The 2020 NHL Draft Lottery on Friday night was the first live NHL event in more than three months, and boy, was it interesting.
The movement started with the Buffalo Sabres, who were originally slotted at No. 7. Buffalo moved down to the No. 8 overall pick, which signaled that a placeholder team had won one of the lottery spots for one of the top picks in the 2020 draft.
Also notable was the fact that the Ottawa Senators, who originally had the second pick and the third-best odds in the lottery, ended up with the third and fifth overall picks, courtesy of the trade that sent Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks last year.