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Originally Posted by nik-
This is the first year. 2013 was still just move up max 4 spots, 2014 was the changed percentages, and this year is changed percentages and the lottery winner gets 1st overall regardless of their original spot.
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2013 was the first year that any non-playoff team could win 1st overall.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=658503
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The 2013 NHL Draft Lottery, to be held this year on Monday, April 29, will be the first in NHL history where all 14 clubs not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or the clubs that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff clubs, will have a chance at winning the right to the first overall selection. Under the previous lottery system, only the five teams with the fewest points in the standings had the opportunity to win the first overall selection as rules dictated no team could move up more than four spots.
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2015 is the first year they changed percentages from 2013.