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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: Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers makes a save against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 04, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ONTARIO – AUGUST 04: Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers makes a save against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 04, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images) /

12. New York Rangers

While the Rangers finished behind Florida and Columbus and have already bowed out of the play-in round, they rank as a worse option here due to their future outcome. While the two teams before them are average team’s with average future outlooks, the Rangers are filled with young talent looking to contend in the near future, making them a potential obstacle for the Sens.

They already have established stars in Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad, as well as emerging young talent such as Adam Fox, Filip Chytil, and Kaapo Kakko, not to mention the two-headed monster of young goalies with Alexandar Georgiev and Igor Shesterkin. The Zibanejad factor keeps them from being a nightmare outcome for Ottawa, but adding Lafrenière to their young core would almost certainly put them in a better position going forward than Ottawa.

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