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Originally Posted by Bingo
And so many layers of butterfly effect.
1) This game and standings.
2) Who wins the lottery and doesn't
3) Which player is taken with what pick
The Flames came back and beat the Wild in their last game on 2016 to pass Winnipeg in the standings. Then the Jets won the lottery and moved up to #2 which felt like a huge loss. Then Laine had the career he had vs the Flames taking Tkachuk.
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The biggest one here is the Avs in 2017.
They finish last overall.
But the Devils, Flyers, and Stars all win the lottery and bump the Avs down 3 spots.
NJD takes Hischier, Philly takes Patrick, Dallas takes Heiskanen
Avs take Cale Makar.
The implications for those franchises are immense. Dallas still does ok. But can you imagine if Colorado gets the 2nd overall pick instead. Would they have drafted Patrick? And then does Philly get Makar at 4? Or do they draft someone else.
In Bob's final rankings he had it in the same order as the players went, including Makar at 4.
There's a chance the Avs would have taken him at 1, 2 or 3. We'll never know.
But goodness it's the luckiest draft lotto loss ever.