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On this live edition of the Sportsnet podcast, Ryan Dixon and special co-host Gare Joyce break down the NHL Draft Lottery, which teams landed which picks and the players who are the best fits for those teams.

In case you missed it, here’s the draft order:

1. TOR
2. WPG
3. CLB
4. EDM
5. EDM
6. CGY
7. ARI
8. BUF
9. MTL
10. COL
11. NJ
12. OTT
13. CAR
14. BOS

The podcast kicks off with special guest Wendel Clark, the only first-overall pick in Toronto Maple Leafs history, who speaks to what it’s like going to Toronto as a highly rated rookie and the differences between being a teenager in the NHL now and then and “man strength.”

An exclusive interview with Brendan Shanahan follows, who talks about going second overall in his draft year, the luck of the ping pong balls and how he evaluates presumptive No. 1-overall pick Auston Matthews.

Darren Millard, host of Saturday’s lottery festivities on CBC also joins Ryan and Gare to talk about what went on behind the scenes.

Postmedia News national hockey writer Michael Traikos also guests, as does Juha Hiitela, hockey writer with Finnish sports news outlet Usanomat on the expected second and third picks Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi.

All that and audio from the biggest players of the night, and some serious insider knowledge on what the seven Canadian teams can look forward to with their picks.

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Ryan Dixon and Rory Boylen host this weekly NHL podcast. Tape II Tape offers hard-charging, wise-cracking infotainment that goes deep on pucks and always plays a 200-foot game.

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