Posts About "NHL Draft Lottery"
2020 NHL Draft Lottery Round 2 Explained
June 28th, 2020 The first-overall pick in the NHL’s 2020 Entry Draft will be determined in a second draft lottery. Much to the disappointment of the teams with the worst records in the 2019-20 regular season, a team that finished with a record of at least .500 will get the top selection. Only the top four teams in each conference were excluded from...
Montreal Canadiens and the Implications of the Draft Lottery
June 27th, 2020 After a long layoff of news, the NHL Draft Lottery was held on Friday and gave the league exactly what they had hoped for, drama. Fans re-engaged in full-throated hockey debates and placed the attention of the sporting world on the NHL, even if it was for only one night. It also set the stage for a second draft lottery now that one of...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Draft Lottery, Koponen, Gretzky & Sundin
June 27th, 2020 This is a certifiably crazy season. If you are a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey fan, here’s what you know today that you didn’t know yesterday: Your team has a 12.5% chance of picking first in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. All the Maple Leafs have to do to get that chance is to lose their five-game play-in series with the Columbus Blue...
Canucks Dream Scenario: Drafting Lafrenière
June 27th, 2020 After an unprecedented result in the Draft Lottery on Friday, the Vancouver Canucks actually have a 12.5 percent chance of drafting first overall in the 2020 NHL Draft. That is if they end up losing to the Minnesota Wild in the upcoming play-in round. Now no one wants their team to lose, but that shouldn't stop us from dreaming of a...
NHL Draft 2020: To Tank or Not to Tank?
June 27th, 2020 Prior to the 2019-20 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ll see the so-called Qualification Round. Each winner of the eight best-of-five series (four in each conference) goes on to the actual playoffs. The loser of each series has an equal chance (12.5%) of getting the first-overall pick in the 2020 Entry Draft. Is it worth losing in the...
5 Jets' First-Round Draft Targets
June 27th, 2020 The 2020 NHL Draft Lottery was different this year — just like everything else in the hockey and sports worlds — due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the objective of the Entry Draft will remain the same: to select the player who can best bolster your franchise in the future. There's certainly no shortage of talent in this year's draft...
An NHL Placeholder Team Wins Draft Lottery
June 26th, 2020 The NHL held their draft lottery on Friday and while it was expected one of either the Ottawa Senators or Detroit Red Wings would win the top-overall selection and the right to draft Alexis Lafreniere, neither of those things happened. Instead, a placeholder team won the first spot and a Phase 2 Draft Lottery will be required. The...
Anaheim Ducks 2020 NHL Draft Lottery Primer
June 24th, 2020 While 24 teams are preparing for the new NHL playoff format, the Anaheim Ducks are one of seven teams whose focus is on the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery. Like the playoffs, the lottery has been reworked for this year. Phase One will take place on June 26 to determine who will have the top three picks. The First Phase will consist of three...
2020 NHL Draft Lottery: 5 Teams That Need a Win
June 23rd, 2020 After months of no NHL events and building anticipation, the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery is approaching. Well, potentially half of it. In these extremely uncertain times, the NHL will have a "Phase 1" lottery on June 26 that will include the seven teams that finished at the bottom of league standings, but then placeholders named "Team A -...
Could Oilers Go From "Shafted" to Unlikely No. 1 Draft Pick Winners?
May 26th, 2020 Oh how things can change in a matter of 48 hours. A couple of days ago, I argued the Edmonton Oilers were getting shafted based on the proposed format of the 24-team play-in format that would see the NHL finalize the 16 teams able to compete for the 2020 Stanley Cup. The idea that Edmonton had earned their spot in the official...
Rangers' Future Is as Bright as Can Be
April 20th, 2019 The New York Rangers have been on a mission since before the trade deadline last season. For the first time in team history, they are attempting to undergo a full-scale aggressive and quick rebuild. Well, over a year into that mission, the future of the Rangers is starting to look more promising. Piece by piece, the Blueshirts have...
Unlucky Ducks Must Improve Draft Position
April 11th, 2019 Wednesday’s draft lottery did not go as the Anaheim Ducks and their fans wanted. It did go largely as expected, with the Ducks having the eighth-best odds to secure the No. 1 pick or at least a top-three pick. However, instead of obtaining the No. 8 pick, they fell one spot to No. 9. That’s not even the highest pick the Ducks have...
Canucks’ News & Rumors: Pettersson, Boeser, Draft Lottery & Soderstrom
April 11th, 2019 The Vancouver Canucks’ season is officially over, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t action surrounding the team. The NHL Draft is looming and a number of awards will be given to honor players whose accomplishments were notable during the regular season. In addition, the Canucks are on the verge of history: they will celebrate the...
