"With the trades that we made, getting that number three pick and that number five pick . . . for us it is just continuing on with the plan and doing the rebuild the proper way we wanted to and that is why we are excited about what happened tonight," explained Pierre Dorion, General Manager.
"We know that it is such a deep draft, especially in the top five, that we are going to get two impactful players."
The odds of the lottery producing picks three and five for the Sens was the fifth-most likely option for the club - with an 8.6 per cent chance of happening, and Dorion is certain that the result will produce exciting options.
"When you look at all the players in the last three to five years that have gone in the Top 5, the Senators having the opportunity to take two of (similar calibre) is very exciting," he explained. "These players have a chance to play as early as next year pending that their development is on the right path, but we are not going to rush these players.
"I think we are very excited about that and I think our fans should be very excited about that too."