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Colorado Avalanche will get the Ottawa Senators 2019 first round pick

Ottawa Senators GM tells the Ottawa Sun the 2018 pick will remain with Ottawa

By elseldo
2019 top draft prospect Arthur Kaliyev is playing for the OHL Championship this year.
Aaron Bell / OHL Images

Tonight it was announced that the Ottawa Senators will pick fourth overall in the 2018 NHL Draft. The Senators fell to fourth after the Carolina Hurricanes jumped up to grab a spot in the top three. According to Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch, Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion has said the Senators will keep the pick:

This means that the Colorado Avalanche will get the Senators first round pick in the 2019 draft, as the final piece of the Matt Duchene trade. It’s expected that the Senators pick will be a top 10 pick at minimum once again next season, potentially another top lottery pick if they do end up moving Erik Karlsson over the summer as rumours have suggested.

There are plenty of top names to follow already for next years draft, including Nolan Foote, son of former Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winner Adam Foote, who is playing with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL. Jack Hughes is one of the names that has been going around draft circles for years and he’s currently with the USNTDP where he put up 185 points in 97 games in the 17-18 hockey season.

There are also elite prospects like Kaapo Kakko, Peyton Kerbs and Alex Turcotte to be considered.

There are lots of options for the Avalanche, but now they can finally settle on their draft plans for this year and next.

Now we can have fun sitting back this summer and watching if Ottawa trades away their franchise defenseman (they probably will).