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Ottawa Senators: Who to Cheer for in the Draft Lottery

By Jack Baines

HAMILTON, ON - JANUARY 16: Alexis Lafreniere #11 of Team White skates during the 2020 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game against Team Red at FirstOntario Centre on January 16, 2020 in Hamilton, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
HAMILTON, ON - JANUARY 16: Alexis Lafreniere #11 of Team White skates during the 2020 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game against Team Red at FirstOntario Centre on January 16, 2020 in Hamilton, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – AUGUST 04: Mike Hoffman #68 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the New York Islanders during the first period in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff at Scotiabank Arena on August 4, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO – AUGUST 04: Mike Hoffman #68 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the New York Islanders during the first period in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff at Scotiabank Arena on August 4, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images) /

10. Florida Panthers

With the entire Western Conference out of the way, the bottom six will be made up entirely of the Eastern Conference team without a direct impact on Ottawa. The best possible option of these six then is Florida.

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The Panthers aren’t all that good: they would have fallen short of the playoffs if it weren’t for the qualifiers, their $70 million goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has been a bust so far in year one, and with Mike Hoffman and Evegnii Dadonov set to hit the open market, there’s little reason to expect them to be any better next season. So if Lafrenière spends the next decade in Florida, that shouldn’t have catastrophic impacts on Ottawa’s Cup chances over the next decade.

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