38th Overall
The Pick: Scott Morrow (RD), Shattuck St. Mary’s (USHS-Prep)
2020-21 Stats: 30GP, 8G-40A-48P
With their first pick of the second round, Trent Mann and staff select the talented defenceman out of one of the best prep schools in the nation to bolster their depth on the right side. At this point in the draft, the Senators have to be taking the best player available as they’re too deep at each position to consider picking based on needs.
Morrow is a relatively big defenceman at 6’2″ and 192 pounds, he used his size to overpower skaters in both USHS and the USHL where he appeared in 6 playoff games, check out this amazing shift versus league powerhouse the Chicago Steel:
Some team is going to draft Scott Morrow pretty high, right? You pretty much have to
— Derek Neumeier (@Derek_N_NHL) July 21, 2021
You can take a guy who plays like this and maybe iron out the creases in his game over time. But it's a lot harder to take someone vanilla and develop their raw skill up to a level like this pic.twitter.com/2ds6WSoM7b
Despite being held pointless in the USHL playoffs, Morrow proved why he’s so highly regarded with plays like this. Morrow has a lot of big fans in the draft community, and if the Senators are lucky enough to have him fall in their lap at pick 38, they should jump at the opportunity.