six.

 

[ijif]

The pair that guarantees we don't take Sanderson.

 

[coladin]

4 & 5 would still be amazing. Raymond and Drysdale would greatly compliment the young guns

 

[Taluss]

Im on the 3rd and 5th train

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Anything with 1 is amazing.
2-3 would be pretty amazing too.

2-4 is a step down, but Id be happy still. 3-4 is about as low as I'd go and still be happy.

3-5 or 3-6 is pretty meh. I wouldn't be happy but wouldn't be unhappy.

4-5 or 5-6 is as low as we can go, so why be happy about it?

 

[Icelevel]

Tankathon gives me 3,5 most of the time.
According to that sim were pretty much guaranteed to get #5

But I still say we end up with #1

 

[Ouroboros]

3rd is the lowest that is acceptable for our first pick. I feel like most teams will have Stützle in the second spot, but the Sens are more likely to have Byfield there. So I think we can get our 2nd ranked player at 3rd overall.

5th is fine for the second pick. That probably lands us Cole Perfetti unless the Sens decide they have to take a defenseman in this spot which would be very bad.

 

[Xspyrit]

I just want one of each group (in that order)

Lafreniere/Stutzle/Byfield/Raymond

Perfetti/Rossi/Drysdale/Holtz

And with the 3rd first, we'll see later.

So unless we get 5+6 (12% chance if I'm not mistaken), we will have the opportunity to draft one of each group.

if we get 2 picks in the top-4, then we WIN big time.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

3rd is the lowest that is acceptable for our first pick. I feel like most teams will have Stützle in the second spot, but the Sens are more likely to have Byfield there. So I think we can get our 2nd ranked player at 3rd overall.

5th is fine for the second pick. That probably lands us Cole Perfetti unless the Sens decide they have to take a defenseman in this spot which would be very bad.

Why would that be bad?

 

[Sun God Nika]

5 and 6 are gonna be two elite prospects obviously anyone outside of 3 has a lil bust potential but if there was a year to have 5 and 6 this would be the year

 

[L'Aveuglette]

5 and 6 are gonna be two elite prospects obviously anyone outside of 3 has a lil bust potential but if there was a year to have 5 and 6 this would be the year

No, because this is likely to be the only year in franchise history where we have TWO PICKS IN THE TOP 3.

Both picks falling to 5-6 is a joke considering the circumstances.

 

[Sun God Nika]

No, because this is likely to be the only year in franchise history where we have TWO PICKS IN THE TOP 3.

Both picks falling to 5-6 is a joke considering the circumstances.

I'm just getting myself ready