Screaming Eagles Win Something

For the first time in a long time, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles finally had something go their way.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League held their draft lottery today to see whether the Screaming Eagles or Shawinigan Cataractes would select first overall in this year’s Entry Draft. Cape Breton, who has finished well below .500 for the past three seasons, won the lottery.

The Screaming Eagles finished dead last in the regular season this year with a 14-46-3-5 record.

The Saint John Sea Dogs, who finished 16^th overall, will pick third overall in the draft unless the league somehow screws that all up with the Ryan Tesink thing.

The Scouting Report has a couple articles on some of the top prospects for this year’s draft. The consensus seems to be that forward Nathan Noel, a St. John’s native who played at Shattuck St. Mary’s this season, is the top Atlantic Canadian available. The Hockey News' Future Watch magazine said that Noel has not made a decision on which route to take - junior or college. So...

Saint John also owns Rimouski’s first-round pick thanks to the Kevin Gagne trade. Here are all of Saint John’s draft picks, via the French boards:

1-1(RIM)-2-3-4-4(HAL)-6(RIM)-7-8-8(GAT)-9-10-11-12-13-14-EURO1-EURO2

The QMJHL Entry Draft is June 8 in Chicoutimi.