[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Freeway

In the 2005 lottery, every team got at least one ball, but you went down from three for (a) each 1st overall pick you got in the past 4 drafts and (b) each playoff appearance in the past four seasons.

Based on that scheme, the break-down is thus...
-3 balls: Calgary, Columbus, Minnesota, Dallas, NY Islanders, Toronto, Carolina, Winnipeg
-2 balls: Anaheim, St. Louis, Colorado, Florida, Tampa Bay
-1 balls: everyone else

There are 50 balls. 3 ball teams have a 6% chance of 1st overall, 2 ballers have a 4% chance of 1st, 1 ballers have a 2% chance.

What an awesome group to be a part of