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Originally Posted by mikephoen
This is driving me nuts. Why do so many people keep using this term. Every team that misses the playoffs has a lottery pick. In fact, they have 3 shots in the lottery, because the top 3 draft spots are all determined by lottery going forward. And they've smoothed the odds out so much, that even if they finish last there is a very good chance they pick 4th.
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Edmonton is sitting in 2nd last place right now, but they are only 5 points out of being in 9th last place. The odds may be smoothed out, but I'd prefer them to finish 9th last and have a 5% chance of getting first overall rather than the 13.5% chance of winning they currently have. To be fair, I also have no idea what the odds are once you take into consideration all 3 picks that are decided by the lottery.
Also. Crap. Losing again
I may be able to hope for Oiler wins but I will never be able to cheer for Flames losses.