Fort Erie, ON
Fort Erie entered the annual CCHL Draft Lottery with the second-best odds of winning the lottery.
Fort Erie acquired Minnesota's first-round pick in the Darcy Keumper deal earlier in the year which now looks to be a franchise trading deal.
While any pick in the top ten of this year's draft should be considered outstanding, picking second will allow Fort Erie to pick either Alexis Lafreniere or hulking center Quinton Byfield.
Lafreniere is likely a better fit given his primary position is left-wing but Byfield is an excellent franchise-changing center who is one of the youngest players available in this draft. Byfield's late August birthday sees him qualify for this draft by just a few weeks before the mid-September cutoff.
Of course, Fort Erie could also look to trade the pick as the team is already loaded at center for the foreseeable future with MacKinnon, Point, Strome, and Couturier.
Falcons GM Matt Young was coy about the prospect of trading the pick.
"Listen, we like both players at the top of this draft a lot. We are happy to take either guy but we will listen to potentially slide back a few picks as well. If somebody wants a franchise center at worst, and want to discuss us moving back, we're open to it depending on the return."
While the draft is several months away it shall be interesting to see what Fort Erie does with the second overall pick.
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