Miscellaneous NHL Talk XLIV: Draft Lottery Onward

[Hollywood Cannon]

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.

Good news: If the playoffs aren't held the Penguins can't get #1.
Bad news: If they somehow lose to Montreal they can.

 

[DancingPanther]

Disclaimer: I didn't even know the lottery was tonight

Alright there's the top 4 in each conference for the playoffs. They're the seed games. The remaining 8 teams per conference play 5 game series and the winner advances to the traditional playoff format. So this means one of the 8 losers (4 from each conference) in the new "first round" is the winner of the lottery. Does "Team E" correspond to the loser of a specific 5 game series? Or are they going to have another lottery among the losers?

It all doesn't matter because playoffs aren't happening anyway. Then it'll all be f***ed

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Awesome performance by the site tonight. Just awesome.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

I mean, I would have bet the house on the NHL screwing it up somehow. This particularly thing happening somewhere in the 20-40% range -- tremendous odds, really. Just can't get out of their own way. Just keep tripping over their own d***s.

Inb4 the site finally loads for Cap: HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Awesome performance by the site tonight. Just awesome.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Awesome performance by the site tonight. Just awesome.

Indeed. I even reloaded before sending my post and didn't see yours. Three whole minutes of ether.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Indeed. I even reloaded before sending my post and didn't see yours. Three whole minutes of ether.

It's cool, because I found out that blood can definitely literally boil inside your veins and it's not necessarily life-threatening..

 

[pit]

St. Louis Blues Director of Player Development on the far left responds to the draft lottery:

Hot damn, still no chance of having to waddle to the podium earlier because we aren't in the play-in round.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Disclaimer: I didn't even know the lottery was tonight

Alright there's the top 4 in each conference for the playoffs. They're the seed games. The remaining 8 teams per conference play 5 game series and the winner advances to the traditional playoff format. So this means one of the 8 losers (4 from each conference) in the new "first round" is the winner of the lottery. Does "Team E" correspond to the loser of a specific 5 game series? Or are they going to have another lottery among the losers?

It all doesn't matter because playoffs aren't happening anyway. Then it'll all be f***ed

They're having another lottery. All eight losers will have a 12.5% chance at the first pick. Team E means absolutely nothing, even though it should have if the NHL had any type of forward thinking ability.

 

[Rebels57]

Disclaimer: I didn't even know the lottery was tonight

Alright there's the top 4 in each conference for the playoffs. They're the seed games. The remaining 8 teams per conference play 5 game series and the winner advances to the traditional playoff format. So this means one of the 8 losers (4 from each conference) in the new "first round" is the winner of the lottery. Does "Team E" correspond to the loser of a specific 5 game series? Or are they going to have another lottery among the losers?

It all doesn't matter because playoffs aren't happening anyway. Then it'll all be f***ed

There will be a 2nd lottery and all 8 teams will have an equal chance at 1st overall if i'm not mistaken.

The NHL got the dramatic result they wanted.

 

[Curufinwe]

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

What about in 2017 when that big market team who hadn’t won a playoff series in 5 years jumped from 13th to 2nd and got a sure fire superstar center? I believe the odds were only 2.4%.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

It's cool, because I found out that blood can definitely literally boil inside your veins and it's not necessarily life-threatening..

Can you do this with water and would you work for less than it costs to run my electric kettle?

Disclaimer: I didn't even know the lottery was tonight

Alright there's the top 4 in each conference for the playoffs. They're the seed games. The remaining 8 teams per conference play 5 game series and the winner advances to the traditional playoff format. So this means one of the 8 losers (4 from each conference) in the new "first round" is the winner of the lottery. Does "Team E" correspond to the loser of a specific 5 game series? Or are they going to have another lottery among the losers?

It all doesn't matter because playoffs aren't happening anyway. Then it'll all be f***ed

Each team that loses in the series that don’t count for anything has a 12.5% chance. If they cannot play those series, teams 17-25 in the NHL by Points Percentage each have a 12.5% chance. That would be MTL through CBJ on the chart.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

St. Louis Blues Director of Player Development on the far left responds to the draft lottery:

Hot damn, still no chance of having to waddle to the podium earlier because we aren't in the play-in round.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Can you do this with water and would you work for less than it costs to run my electric kettle?

I'll tell you what would work like a charm. I stand in front of you holding a kettle of cold water between my hands - you start talking about food. That shit would boil in about 30 seconds.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

St. Louis Blues Director of Player Development on the far left responds to the draft lottery:

Hot damn, still no chance of having to waddle to the podium earlier because we aren't in the play-in round.

He's such a ****ing pig And look at his gross soulless ginger offspring Just a total disaster of a family.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Oh, for those of you younger guys who still have some vinegar and still visit the main boards, would you do me a favor for the next year or two?

Every time you see a Detroit fan moaning about how they were screwed despite being the worst team by far this year after a sustained period of success, please award them my sympathies, pause, and then remind them of how our team once lost the lottery in a one-player draft after a disastrous season of being not only the worst team in the league, but the worst team in the franchise's history, by far, and proceeded to lose a Cup Final when that top player scored an unbelievably gut-wrenching fluke goal against them in overtime on their home ice.

And then tell them to kindly stfu and return to choking down their rectangular pizza. I just don't have the disputative energy anymore.

 

[BernieParent]

Good news: If the playoffs aren't held the Penguins can't get #1.
Bad news: If they somehow lose to Montreal they can.

If Montreal goes up on Pittsburgh I will politely Jeff Gillooly Carey Price into outer space.

 

[DancingPanther]

Let's not forget the Leafs either. It will absolutely be a typical team

 

[BernieParent]

I can't believe we have to root for the Rangers , Leafs , and Penguins to win their series.

I know I'm waaaay in the minority but I would like to see Lafreniere in (his and my) hometown Montreal. Yeah, I know, I love you all, too.

 

[DancingPanther]

I can't believe we have to root for the Rangers , Leafs , and Penguins to win their series.

I know I'm waaaay in the minority but I would like to see Lafreniere in (his and my) hometown Montreal. Yeah, I know, I love you all, too.

Banish him to Minnesota. f*** him

 

[Striiker]

And then tell them to kindly stfu and return to choking down their rectangular pizza. I just don't have the disputative energy anymore.

Whoa man hold up.

I was with you until right here. Sicilian pizza and tomato pies are amazing.

 

[Striiker]

Banish him to Minnesota. f*** him

Too late. He’s going to Arizona because of The Taylor Hall Effect.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I can't believe we have to root for the Rangers , Leafs , and Penguins to win their series.

I know I'm waaaay in the minority but I would like to see Lafreniere in (his and my) hometown Montreal. Yeah, I know, I love you all, too.

I'm with you, G-money - definitely one of the least horrible outcomes.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Whoa man hold up.

I was with you until right here. Sicilian pizza and tomato pies are amazing.

Tomato pie lolz my olz off.

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Whoa man hold up.

I was with you until right here. Sicilian pizza and tomato pies are amazing.

At no point did I disparage their local cuisine or its geometry (I would probably be honored if an outsider told me to cry into my roast pork) -- it's just an identifier. I'm ultimately fine with Detroit-style Pizza and will not be dragged into one of this site's inane, debasing food debates.

Although this time I will poke and run: each of the three times I have had tomato pie in my life, all from family-owned places, has reminded me of slurping tomato paste out of a tube. Garlic and oregano do not help without cheese. A sweeter or fluffier crust does not help. Of all the dozens of dishes to hang your hat on, that's not the one.