Kucherov, Palat, Namestnikov

Sens getting Stutzle and Sanderson over Laf and Byfield is such a luck win

Lidstrom, Fedorov, Konstantinov

EDM 1979 or 1980.

'79: Lowe, Messier, Anderson
'80: Coffey, Kurri, Moog

Bergeron and Krejci with back to back second round picks isn’t half bad.

Selecting Shenesyn over Barzal was a disaster, but they did end up with DeBrusk, Carlo, and Vladar from that draft.

Perry and Getzlaf is one heck of a draft for the Ducks,

Stutzle was luck because any team would have picked him at 3 but they reached for Sanderson and it paid off hugely.

The complete 2020 Ottawa Senators draft:

Tim Stutzle
Jake Sanderson
Ridly Greig
Roby Jarventie
Tyler Kleven
Egor Sokolov
Leevi Merilainen
Eric Engstrand
Philippe Daoust
Cole Reinhardt

Truly one of the greatest moments in franchise history.

Not even close

True

2 guys who were major major pieces of 2Cups and 2other final appearance and 2other conference finals appearances the big piece in getting McDonagh. Absolutely.
Kucherov was 58 Palat 208

1971 Habs, Lafleur and Robinson that kicked off the 6 cups in the next 13 years from 73-86, including 4 in a row from 75-79. Show me another draft that had that much success!

Kucherov is great, and probably better than the guys up there, but Palat and Namesnikov are nowhere near franchise defining. Kucherov isn’t even the face of that franchise. Dallas got their allstar forward, D and goalie in one draft. Vancouver got the 2 best players of their franchise. Ottawa got a superstar c and D + a very promising forward

Dallas '17. Possibly 3 players that could have their numbers retired if things go as they should.



Bergeron and Krejci were in separate drafts though. Could go with Kessel, Lucic and Marchand in 2006.

And how many cups? Palat was a lot more important than a lot of people realize.

Yeah that was an insane draft

Lundkvist has 0 cups. Is he not franchise defining? If that is how you find a franchise defining player, Tom Johnson is more defining than Wayne Gretzky.

Kucherov is franchise defining, but Palat isn’t. Hell, he isn’t with the team anymore

Was he really better than Richter ? Or comparatively to JD back in the day?

Richter never player with Johnson

My point was I think of Rangers Goalies Richter is my first thought he actually won a cup. I hared that loved the 1940 chant

Kessel #5
Lucic #50
Marchand #71

They also had the 37th. Took a Russian that never played in the NHL Yuri Alexandrov.

Imagine that good of a draft with the 37th pick busting.

Is Hank Patrick Roy, Martin Broduer , Dominik Hasek no, . He's that next lel and a half or so beneath partially because his name doesn't appear on the Cup

Pens got Crosby and Letang in one draft. That was pretty franchise defining

Burke getting the Sedins has to be the best draft day magic ever. Crazy to even think about the possibility of them playing on separate teams

Red Wings 89 will always be almost impossible to beat with how scouting has evolved

In recent history it’s Dallas 2017 vs Ottawa 2020, 2 incredible hauls


Many teams would have picked him 2nd OA, only Lafreniere was the consensus #1


One of the best drafts in NHL history… Fans already know about Stutzle but they are going to be notified about Sanderson and Greig in the very near future. Well Kleven too

The thing is even after these 4, Jarventie and Merilainen could also end up good players. I’m not a big believer in Sokolov but he could play a bunch of games too. Unfortunately regarding Daoust, the kid seems too fragile as he keeps getting injured. Too bad because he’s a pretty nice talent too. Had some pretty sick advanced stats in the Q in his last season