True, true. Time for a thread name change I think.Not a bad start.
To be frank, the league would be stupid not to rig it.
A #1 or #2 pick is like a steroid injection for a struggling franchise.
My money is on LA #1, Detroit #2 and Ottawa #3 this year. Luckily we'll get a great player at #3 since the draft is stacked this year.
The lottery is also recorded and the recording is made public after the winners are announced.Theoretically, yes. But the draft lottery is monitored by Ernst and Young (or another of the large firms) I believe at the moment. I hardly think they're going to risk their reputation and millions upon millions in lost fees and clientele should they be exposed to bend to the NHL's wishes. Whatever amount the NHL would pay them to look the other way would pale in comparison to the lost business for them were the rigging to be exposed.
People love conspiracy theories, but having a large accounting firm monitor the process would certainly put a dent in any theories once you consider things logically.
We'll have as good a chance as anybody at the rate this thing is going to win the lotto this year.
The lottery is also recorded and the recording is made public after the winners are announced.
Weakest conspiracy theory around, the draft lottery is not rigged.
The lottery is also recorded and the recording is made public after the winners are announced.
Weakest conspiracy theory around, the draft lottery is not rigged.
i always thought it has been rigged to be honest lol.
I thought it was rigged till Arizona didn't get Matthews. That said it was totally rigged for Pittsburgh to get Crosby.
So the draft lottery video that is available publicly that shows the balls being drawn with the result documentation for which numbers correspond to which team that is provided to every member attending, is all cgi?I still think it's rigged even after Matthews not going to ARZ because he went to Toronto, gotta keep that cash cow interesting, same thing last draft 2 money making teams move up in the draft Chicago magically moving up 9 spots and NYR getting 2nd and NJD (deserved the pick) getting 1st to try and attempt a bigger Hughes vs Kakko rivalry. But that all a conspiracy whether true or not i see it as highly plausible.
You guys don't have a #SharksWatch yet?
So the draft lottery video that is available publicly that shows the balls being drawn with the result documentation for which numbers correspond to which team that is provided to every member attending, is all cgi?
Or are you implying that all these people, many of them from competing teams, as well as Ernst and Young who run the lottery, are complicit in the rigging?
Here's the 2018 video:
Behind the scenes at NHL Draft Lottery
You guys don't have a #SharksWatch yet?
Pretty sure the league knows the Senators are garbageWe're not doing a very good job about being subtle about our intentions to tank this year's are we?
We're supposed to have plausible deniability when the league confronts us about it, lol.
You guys don't have a #SharksWatch yet?
So you are going with option 2. " implying that all these people, many of them from competing teams, as well as Ernst and Young who run the lottery, are complicit in the rigging"meh....why use cgi when you can just re-do the ball drop until you get a result you want? Not saying it's a scam, but the video doesn't really prove much.