With the Ottawa Senators holding picks with the second and third-best odds, it’s safe to say the Senators have a good chance at acquiring a couple of franchise-changing prospects. Ottawa has a 13.5% chance of landing first overall with their own pick and an 11.5% chance with San Jose’s draft pick.
They have the best chance at selecting first overall at this year’s NHL Draft. With Ottawa potentially selecting as low as fifth and sixth nothing is guaranteed in the draft lottery.
We did a random lottery at Tankathon.com and these were the results:
Ottawa fell two places with each pick, this shows how anything can happen in the draft lottery.