Ottawa Senators: All Aboard The Roby Järventie Hype Train

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 20: Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa Senators is interviewed during media availability for the 2017 NHL Awards at Encore Las Vegas on June 20, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

With the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft, the Ottawa Senators chose Finish left-winger, Roby Järventie and may have won the draft as a result.

OK, that’s a hot take in a relatively small sample size and might be jumping the gun just a little but it’s impossible to ignore what the 18-year-old sniper has been doing, playing in one of the top professional leagues outside the NHL, SM-Liiga. The Tampere, Finland born Järventie has been steadily turning heads for…