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Originally Posted by Macindoc
There’s definitely something off about that Reddit draft lottery post. The Flames have moved down in the draft multiple times, including 2005 when they were tied with a large group of teams for the 5th best odds and ended up picking 26th, behind several teams that had the lowest odds.
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They have only moved down in the draft order due to the lottery one time, 2016, when Winnipeg won the 2nd overall pick and moved up from 6 to drop the Flames down to 6.
In 2005, there was no starting draft order, so they didn't really drop. They just got extremely unlucky based on their odds.
The only other seasons where they picked lower than their place in the standings were expansion years where the expansion team(s) were given a higher placement in the draft. For example, in 1992, they had the 4th-worst record among non-playoff teams (7th worst overall because 3 teams made the playoffs with worse records), but ended up picking 6th because of Ottawa and Tampa joining the league.