GDT: 2018 | Draft Lottery | 1st: 5% / 2nd: 5.3% / 3rd: 5.7% | 5:30PM/8:15PM | CBC/SN

[Joey Moss]

Carolina is very interesting for the lotto. We're already a good trade partner with them.. this might help.

Their D is already ridiculous without Dahlin.. Necas-Zadina was a dominant combo at the World Juniors.. Really any of those picks is huge for them.

 

[OilCountry93]

Not a chance in hell. You’re severely overrating RNH.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Tambo was much better at the lottery.

#missthegoodolddays

 

[sepHF]

I missed it, oh well. We were always taking Ty Smith anyways. Drafting him at 10 just makes it less of a reach.

you think so? I wouldn't be mad at that

 

[OilersAllTheWay]

I don't really have any valid complaint (as I'm sure others would tell me) because of the number of times we were able to get 1st spot (and ultimately the absolute best player, McDavid), but that aside...

What I'm wondering is why do they not do the picks live, throw the little balls into the machine, let them come up one at a time live on TV, no waiting, no rigging.

Am I the only one wondering why it's already pre-planned on selection cards?

 

[VainGretzky]

Ridiculous bias emotionally driven post that I’m not going to bother picking apart.

Because you can't pick it apart because it's fact he has worst minus since he started his career , this is not just a matter of team it's a trend and fact he also is a negative impact player , and incase you have no idea what this is is someone who has a net offence in his career that is negative , so who cares if he puts up points on the PP when he gives up way more defending , and for a team like us he adds 0 value . Did you even watch our last game against the Canes and how many of our players just blew by him like a pylon and how many goals he was a goat on . Worst move Oilers could make is putting assets into him what a waste

 

[oil Leaks]

 

[RandomGuy79]

I don't really have any valid complaint (as I'm sure others would tell me) because of the number of times we were able to get 1st spot (and ultimately the absolute best player, McDavid), but that aside...

What I'm wondering is why do they not do the picks live, throw the little balls into the machine, let them come up one at a time live on TV, no waiting, no rigging.

Am I the only one wondering why it's already pre-planned on selection cards?

It's not rigged it would be tedious, to see random numbers drawn and then wait 10 minutes to verify. Not great for live TV.

 

[CycloneSweep]

10 is a rough spot cause the BPA there is often a center.

Right now 10-12 is a center according to TSN. However if one of those centers gets picked top 9 we could get a guy like Hughes or Dobson or maybe Wahlstrom

 

[oXo Cube]

How in the seven hells did anyone think this was a good idea?

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Why would anyone seriously have that kind of draw at a draft lottery party. They must have ran the simulator thinking it was the real thing.

 

[belair]

They can always change the I to an E and....uh....oh right, Burrows.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Buffalo fans should be careful on the main boards saying Edmonton is the worst organization and city in the nhl.

Man there are some annoying fans on the main board

 

[McHaNugYakEbNurDra]

What I'm wondering is why do they not do the picks live, throw the little balls into the machine, let them come up one at a time live on TV, no waiting, no rigging.

Am I the only one wondering why it's already pre-planned on selection cards?

The way the lottery works is they need to determine who the #1 pick is, then once that is determined, they determine who the #2 pick is, and once that is determined they figure out who the #3 pick is.....and once those are settled #4-15 are left in their remaining order.

If they showed it this way on TV, the most exciting part would be showing #1 and it would be increasingly more boring to those watching....so the masterminds at the NHL realized that by showing in reverse order they could make a spectacle of it, hence the show we get today. Not sure there would be any way to actually show the lottery live without spoiling this.

 

[Proko88]

Pool party and our pick for any of the top 3, sweeten the pot somehow...

 

[McAsuno]

Pool party and our pick for any of the top 3, sweeten the pot somehow...

You trust Chiarelli to sweeten the pot? He'll overflow it for the team he's trading with. Lmao.

 

[XXIV97]

I'm satisfied with 10th overall pick. I was hoping to move into the top 3, but there was a really small chance of that happening.

The hope is that one of the defencemen will fall out of the top 9. If that doesn't happen, I would take the Finnish center or Martin Kaut

 

[Paralyzer]

Do you guys realize if Carolina wins 1st, more than likely Faulk or Hanifin becomes more available and dangling the 10th overall for either one would be a huge win for us.

 

[Frank the Tank]

I'd hold onto the pick and wait and see if a defenseman drops like Fowler or Trouba did (or Gormley, but let's ignore that). If not, dangle the pick to a team a few spots down that's nervous about the Islanders picking twice in front of them.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Do you guys realize if Carolina wins 1st, more than likely Faulk or Hanifin becomes more available and dangling the 10th overall for either one would be a huge win for us.

Since they have D they flip the pick for assets?

 

[McShogun99]

Guaranteed there will be some players dropping. I'm content with drafting the BPA and letting him develop.

 

[MoneyGuy]

We have a chance to have 3 1st overall picks on the team again! And I think McDavid, Dahlin and Nuge is a lot better than Hall, Nuge, and Yak.

Ya think?

 

[Paralyzer]

Since they have D they flip the pick for assets?

They take the 10th overall and take a forward in that position or trade it to someone else. It's not hard to picture it IMO.

 

[North]

Do you guys realize if Carolina wins 1st, more than likely Faulk or Hanifin becomes more available and dangling the 10th overall for either one would be a huge win for us.

Faulk is nothing special. I wouldn't give up a first round pick for him.

 

[BarDownBobo]

I don't really have any valid complaint (as I'm sure others would tell me) because of the number of times we were able to get 1st spot (and ultimately the absolute best player, McDavid), but that aside...

What I'm wondering is why do they not do the picks live, throw the little balls into the machine, let them come up one at a time live on TV, no waiting, no rigging.

Am I the only one wondering why it's already pre-planned on selection cards?

They don't have the ping pong balls with team logos on it, it's just numbered ping pong balls that correspond to previously assigned numbers. There's over 1000 combinations iirc so it wouldn't really be good tv to show them spitting these balls out then wait for people to check them vs the list.