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Worst NHL draft ever.

Is that too harsh? Well, to start there were few surprises with Tavares, Hedman and Duchene taken 1-2-3 in the draft. But mainly I was looking forward to seeing the trades that would transpire over the course of the evening and not much happened. The Chris Pronger for The Flyers' future deal sure seemed to imply many transactions would take place but last year's 11 or so deals wasn't even close to being equaled. And TSN's Darren Dreger telling the audience that he spoke to GM Bryan Murray to report that all Dany Heatley talk is dead, and well, that didn't add much intrigue to the evening.

Anyway, I was hoping that a Heatley deal would have been made so Otawa can move on and concentrate on free agency day July 1st. But with not knowing what return Heatley will give, or heaven forbid, if he has to play for the Senators and the start of the season, it will be difficult to make any significant signings Canada Day and to narrow down exactly what the Senators need moving forward.

Man, I am so mad at Heatley. He really screwed over the Sens with his public demand for a trade. And of course, he's not around to face the same public to answer why he went about this way to get off the team, or why he can't just listen to coach Cory Clouston and be a team player.

So in sum, yeah, the draft sucked.