It shouldn't be possible for any team to pick first overall three times in a row (even twice), but the bottom five teams should have greater than 50% chance at the top pick regardless. Because, after all, they need it most. Edmonton no doubt had a hand in this, also with McDavid upcoming. I'll be furious if he ends up going to an 18th place team in a difficult market, though. This better not be some way to make rigging it for such a team while going under the radar more possible. I'm not in favor of giving higher teams a greater chance than they have now, but I'd like to see repeat wins eliminated. Can't they just implement an "Edmonton" clause like that? We need good players in the next couple drafts, and I don't want to see something like this bumping us down in the draft order and screwing us out of someone that can help the organization.
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