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The NHL draft lottery has the potential to be a franchise-altering date in the history of the Ottawa Senators.The Ottawa Senators general manager will be holding a cherished family keepsake in his pocket on Friday, June 26 in the hopes of landing the first-overall selection in the draft. Dorion’s father, Pierre Dorion Sr., was the chief amateur scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs when he passed away suddenly just before the 1994 NHL Draft.
The Senators have finished no higher than 30th overall in any of the past three campaigns and the fan base has grown impatient at the thought of another season languishing at the bottom of the standings Not since the Vancouver Canucks manoeuvred to get the Sedin Twins in the 1999 NHL Draft has a team had two picks in the top three. With a good core of young, talented players already in the system, the Senators could set themselves up for years of success with two more blue-chip prospects.
“The one thing we have on our side is time. We know the draft won’t be for quite a few months,” Dorion explained. “It’s such an important time that we’re going to take time to build as good a list as possible.” The Senators believe they will take a step forward next season – ideally moving out of the basement of the NHL standings and maybe into the middle of the pack. But Dorion stopped well short of saying the 2020-21 edition of the Senators could be a playoff team.
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