this solution albeit a pragmatic long shot, does have meritĪllowing the 15th last team (who might have got there with a downside result of a tie-breaking formula and mathematically could have been first in their Div with maybe 4 more regulation wins ) a chance at first overall pick IMHO is ludicrous Some here have suggested the “points earned after eliminated” as a driver to odds and/or actual victor of first pick…. ![]() Re drafts lottery in general… can’t appease all but something must be done Joking aside … my gut feel is that he DOES end up a Hab meaning Habs highest probability of losing playin … thus highest odds of being eligible for the 2nd lottery … Saint Eustache lad comes home? and per TSN, SN prognosticators and Vegas odds as at right now highest odds of winning playoff round is Pens…. it’s MontrealĪll losing clubs in playins …. Re who has best odds of winning Lafrenierre right now (maintenant) …. playin team winning one of the top 3 spots I can be swayed to buy into the methodology and prescribed odds set to have strong probability to favour the outcome that happened…. I can’t buy in to the theory that the lottery balls actually dropping were fixed (known result pre-drop) just make sure you put a muzzle on “Melnyk the Interferer” Sens are contenders for a 1/2 decade starting 3 years from now IMHO Sens are in the driver seat with some luck prudent moves…. The odds of getting 3 or more eventual career NHL players out of those 13 …. Sens on the move picking 3rd, 5th and likely high teens plus 33rd AND 3 more likely in the 45th -55th range Stepan has 1 year left Sens get an up and coming good prospect that is definitely trending mid 6 3C or possibly 2nd line winger Stepan ($6.5M Cap) is only owed $2M after SB paid Oddly enough the team that for many years “ate” highCap crappy contracts from other teams to get assets…. Sens could look extremely good in 3 years The Coyotes expect to have their entire roster in town by Monday. STLTODAY.COM: Recently retired NHL player Chris Thorburn hopes to mentor young pros. NEWSDAY: New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider (broken foot) and Micheal Haley (torn abdominal muscle) have fully recovered from their injuries and ready to return to action. Even though I hope it’s not, it’s just tough when it goes this way.”īoudreau has two years remaining in an advisory role with the Wild, but he doesn’t know if general manager Bill Guerin will take advantage of it. ![]() “ The plan was when we signed here that this was it for me, and this is where we were going to end up. THE ATHLETIC (subscription required): Michael Russo reports former Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau is hoping this season won’t be his last as an NHL bench boss. The last thing they want is the best prospects clustering toward a handful of clubs. Just like the Avs did when they selected Cale Makar three years ago.ĭon’t expect the NHL to take up Cox’s suggestion to scrap the draft in favor of an open market. That’s cold comfort for the Wings and their fans, but they could still end up with a very good player, perhaps a potential superstar, with the No. In 2017, for example, the Colorado Avalanche were the league’s worst team but dropped to fourth as the Devils won the lottery. SPECTOR’S NOTE: The anger felt by Red Wings fans over the results of the lottery is understandable, but even if this had been a normal draft year, there’s a good chance the lottery balls still wouldn’t have fallen their way. He feels it would motivate teams to improve how they run their operations as a way to woo the best young talent. Cox makes the case for a free market system allowing the top prospects to sign with whoever they choose once they turn 18. “In most cases, they’re weak because they’re badly run,” he said. ![]() He thinks Friday’s lottery results destroyed the belief that it’s about fairness of competition, allowing weaker teams an opportunity to compete with stronger clubs.Ĭox suggests there’s little evidence the draft helps weaker clubs. THE TORONTO STAR: Damien Cox believes the NHL Draft hasn’t made much sense for years. “And here’s the ridiculous part: it’s exactly what the NHL planned to happen.” He noted the Wings had an 18.5 percent chance of winning the draft lottery, yet the odds were a combined 24.5 percent that one of the eight teams eliminated from the qualifying round of the upcoming 24-team playoff tournament would get the prize. “ You put your fate in random acts, expect random, inexplicable results,” writes Wojnowski, going on to call the lottery “an embarrassment”. The results of the 2020 NHL Draft lottery has sparked criticism of the process (Photo via NHL.com).
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