Habs Halifax
Loyal Habs Fan
The Senators are no threat take Kotkaniemi. Ottawa have very little scouting presence in Europe, have only drafted one Finnish player in the past 12 drafts, and have largely shown no interest in the guy.
I think Ottawa's most probable target is Tkachuk - if the Habs stay put at 3, I expect the Sens would take him over Zadina.
It might make more sense for everybody to just stay where they are.
I agree the Sens probably won't take Kotkaniemi 4th but it's not worth the gamble for the Habs to trade down and not get their guy. So there has to be another way and it might go down like this... Dahlin, Svechnikov, Zadina, Tkachuk. Then we have a trade to announce. Habs trade Zadina to the Coyotes for the 5th pick, 2019 2nd, and 2020 3rd.
This trade is pre-negotiated with the Coyotes and depends on if the Sens take Kotkaniemi 4th or not. Or the Habs negotiate with the Sens. Habs are in the drivers seat here and if negotiations get difficult with either the Sens or Coyotes, we have no problem taking Kotkaniemi 3rd OA.