Confirmed with Link: Draft lottery to be held April 9

[DInTheB]

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[Shaman464]

Well, Detroit better start buy lottery tickets, both because they need Hughes, and because if Colorado wins, my blood will boil.

 

[Henkka]

Our probabilities if we stay 2nd last.

1st overall - 13.5%
TOP2 pick - 26.5%
TOP3 pick- 38.8%
TOP4 pick - 72.1%
TOP5 pick - 100%

1st overall - 13.5%
2nd overall - 13.0%
3rd overall - 12.3%
4th overall - 33.3%
5th overall - 27.9%

2019 NHL Draft Lottery Odds | Tankathon

 

[NickH8]

Thank god they're not doing the before the game then top 3 at second intermission

 

[Bench]

The new draft odds make it so painful to be a legitimately struggling team.

Where the hell was this before the Chicago and Pittsburgh dynasties? Pfffttt I say! Pffffftttt.

Edmonton ruined it for everyone.

 

[Ezekial]

Oh my god, what a week that will be.

 

[RabidBadger]

The new draft odds make it so painful to be a legitimately struggling team.

Where the hell was this before the Chicago and Pittsburgh dynasties? Pfffttt I say! Pffffftttt.

Edmonton ruined it for everyone.

Especially McDavid.

 

[Reality Check]

Well, Detroit better start buy lottery tickets, both because they need Hughes, and because if Colorado wins, my blood will boil.

I'm expecting shenanigans where a team will not only jump us but Colorado.

But my body is ready nonethless

 

[Shaman464]

I'm expecting shenanigans where a team will not only jump us but Colorado.

But my body is ready nonethless

If they miss the playoffs they could draft 1st and 2nd overall.

 

[Invictus12]

If we don't get a top 2 pick, and defensmen would rather have over remaining top forwards?

 

[Shaman464]

If we don't get a top 2 pick, and defensmen would rather have over remaining top forwards?

I wouldn't go defense unless they draft outside of the top 5.

 

[Invictus12]

I wouldn't go defense unless they draft outside of the top 5.

So the best of the best are all forwards... I haven't followed much but who would you take first and foremost out od D?

 

[Hen Kolland]

If we don't get a top 2 pick, and defensmen would rather have over remaining top forwards?

The only defenseman that looks to have their name in that discussion is Bowen Byram, but he’s not a lock by any means to be top 4, as Shaman alluded to

 

[TheMule93]

holy shit that's so soon! Very exciting

 

[Reality Check]

If they miss the playoffs they could draft 1st and 2nd overall.

Bettman is a David Stern disciple. You would need the NHL caliber of Lebron James, on a historically awful franchise, to say he is taking his talents elsewhere live on TSN.

Hoping for #1. Expecting anywhere between #2-5.

 

[Shaman464]

So the best of the best are all forwards... I haven't followed much but who would you take first and foremost out od D?

Byram is the best of the bunch, and he would be good, but last I read on him, he's not a Hedman, or Dahlin.

 

[Invictus12]

The only defenseman that looks to have their name in that discussion is Bowen Byram, but he’s not a lock by any means to be top 4, as Shaman alluded to

Sorry for the qurkestionaire but would it be a terrible choice at 3 or 4 in your view?

 

[Invictus12]

Byram is the best of the bunch, and he would be good, but last I read on him, he's not a Hedman, or Dahlin.

Not many guys are, hell if he can brme Kronwall, I'd be happy!

 

[Shaman464]

Sorry for the qurkestionaire but would it be a terrible choice at 3 or 4 in your view?

The centers available between 3 and 6 are more likely to be elite center than any of the defenders in the top 15 are likely to be top pairing. Since Detroit is thin at center, picking a center at 3-6 would be the best idea.

 

[Invictus12]

The centers available between 3 and 6 are more likely to be elite center than any of the defenders in the top 15 are likely to be top pairing. Since Detroit is thin at center, picking a center at 3-6 would be the best idea.

Okay, I see. Seems like drafting a dman at the top keeps eluding us. Zadina falls into our lap or just one isn't around the projection of were picking. Boy I hope we land Karlsson and get Chol and Hronek up full time next year.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I've decided the Wings are drafting Kaapo Kakko.

 

[Shaman464]

I've decided the Wings are drafting Kaapo Kakko.

Based on what? Are you really Ken Holland?! If you are I win the pool!

 

[Ezekial]

If they miss the playoffs they could draft 1st and 2nd overall.

I did 1 tankathon sim today. Colorado from Ottawa, Colorado jumped 9, Florida jumped 9. I don't think I'm doing that anymore.

 

[Hen Kolland]

Sorry for the qurkestionaire but would it be a terrible choice at 3 or 4 in your view?

I go back and forth on him. He has steadily increased his stock in my eyes. Right now my top 5 (for Detroit) is Kakko, Hughes, Turcotte, Cozens, and Byram. Some days I bump him to 4, sometimes he falls out to 6 or 7. I don’t think it would be a bad choice by any means, but the range of 3-8 looks to be extremely volatile based on who you are talking to this year.

 

[Hen Kolland]

I did 1 tankathon sim today. Colorado from Ottawa, Colorado jumped 9, Florida jumped 9. I don't think I'm doing that anymore.

I haven’t run one in probably a month when my top three were Colorado-Colorado (Ottawa)-Chicago