The Out of Town Thread XCIX- We talk about your team here. (Mod Warning post 468)

[buddahsmoka1]

Am I the only one who thinks that the Vancouver-Calgary series is a matchup between two bad teams?

Yes. In absolute terms, it's a series between the 5 and 8 seeds.

 

[Team_Spirit]

I really hope McDavid won't be in our division.

The lottery is tonight a 20:00 EST on CBC,NBC,TVA Sports.

You can run a sim here. My 1st run : Buffalo.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/

 

[GordonGraham]

I really hope McDavid won't be in our division.

The lottery is tonight a 20:00 EST on CBC,NBC,TVA Sports.

You can run a sim here. My 1st run : Buffalo.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/

Would you prefer him in Boston or Toronto? the league probably wants him to go to LA

Carolina got him for me

 

[cedouimet]

stars won it for me....were allright!

 

[donghabs98]

I really hope McDavid won't be in our division.

The lottery is tonight a 20:00 EST on CBC,NBC,TVA Sports.

You can run a sim here. My 1st run : Buffalo.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/

I want him in Arizona. So basically as far as possible.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The 1st time I did the generator I got Florida.

I tried it again and got Toronto.

I then decided to find out how many times I'd have to play to have all the teams win once.

79 presses for the Kings to finally win. Dallas was 73.

In the first 10 though Toronto came up 3 times. The most of any team. By the end, Arizona had won the most with 14, Buffalo had 11, Toronto 10. Surprisingly, the Sharks were 5th with 7 wins.

 

[JuicyHam]

Would you prefer him in Boston or Toronto? the league probably wants him to go to LA

Corlina got him for me

Ran it 20 times and la won it 3 times.

 

[Mathletic]

Still don't understand why the NHL is only making 1 winner. They should run the lottery until your ball comes up. That way they wouldn't reward Buffalo with a worst-case scenario of picking #2 overall. For instance, say Arizona wins #1 overall, then we keep the lottery going and perhaps San Jose comes up #2, Toronto #3 and so on. Wouldn't reward teams like Buffalo that did their best to field the worst team possible this year.

 

[Nynja*]

I want him in Arizona. So basically as far as possible.

Until Arizona moves to Quebec

 

[Nynja*]

Because its a lottery, not "keep rolling until every team has hit".

 

[Canadian_Brewtality]

Can any team draft first overall? Under the impression was with Buff or Arizona

 

[BLONG7]

Still don't understand why the NHL is only making 1 winner. They should run the lottery until your ball comes up. That way they wouldn't reward Buffalo with a worst-case scenario of picking #2 overall. For instance, say Arizona wins #1 overall, then we keep the lottery going and perhaps San Jose comes up #2, Toronto #3 and so on. Wouldn't reward teams like Buffalo that did their best to field the worst team possible this year.

Tanking is wrong...........but how to fix it?

A lottery every year, where all 30 teams get a chance at #1?

 

[buddahsmoka1]

I would be very pleased with another win by Detroit today.

 

[CanuckBeSerious]

Still don't understand why the NHL is only making 1 winner. They should run the lottery until your ball comes up. That way they wouldn't reward Buffalo with a worst-case scenario of picking #2 overall. For instance, say Arizona wins #1 overall, then we keep the lottery going and perhaps San Jose comes up #2, Toronto #3 and so on. Wouldn't reward teams like Buffalo that did their best to field the worst team possible this year.

It will be this way next year the top 3.

 

[Phil Parent]

Go Wings Go!

 

[Mathletic]

Tanking is wrong...........but how to fix it?

A lottery every year, where all 30 teams get a chance at #1?

I'd suggest an auction, probably the most efficient way to allocate ressources in that instance. That being said, unlikely to work in real life in the NHL.

However, simply doing like I suggested earlier would eliminate some tanking. Even though your odds are still better if you finish last, they're not that much better than finishing 6th to last or whatever. Also, it's no guarantee you'll be picking at worse #2 overall. The NHL didn't eliminate the incentive to finish last. If anything they made it worse by simply picking 1 winner in the lottery and the worst-case scenario for Buffalo was now picking Eichel at 2.

 

[Phil Parent]

Can any team draft first overall? Under the impression was with Buff or Arizona

Any team that missed the playoffs, with the teams the finished the lowest having more chances.

Buffalo has 20% chances, Arizona 13,5%, Edmonton 11,5% Toronto has 9,5%, Boston has 1%

 

[Hope Of Glory]

Line brawl in the Wings/Bolts game, what the hell

 

[Habskrieg]

Bolts Wings game getting heated up real fast, real early! Seems like it's going to be a good one.

 

[BLONG7]

Tbay and Det getting it on.............

 

[Phil Parent]

May be a product of intra-division series.

 

[Richiebottles]

Plz Detroit win.

I don't want to face Tampa.

 

[Habskrieg]

Tampa putting one in 20sec on the PP

 

[Phil Parent]

**** it.

 

[gusfring]

Gee Brian Boyle is a tool.