I’ll be honest: I didn’t tune in tonight.
After it became inevitable that the Sens were trading Matt Duchene, I just wanted the band-aid to be ripped off as fast as possible. Unfortunately, we had to suffer through another excruciating season on the way to a last place finish, giving the Colorado Avalanche the highest odds for the #1 overall pick:
In the end, both teams with the best odds dropped down the maximum three spots, with the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks having the lottery balls fall in their favour.