I was reading about how Rimouski won the qmjhl lottery and will now select 1st Overall. They will draft the phenom from Quebec too, can't remember his name right now Alexis L. something. Also the WHL has a lottery for there bantam draft too. My question is why doesn't the OHL use a lottery instead of just the last place team automatically getting 1st overall. Just a thought.
I don't know why the OHL does not incorporate a lottery; however, I don't see teams intentionally trying to finish last either. Therefore, I don't see a reason to have a lottery.
Most teams that miss the playoffs in the OHL all sell off assets at the deadline so it would be hard to justify making an arguement for teams purposely trying to finish last when all of them "tanked."
Also, quite often the team that finishes last is significantly below those that finish 2nd and 3rd last. I think it would be unfair to potentially award the 4th pick to the last place team and give the first overall pick to a team that finished 20+ points ahead of them.
