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Old 08-20-2014, 02:44 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by vanisleflamesfan View Post
Meh. I may be in the crazy minority (okay I acknowledge that I am on this one) but I still think that the league fixes the 'lottery' (or at least some of the important years). I believe that the league will send the top three players from this draft to Buffalo, the Islanders, and Florida in that order. Changing the draft odds just makes the fixing look less obvious if the standings don't turn out the way they want them to.

Okay, that is enough from the conspiracy theory corner.
Given the lottery is for only the top pick this year, that's not going to happen.

And if the NHL is going to rig a draft, it would ensure that a team like Detroit wins the lottery if they miss the playoffs, not Buffalo or the Isles.
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