Senators’ D.J. Smith looks back at first season behind the bench in Ottawa, ahead to draft Globe_Sports
Ottawa, which has gone through a well-documented period of on- and off-ice turmoil since getting within a double-overtime goal of making the 2017 Stanley Cup final, owns the second- and third-best odds.
In a perfect world from a Senators’ perspective, they would pick first and second, and take winger Alexis Lafreniere followed by centre Quinton Byfield. The worst case scenario for Ottawa would be picking fifth or sixth, still pretty good in a deep draft class.Smith, however, points to the Vancouver Canucks getting Daniel and Henrik at No. 2 and No. 3 in 1999 to illustrate what this lottery could mean in the nation’s capital.
“You’ve got to judge yourself on what other people say about your team, and I think they would say how hard we worked,” Smith said. “We played 71 games, and I’d say we either matched or outworked the other team in 68 of them.”“There was a couple times probably I got a little too emotional after a game,” Smith added. “The biggest thing is to be more calm in tough situations.
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