WHEN IS THE ACTUAL F****ING DRAFT FFS!?!?!?
CAN THEY MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED???
CAN THEY MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED???
WHEN IS THE ACTUAL F****ING DRAFT FFS!?!?!?
CAN THEY MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED???
WHEN IS THE ACTUAL F****ING DRAFT FFS!?!?!?
CAN THEY MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED???
Lafrenière will end up a Hab, Oiler, Penguin, Blackhawk or Ranger, you just know it
Pretty much anything on YouTube regarding hockey, the Bruins etc is better than that shitshow...It's not that complicated. First pick will be determined from the 8 teams that lost in the preliminary round - 4 from the EC, 4 from the WC.
It's done this way to preserve the intent of the lottery:
1) You can't win the Cup -AND- get first pick overall. (Well, not without trades.)
2) In fact, you can't be a "playoff team" and still get a shot at the top picks.
3) If you DO get eliminated in the preliminary round and one of the 8-15 slots get chosen, you now have an equal shot at getting the pick, instead of the old 6%-5%-3.5%-etc. odds. Why this? Teams 1-7 from the bottom all failed miserably, but ended their seasons with different degrees of failure according to their PTS% - just like a normal NHL year, their season ended. Teams 8-15 from the bottom didn't have this fate - they all had the chance to go on to the playoffs with a 5 game preliminary series, but lost. But they're all "equally ranekd" in that they lost that series. In a way, this is a consolation prize in case, say, a very high ranked team like Philly loses their playoff spot. It's unfair in that in a normal season, they wouldn't have had to play that round - but as a consolation, their share of the lottery pick is higher than just being "Team H".
Now, you can say that they could have delayed tonight to the day after the preliminary round. That way you just do one lottery. That's a legit gripe. But did you have anything better hockey-related to watch? Probably not. Plus, it gives the scouting departments of teams of the bottom teams some extra time to fine tune their first round pick. They're probably stressed out enough without having the combine and regular in-person interviews. Knowing where your first round pick is going to land can be quite helpful in adjusting your focus.
There are not enough facepalm emojis in the world for this.
Watching teams fight each other to lose ought to be fun.
Bang onOn the one hand, the chaos is hilarious. On the other hand, if Pittsburgh, Toronto, or Edmonton get the 1st overall pick, we riot.
I've always thought they need to fix the lottery by limiting how far a team can move up. Maybe be able to move up a maximum of 5 spots.
Setup...NHL wants to bring more drama to the play-in games and this was their way to do it. The teams that know they have no real chance to win the cup have more incentive to lose than try and upset the higher seed.
Maybe it'll be Nashville
It's just amazing to me that with how horrendously bad Detroit was this year, they end up with the fourth pick. Hey, that's what they get for beating the Bruins twice, though.
Also....Yzerman is already starting to look old. Almost didn't recognize him.
Pretty much anything on YouTube regarding hockey, the Bruins etc is better than that shitshow...
I posted earlier, then deleted it.
I’m having second thoughts now.
The gist of it was that if Montreal or Pittsburgh gets the first overall pick, I just might walk away altogether. There is no way in hell that any team IN THE PLAYOFFS should draft number one unless they got that pick in a trade with the team that rightfully deserved it.
Detroit, Ottawa, or Los Angeles deserves that pick. This lottery and this playoff is one massive steaming pile of garbage. Maybe I’ll see you guys when this ridiculous playoff starts.
I’m beyond disgusted.
I liken him to Iginla.i like lafreniere and he's gonna be a really good player, but this isn't crosby or mcdavid
or anything like that. certainly we hope that 87.5% chance he doesn't end up in montreal
comes through, but let's be thankful it's not a year with a generational guy.
The NHL becomes a worse league by the year over the last five or so seasons.