The NHL Draft Lottery Phase II drawing will be held Monday at 6 p.m. and aired on NBCSN, and NHL Network.
The winner of the drawing picks #1, while the losers pick 9-15.
Eight teams each have a 12.5% chance: Wild, Jets, Rangers, Panthers, Predators, Oilers, Penguins, and either the Blue Jackets or Maple Leafs (pending game 5 of their series).
Doomsday scenario #1: Edmonton wins the lottery and the careers of three of the most exciting players in the league are wasted playing for a team nobody watches in a city with less than a million people in it.
Doomsday scenario #2: Pittsburgh wins the drawing and we all have to stomach watching Crosby lift another cup over his head.
I can't imagine anyone not picking him.
I agree, but what if Ottawa offered 3rd and 5th overall plus more for that pick?
I am not a Rangers fan, but I have no issue with him ending up in Minnesota and that giving the Rangers pick #10 versus #11. Don't necessarily want him on Nashville or Winnipeg because they have a lot of other talent already. Minnesota needs way more than just 1 player.
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Lafreneire was far and away the best player on the ice during the WJC. It was like a cheat code.
I can't imagine anyone not picking him.
I agree, but what if Ottawa offered 3rd and 5th overall plus more for that pick?
I think that's really interesting. I'm not a big draft guy anymore, so I don't know how well thought of the rest of the top five are. 3 + 5 and another big piece might be enough to change my mind.
I think thats obvious to most. This is a league that has penalized its largest markets for more than a decade with absurdly low salary caps and no adjustments for cost of living and local taxes - penalizing Canadian markets, NYC, California markets, etc - so if they wanted to give their flagship franchises a better chance to win, there would be much better ways of doing that than rigging lotteries.
If the Oilers win, it's a joke
If the Rangers win, all will be right in the world
If the Oilers win, it's a joke
If the Rangers win, all will be right in the world
If Leafs win, it is definitely rigged
We got it!!!!!
We got it!!!!!