No problem for Senators to play waiting game at amateur draft

CHICAGO — Better late than never.
If the Ottawa Senators hadn’t taken such a deep ride into the National Hockey League post-season, they wouldn’t have been forced to play the role of spectators until the No. 28 pick in the draft rolled around Friday night at the United Center.
Those teams that had terrible regular seasons were rewarded for their failure by making their selections at the top, while the Senators, after reaching the Eastern Conference final this past spring, sat i