A story from inside the sequestered room during the wait for the top 3 to be revealed:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-lottery-room/
Funny that Bettman skipped out but everyone else had to stay.
In the past, every team sent a representative to witness the drawing, but this year, because of the long delay between the draw and the revealing, only 3 teams sent someone (Ottawa, Arizona, Detroit). Oddly enough, none of those three teams won any of the draws, so they weren't enthusiastic to stick around for an extra couple of hours.