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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Not this season unfortunately, there was a report yesterday that the lottery won't actually change til next season. So in order to get first overall you'd still need to finish in the bottom 5 this year.
Here: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=416279 |
Right from your link:
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The only difference in this year's draft lottery will remain that the team that wins the lottery will be awarded the first overall pick. In previous years, winning the lottery only allowed a team to move up a maximum of four places in the draft order.
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They were discussing changing the odds, decided not to this year, but are still going through with the "every team that misses the playoffs has a shot at #1" change.