Detroit and the Lottery

[SanDogBrewin]

Bettman winning over another fanbase I see.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

They didn’t have a great chance at #1 percentage-wise, but falling out of that top 3 has gotta sting.

 

[Wall of Wonder]

Canucks have also dropped 4 times in the draft lottery.
2016-->3rd to 5th
2017-->2nd to 5th
2018-->6th to 7th
2019-->9th to 10th

 

[ckg927]

No question about it: Detroit got stiffed, Ottawa doubly so...

and the NHL has PROVEN....beyond a SHADOW of a DOUBT...that they are the MOST...ineptly run of the 4 major sports leagues. And it's not EVEN close.

 

[Ararana]

You'll still get a damn good player at 4, Avs fans know that two times over.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

Do you think Bettman would ever allow us a #1OA pick if we promised to waste it on a goalie?

 

[Dan Kelly]

The Wings were shafted by Bettman’s balls. Sucks to see the placeholder ball thrusted through the hole to win 1st.

so one of the teams that is eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs get's the #1 pick? holy cow! maybe i should hope my Oilers lose to Chicago, LOL !!!

 

[wetcoast]

Personally feel the draft lottery system needs to go, or at least see a significant change to the percentages.

Feel for Wings fans. As an Avs fan I’ve been there a couple times.

I hope for you guys that it works out the way it did for us in 2017.

I never saw the need for the lottery as the "tanking" thing is just way overblown and aprt of the internet conspiracy age we live in I guess.

but the biggest reason the lottery will stay is because the NHL need attention due to it's insecurity as a major sport.

I think they should go back to the way it was and for it's intended purpose, to give the worst team in the league the chance at the best new player in the upcoming draft.

But everything needs to be micro managed and overthought these days.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

They didn’t have a great chance at #1 percentage-wise, but falling out of that top 3 has gotta sting.

Nah, I expected that, but a contender getting 1OA...wow.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Canucks have also dropped 4 times in the draft lottery.
2016-->3rd to 5th
2017-->2nd to 5th
2018-->6th to 7th
2019-->9th to 10th

If the Canucks don't fall from 2nd to 5th in 2017 what happens with Pettersson? I remember Jim Benning saying he was their #1 rated prospect over Hischer and Patrick and would still selected him over those two if he had the 1st overall pick.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Nah, I expected that, but a contender getting 1OA...wow.

Would you really consider Montreal, Chicago, Arizona or Minnesota contenders?

 

[Wall of Wonder]

If the Canucks don't fall from 2nd to 5th in 2017 what happens with Pettersson? I remember Jim Benning saying he was their #1 rated prospect over Hischer and Patrick and would still selected him over those two if he had the 1st overall pick.

I guess that is true.

 

[Brewsky]

Steve Yzerman was drafted 4th overall.

Git gud

 

[robsenz]

Yzerman was drafted 4th.

Bust.

 

[Gjman2019]

Personally feel the draft lottery system needs to go, or at least see a significant change to the percentages.

Feel for Wings fans. As an Avs fan I’ve been there a couple times.

I hope for you guys that it works out the way it did for us in 2017.

Great post...I agree......Just ditch the stupid lottery, and have teams pick where they finish in the standings...........Stop trying to police the teams........If teams want to tank that's their business

 

[SPF6ty9]

Canucks have also dropped 4 times in the draft lottery.
2016-->3rd to 5th
2017-->2nd to 5th
2018-->6th to 7th
2019-->9th to 10th

Canucks did technically win this one though.

 

[Gurglesons]

Good thing they are so good at drafting late.

 

[lawrence]

odds where against them winning anyways with 80% chance it's not them, but its a stingger for sure since they tanked so hard to win the 1st pick. kinda happy they didn't win it to be honest.

 

[bl02]

Ottawa's pick will always lose. Even today, it was the Sharks one that won 3rd.

I believe it was their own pick that won 3rd. The NHL made a mistake on the broadcast.

 

[lawrence]

Good thing they are so good at drafting late.

they were good at drafting late 30 years ago or so..

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Canucks have also dropped 4 times in the draft lottery.
2016-->3rd to 5th
2017-->2nd to 5th
2018-->6th to 7th
2019-->9th to 10th

And ended up with Pettersson and Q. Hughes in two of those drafts.
Sometimes dropping isn’t that bad a thing if you can grab the right player. After the top one or two guys it gets tough to rank the top guys.

 

[ZDH]

odds where against them winning anyways with 80% chance it's not them, but its a stingger for sure since they tanked so hard to win the 1st pick. kinda happy they didn't win it to be honest.

There was no tanking, we are every bit as terrible as our record indicates.

 

[Ocoee]

No question about it: Detroit got stiffed, Ottawa doubly so...

and the NHL has PROVEN....beyond a SHADOW of a DOUBT...that they are the MOST...ineptly run of the 4 major sports leagues. And it's not EVEN close.

How so? This is what fans wanted. I guess it isn't so great when it goes against your team huh?

 

[McRpro]

The NHL under this regime consistently screws up whenever they try to fix things. They swung to an extreme due to Edmonton in the 2010s. In this lottery, they gave the 8 placeholders a 25ish% chance of winning which is higher than any single actual team in the bottom 6. It's fine, it's the NHL, it's chaos whatever.

Those odds are no different than any other year since this format was adopted.

 

[The Wizard of Oz]

they were good at drafting late 30 years ago or so..

Ericsson was probably the last good late pick.