Miscellaneous NHL Talk XLIV: Draft Lottery Onward

[Hollywood Cannon]

Yeah, this is fixed.

 

[Tripod]

This is a mess. You have a draft lottery to determine the top teams picking....and it's TBA.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Hahahahahahahahaha

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

What a f***ing joke.

 

[Rebels57]

So f***ing rigged

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

So, uh, the playoffs aren't going to happen due to Covid and the Penguins get to keep their first round pick from the Zucker trade.

I have foreseen it.

 

[Rebels57]

Never been more sure that these things are rigged in my life

 

[Ghosts Beer]

So this is rigged to give Montreal, or in the alternative, a big market team, Lafreniere, right?

 

[Striiker]

 

[Rebels57]

So theres a chance NJ could get 1st overall again by way of Arizona

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[GKJ]

So this is rigged to give Montreal, or in the alternative, a big market team, Lafreniere, right?

better them than Pittsburgh, the Devils, or the Rangers.

or Chicago

 

[Appleyard]

The video in the link is hilarious btw.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Can someone explain what is happening? Trying to follow along on mobile, but no one is saying what's actually happening!

 

[RANKKA]

its just too damn perfect...

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Can someone explain what is happening? Trying to follow along on mobile, but no one is saying what's actually happening!

A team that loses in the Qualifying round gets the first overall pick. All of the teams that lose have a 12.5% chance.

NHL gonna NHL.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Not rigged. Pure, unadulterated incompetence. Clown shoe solutions for every problem that arises. They deserved this.

 

[RANKKA]

So theres a chance NJ could get 1st overall again by way of Arizona

no If Arizona's 2020 1st selection is in the top three, New Jersey will receive Arizona's 1st round pick in 2021

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Seriously, who the f*** thought this was a good idea?

 

[prototypical4thliner]

Well, isn’t this something...

 

[Tripod]

sucks knowing there is a 50% chance of that #1 pick going to a half decent...to good team in the East.

Let Vancouver beat Minny then Minny win the draft. That would almost be ideal.

 

[Tripod]

sucks knowing there is a 50% chance of that #1 pick going to a half decent...to good team in the East.

Let Vancouver beat Minny then Minny win the draft. That would almost be ideal.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Wait wtf?

I just started watching...and you're telling me one of these loser-round teams gets the #1 pick?

Someone clarify cuz I'm panicking the Pens are getting this pick.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Not rigged. Pure, unadulterated incompetence. Clown shoe solutions for every problem that arises. They deserved this.

Not sure if it was intentional this time, but "clown shoe" is my favourite internet typo.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Seriously, who the f*** thought this was a good idea?

You have to understand the league’s position. They simply couldn’t let a tanking boogeyman take over the league because hockey games have to matter.

As a result, they came up with a Byzantine labyrinth of scenarios that will end in front offices potentially tanking Playoff games while players aren’t. Well, not Playoff games. They’re Postseason games that don’t count for statistical purposes but determine who advances in the Playoffs and who gets the #1 pick.

Well, unless they can’t play the games. Then they just take teams 17-25 in Points Percentage and put them into a lottery. This is all to get around the possibility of simply using Points Percentage from the beginning because that’s a bad outcome.

Ladies and gentlemen, the NHL.

 

[Rebels57]

no If Arizona's 2020 1st selection is in the top three, New Jersey will receive Arizona's 1st round pick in 2021

Thats some relief. Looks like Pitt, Montreal, or New York will get it though.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

You have to understand the league’s position. They simply couldn’t let a tanking boogeyman take over the league because hockey games have to matter.

As a result, they came up with a Byzantine labyrinth of scenarios that will end in front offices potentially tanking Playoff games while players aren’t. Well, not Playoff games. They’re Postseason games that don’t count for statistical purposes but determine who advances in the Playoffs and who gets the #1 pick.

Well, unless they can’t play the games. Then they just take teams 17-25 in Points Percentage and put them into a lottery. This is all to get around the possibility of simply using Points Percentage from the beginning because that’s a bad outcome.

Ladies and gentlemen, the NHL.

So the team that "won" was 'Team E' why didn't they just have written on a piece of paper who all of the teams were and then if the playoffs weren't played they could be like Team E was "Insert Here?"

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

On the flip side the Isles are still alive with a top three protection on the pick they sent to the Sens.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

So the team that "won" was 'Team E' why didn't they just have written on a piece of paper who all of the teams were and then if the playoffs weren't played they could be like Team E was "Insert Here."

They had a lottery before they figured out who was in it. I don't think they're capable of fine detail.

 

[Rebels57]

Wait wtf?

I just started watching...and you're telling me one of these loser-round teams gets the #1 pick?

Someone clarify cuz I'm panicking the Pens are getting this pick.

It will be loser of Pitt-Montreal

Guaranteed