GDT: NHL Draft Lottery (May 8)

[Calicaps]

We obviously did not tank hard enough. Losers.

And all this ‘8’ talk locked us in.

#firetheinternet

All it means is that the #8 picks will end up being the class of the draft.

Sure did. Whole thing seemed half cocked.

Not like they do this every year or anything... amateurs.

 

[Jags]

What? Why?

One of the rules nerds will need to explain it, but it'll sound something like, "When suchandsuch team got 4th, a muskrat licked a Twizzler, the Twizzler fell over and knocked a gumball into a feather, the feather tickled the nose of a ketamine addict, the addict sneezed on a bus driver and gave him hepatitis, the bus driver freaked out and screamed 'GROSS! Columbus gets the 3rd pick in the 2023 draft!', and everyone went along with it because we don't want him to wreck and kill someone unless it's Putin.

"IF he wrecks and kills Putin, the Las Vegas Raiders get the #14 pick in next year's NFL draft, the Atlanta Braves have to play the next two years in the NBA, and the Atlanta Hawks become a ballet company."

Pretty sure that's how it works.

 

[Nice]

Wanted him in California if it wasn't here. He would've been fun on the ducks or sharks. Chicago is just so... puke.

 

[StrikingDistance]

All it means is that the #8 picks will end up being the class of the draft.

You’re optimism is only counterbalanced by my myriad of rum cocktails and my hatred for the internet super highway.

 

[HTFN]

Can't think of a real reason not to have the drawing live, with the ping pong balls, instead of just walking them out on cards that already have the numbers slapped on the back like there aren't a million dumb f***ing ways for that to get all corrupted and go sideways real quick.

One of the rules nerds will need to explain it, but it'll sound something like, "When suchandsuch team got 4th, a muskrat licked a Twizzler, the Twizzler fell over and knocked a gumball into a feather, the feather tickled the nose of a ketamine addict, the addict sneezed on a bus driver and gave him hepatitis, the bus driver freaked out and screamed 'GROSS! Columbus gets the 3rd pick in the 2023 draft!', and everyone went along with it because we don't want to wreck and kill someone unless it's Putin.

"IF he wrecks and kills Putin, the Las Vegas Raiders get the #14 pick in next year's NFL draft,the Atlanta Braves have to play the next two years in the NBA, and the Atlanta Hawks become a ballet company."

Pretty sure that's how it works.

Goddamn muskrats. I was worried about them all day and sure enough....

 

[max21]

Well that’s boring

 

[Roughing]

Can't think of a real reason not to have the drawing live, with the ping pong balls, instead of just walking them out on cards that already have the numbers slapped on the back like there aren't a million dumb f***ing ways for that to get all corrupted and go sideways real quick.


Goddamn muskrats. I was worried about them all day and sure enough....

If it was legit, they'd draw in front of you. The league with corrupt officiating just rigged its draft.

 

[pman25]

Anybody else notice after they announced Columbus that Chicago had a star by their name replacing the 3 that had been there, prior to Daly revealing Chicago won?

They do that every lottery for both lottery winners. Columbus dropping means Chicago won the lottery. We didn’t know it was 1 or 2 but that’s what they do every draft for teams that are bumped from their pre draft position, it means you won!

 

[Vilica]

They do that every lottery for both lottery winners. Columbus dropping means Chicago won the lottery. We didn’t know it was 1 or 2 but that’s what they do every draft for teams that are bumped from their pre draft position, it means you won!

You're right, I watched the 2021 lottery (which was on NBC, not ESPN), and when the Ducks got the 3rd pick, the Kraken got a star, but Buffalo still picked 1st overall.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Not sold on Cristall.

 

[g00n]

I knew this thread was a jinx all along

 

[Calicaps]

If it was legit, they'd draw in front of you. The league with corrupt officiating just rigged its draft.

Honestly, if by some chance it's not totally rigged (it is), you'd think Bettman and Daly would have enough sense to not needlessly give the impression of shenanigans. Jeebus.

 

[Rayquaza64]

god damnit

 

[um]

Honestly, if by some chance it's not totally rigged (it is), you'd think Bettman and Daly would have enough sense to not needlessly give the impression of shenanigans. Jeebus.

why do you think its rigged?

 

[Calicaps]

why do you think its rigged?

well for one thing, because they refuse to just draw the damn ping pong balls on air. but also because CBJ/Ana were bad outcomes for the NHL. And voila! Bedard goes to a major US market.

EDIT: and not just any major US market, but one that deliberately tanked and is in desperate need of an image fix.

 

[Capsman]

From a purely competitive standpoint, this went as well as could be expected if the Caps didn’t win. No Bedard or Fantilli to Columbus or Philly.

Exactly my sentiment. I’m also thankful we didn’t drop.

 

[Jags]

Honestly, if by some chance it's not totally rigged (it is), you'd think Bettman and Daly would have enough sense to not needlessly give the impression of shenanigans. Jeebus.

Yeah, but design the perfect system in your head. Anything you'd come up with would be flawed in one way or another. Have a live lottery ball draft and you'd have super slow-mo videos from fans talking about how that pick was rigged because, LOOK!, the ball is a slightly different color. And LOOK!, that ball is bouncing differently from the others. And LOOK!, that guy just palmed a ball and swapped it like that dude I saw in Vegas. And so on.

I don't think it's fixed. A fix like that would have to involve a number of people, and I don't think any group of people can keep a secret that big these days.

There's nothing anyone could come up with that would keep the "It's fixed!" crowd silent. And those same people will defend the absolute sanctity of the draft done the same way the following year if their team wins.

 

[um]

well for one thing, because they refuse to just draw the damn ping pong balls on air. but also because CBJ/Ana were bad outcomes for the NHL. And voila! Bedard goes to a major US market.

EDIT: and not just any major US market, but one that deliberately tanked and is in desperate need of an image fix.

But what about all the other drafts where it doesn't go to the biggest market?

 

[Calicaps]

but what about all the other drafts where it doesn't go to the biggest market?

I mean, I'm not all tin-foil hat about this. I just think the way they do it invites skepticism.

 

[TRASHCAT]

i mean if they do fractions of a pwrcent you would need something that holds 1000 ping pong balls

 

[pman25]

i could also come up with a "it's rigged" justification for just about anyone?

Caps? Wow right when Backstrom declines they give Ovi a new center to chase Gretzky
Vancouver? Of course! his hometown AND a McDavid-Bedard rivalry?
Montreal? Wow saving the biggest Canadian hockey market with ANOTHER lotto pick??
Arizona? Of course! Anything to help them get a new arena and keep the NHL in Arizona.

 

[Carlzner]

I mean... I don't think it happened but I can certainly see why the league would want Chicago and Anaheim getting these top 2 players.

Sports Betting is a big area where the league has been growing in popularity here in the States, and these are two of the biggest metropolitan areas for people in their 20s/30s

 

[twabby]

On the one hand, I don’t really think it was rigged.

But on the other hand, c’mon it was definitely rigged.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Bummer, oh well….two good landing spots for the 1 and 2….

 

[Calicaps]

i mean if they do fractions of a pwrcent you would need something that holds 1000 ping pong balls

right. but if they're actually using the ping pongs now behind the scenes, they should already have that, no?