Prospect Info: 2020 NHL Entry Draft Thread

[fsanford]

The Oilers and Pens should not be part of the lottery.
Look the added 8, sure throw them into a lottery if they lose the first round.

Maybe you have a lottery of 15 teams, maybe it is 10..

There is no need to do the lottery until the first round games are played.

But the NHL is starved for cash, so they had to do some kind of made for tv movie. Gonna pass on watching. We don't know which playoff team will jump into the top 3 but one of them will beat odds and make it happen.

 

[regulate]

The Oilers and Pens should not be part of the lottery.
Look the added 8, sure throw them into a lottery if they lose the first round.

Maybe you have a lottery of 15 teams, maybe it is 10..

There is no need to do the lottery until the first round games are played.

But the NHL is starved for cash, so they had to do some kind of made for tv movie. Gonna pass on watching. We don't know which playoff team will jump into the top 3 but one of them will beat odds and make it happen.

The Pens and Oilers won't be in the lottery if they get into the Stanley Cup playoffs (16 teams, just a bit different to get to 16).

 

[fsanford]

The Pens and Oilers won't be in the lottery if they get into the Stanley Cup playoffs (16 teams, just a bit different to get to 16).

Its a tournament, with brackets, with certain teams involved, it is the playoffs.

 

[ru4reals]

So pretty much we could get screwed right in the A** again. Not a shocker expecting it anyways. Just do your homework Blake and company we will get a great player if we can pluck another Petterson at wherever we are picking.

 

[Lt Dan]

NHL Draft Lottery History - TSN.ca

Mark your calendars for June 26.

Finally , something to look forward to other than my colonoscopy!

 

[cyclones22]

Well, the good news is that they'll start with the 7th spot first and every time the Kings name isn't called it's a victory for us!

 

[kingsfan28]

Won't matter anyway , NJ going to win it again .

 

[funky]

Poor Coyotes. Just when they think they have a chance at a cup they remember they have Taylor Hall. So they settle for first overall.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Won't matter anyway , NJ going to win it again .

But they traded Taylor Hall.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Correct. 1-7.

Can't wait to see Luc's ultra pissed off face if we land the 7th overall.

 

[Jericho111091]

Cant wait for us to pick 7th

 

[KopitarFAN]

Won't matter anyway , NJ going to win it again .

Conceivably NJ could have 3 kicks at the can if they renegotiate the Taylor Hall trade, get this years unprotected, do the same with Vancouver and they lose in the play-in.

 

[Master Yoda]

Can't wait to see Luc's ultra pissed off face if we land the 7th overall.

They should send Bailey. In fact, all teams should send their mascots. They're probably going to need face coverings anyways.

 

[KopitarFAN]

They should send Bailey. In fact, all teams should send their mascots. They're probably going to need face coverings anyways.

I'm sure it will be done virtually.

 

[kings11]

At worst we walk away with either Raymond, Holtz or Rossi, not bad.

Of the three i'd take Rossi all day... because 60% of the Time, it works all the time!!!

 

[tny760]

Cant wait for us to pick 7th

i remember pretty extensively running the draft sim and it seemed more likely that we dropped than it did we stayed put. a lot of those times it was someone jumping like 8-10 spots though so that might be eliminated

i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to end up picking 5-7

 

[KingsCourt]

let's see how the kings get hosed this year..worst possible is 7th? I say they get 6th...ffs..can we get lucky once!!

 

[Master Yoda]

I'm sure it will be done virtually.

Might be right. But in any case, mascots in a zoom meeting will be even better.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

i remember pretty extensively running the draft sim and it seemed more likely that we dropped than it did we stayed put. a lot of those times it was someone jumping like 8-10 spots though so that might be eliminated

i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to end up picking 5-7

2020 NHL Draft Lottery Odds | Tankathon

That's because we have a ~30% chance of going up, ~70% chance of dropping.

That's my big vocal beef with the lottery--it 'feels good' for teams under 5 because they either move up or oh well (see: Chicago). If you're a team that needs help, you're more likely to lose position. Sucks to suck. Not that I particularly feel bad for Detroit either, but even they only have a less than 20% chance to stay put, and a 50% chance to pick 4th.

I know that's working as intended and I can't come up with a much more elegant solution but it feels bad. I'll always go back to the example that if the 2015 Kings won McDavid (and like let's say the Bruins got Eichel) we'd have a different lottery right now.

 

[psych3man]

2020 NHL Draft Lottery Odds | Tankathon

That's because we have a ~30% chance of going up, ~70% chance of dropping.

That's my big vocal beef with the lottery--it 'feels good' for teams under 5 because they either move up or oh well (see: Chicago). If you're a team that needs help, you're more likely to lose position. Sucks to suck. Not that I particularly feel bad for Detroit either, but even they only have a less than 20% chance to stay put, and a 50% chance to pick 4th.

I know that's working as intended and I can't come up with a much more elegant solution but it feels bad. I'll always go back to the example that if the 2015 Kings won McDavid (and like let's say the Bruins got Eichel) we'd have a different lottery right now.

Leave it to the NHL to have a completely ass-backwards system that actually penalizes bad teams that need the most help. This league is so damn stupid. It is not impossible to figure out a system where the worst teams have the best chance to land in the top 3 or top 4, and not 70% to fall further back. Absolutely ridiculous.

(..beware of Chi and NJ..)

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Leave it to the NHL to have a completely ass-backwards system that actually penalizes bad teams that need the most help. This league is so damn stupid. It is not impossible to figure out a system where the worst teams have the best chance to land in the top 3 or top 4, and not 70% to fall further back. Absolutely ridiculous.

(..beware of Chi and NJ..)

Ironically the Oilers, who were the team situation this system was clearly intended to avoid, were the greatest beneficiaries of it with McDavid.

 

[King'sPawn]

Ironically the Oilers, who were the team situation this system was clearly intended to avoid, were the greatest beneficiaries of it with McDavid.

At the risk of sounding pedantic, 2015 was when the odds were shifted. 2016 (Auston Matthews draft) was the first year of the top three pick system.

 

[bland]

That oughta be good for a laugh. Pronman is the worst NHL analyst I have ever read. Dude contradicts himself from paragraph to paragraph.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

That oughta be good for a laugh. Pronman is the worst NHL analyst I have ever read. Dude contradicts himself from paragraph to paragraph.

The list is definitely all over the place, with Mysak at 43 for example. If he drops that far, the Kings take him and run with one of their multiple second rounders.