GDT: NHL Draft Lottery — Phase 1 | 6:00 PM | NHL Network, SN |

[VainGretzky]

McDavid/ Lafraniere /Draisaitl /Bouchard/Bear/ Nuge PP OMG would be epic

 

[McXLNC97]

So let's say Oilers lose out in playin round and win the 2nd lottery. Do you keep 1st and take Lafreniere?....or do you trade down to 3 with Ottawa(including other picks/players) and get them to take a salary dump in James Neal? You still get a top 3 pick and free up a bunch of cap space to boot.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

wrong thread

 

[belair]

So what happens when the playoffs never happen?

The teams who weren't in the playoffs go into a draw with a 12.5% chance of winning the first pick.

 

[ElysiumAB]

Best day of 2020, amirite boys?!?

 

[Wewillrise]

Arizona has the lucky charm, lucky f***ers

 

[bellagiobob]

That would be something.

 

[Cloned]

It's weird how, after changing the lottery system specifically because of the Oilers DoD shenanigans, it seems to give the Oilers more chances to win higher draft picks lol.

 

[bellagiobob]

That would be something.

 

[Cloned]

Detroit you mean.

I dunno man, going from a legit shot at 1/2 (or even 1/3) and then ending up with 3/5 seems like a really bad deal.

 

[Cloned]

That would be something.

I'm like 90% sure it'll be Hall/Arizona anyways.

 

[syz]

 

[CycloneSweep]

It'll be Edmonton, Toronto or Arizona

I'll only be mad if Calgary wins it

 

[sepHF]

Congrats Arizona / Taylor Hall on a first overall pick!

 

[Joey Moss]

That would be something.

What was the tweet? Says it was deleted

 

[bellagiobob]

Server upgrade paying off today. Not.

 

[McJesusSaves97]

I guess it might be okay if Lafreniere played with McDavid for the next decade

 

[bellagiobob]

What was the tweet? Says it was deleted

 

[belair]

Server upgrade paying off today. Not.

The 37 sponsored ads loaded fine for me.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

Score one for chaos today. And by chaos I mean Taylor Hall.

Should have seen this brewing with the surge of Covid cases in Arizona. It was a sign of the building chaos that Hall was summoning to win the lottery. Can only imagine what's comimg for stage 2 of the lottery for Arizona to win.

 

[Seachd]

How many more years can this farce of a lottery go on before the league changes the odds to something reasonable?

Such as? 2.5% seems reasonable in my mind. It's just dumb luck.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[belair]

Such as? 2.5% seems reasonable in my mind. It's just dumb luck.

For an individual team? Sure. But combine the odds of the teams ranked 8-15--soon to be 16--and the chances of shenanigans is pretty significant every year.

Like I said, under no circumstances should a team in the playoff conversation have any opportunity of taking the best player in the draft. Their chances should be 0%.

 

[Patch101]

So guys ... trying to figure out something.
If the Canucks lose in the 1st ... does Tampa or the canucks get that pick?

If I'm not mistaken, the condition was if the canucks make the playoffs. Tampa gets the pick.
Some Canucks fans, saying that's not the case.

It would be a pretty epic fail if Tampa got the pick .....

 

[McTonyBrar]

Nah, it's clear the Oilers draft luck left with Hall. Arizona will welcome Lafreniere at the draft.

I will vomit if Lafreniere ends up on that turd of a franchise in a turd of a hockey city. Pathetic city to have hockey in. Sickening

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[McDNicks17]

Arizona picking 1st overall guaranteed.