2015 Draft Lottery - Saturday, April 18

[icarus]

Number 1 priority: no EDM or TOR
Number 2 priority: no Western conference

Anything else I would be happy with.

[Dagger]

McDavid will be a Hurricane. Gut feeling.

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by Imported_Aussie

I want Columbus or Carolina to win the lottery - two teams that played well late in the year after their seasons were derailed by injury.

I'm hoping for one of Columbus, Philly, Carolina, Florida, or New Jersey to win the lotto.

[AC]

Here's a neat simulator that actually goes through the process of drawing the 4 lottery balls.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/official

[nightfx]

Originally Posted by AC

Here's a neat simulator that actually goes through the process of drawing the 4 lottery balls.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/official

[dammage79]

Did it 10 times and PHI and ARZ won it 2 times each. BUF, SJ, CAR, CLB, TOR and COL won it once. Lottery is definitely more open.

[Igster]

Philly came up most for me. Did it about 25 times.

[Five-hole]

Why do people think the fix is in for Toronto? That franchise is a goldmine despite accomplishing nothing for the last 40 years. They don't need McDavid.

[sureLoss]

Yes please more simulator results, the more results people post the more we can predict the winner... it is almost as if the simulator is governed by the laws of probability.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Kings X4
Bruins X2
Leafs
Canes
Yotes
Jackets

After 10 runs.

[Hockey_Ninja]

I have a feeling Emonton will win it. I sure hope i'm wrong.

[Muta]

I'd love it if Buffalo, Edmonton and Toronto lost the lottery.

Out of all the non-playoff teams, I'd love to see McDavid in Arizona, Florida or Dallas. Their fans are the least aggravating out of all the teams in the lottery.

[Phaneufenstein]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

I really hope Buffalo wins it, obviously.

That being said, I have fully accepted our likelihood of doing so, though the best of anyone, isn't highly likely. Eichel is a fantastic prospect as well, and the one I am expecting to become a Sabre this summer.

McDavid would be fantastic though.

Any way it ends up, we come out way ahead.

I hope Sabres at least not get McDavid.
Dirtiest tanks that ever tanked since the Mario draft.
I would be more upset if the Oilers get McDavid, but those guys are the simpletons of the NHL and aren't tanking on purpose like the Sabres.

I really started disliking them when Friedman reported on 960 about Pegula calling Bettman and asking not to change the lottery rules for this year but instead start in 2016, and Bettman complied. WTF.

[jaymac106]

5 times with results of: Buffalo, Columbus, San Jose and Edmonton twice!

[Street Pharmacist]

10x
Buffalo x3
Arizona x3
Philly x2
Oilers x1
NJ x1

[AC]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Yes please more simulator results, the more results people post the more we can predict the winner... it is almost as if the simulator is governed by the laws of probability.

Oh god what have I done?

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Yes please more simulator results, the more results people post the more we can predict the winner... it is almost as if the simulator is governed by the laws of probability.

I'll start posting my NHL 15 simulation results!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by AC

Here's a neat simulator that actually goes through the process of drawing the 4 lottery balls.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/#/official

That's how they should be televising it. They could even draw one ball before the game, one in the first intermission, one in the second, and the final ball after the third period of the broadcast, updating the odds after each ball.

It would especially mess with the conspiracy nuts who can't understand basic math, and would freak out when a team that started with a 3% chance of winning had a 9% chance with one ball left, and a team with an 18% chance to start also has 9% before the final ball.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Burke Salad

I think the fix is in and Toronto get's that pick. I sort of get why the league would do it.

If the NHL rigs the lottery they are not giving McDavid to Toronto, they already sell out there with a crappy team and always will. I don't think the lottery is rigged but if it was, McDavid would be a Coyote for sure.

[GreenHardHat]

A decent article by Sean Mcindoe on the draft lottery. It takes a look at who should win from multiple viewpoints
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/th...ower-rankings/

Here's the The “Under Absolutely No Circumstances” Power Rankings:

5. Edmonton Oilers — They’re a tire fire, a train wreck, a running joke, a black hole from which no hope or happiness can ever escape. You might as well load McDavid into a nuclear submarine and fire him into the Mariana Trench.

4. Edmonton Oilers — Also, they already had the first overall pick three seasons in a row just a few years ago. Literally nobody wants this to happen.

3. Edmonton Oilers — Connor McDavid seems like a perfectly nice kid. Why would you do this to him? Why?

2. Kansas City Scouts — Wait, are they still in the league? No? OK, then in that case …

1. Edmonton Oilers — Look, I’m all for fairness and integrity, but if the Oilers win the lottery, then the league absolutely has to scrap the results and run it again. Don’t even delete the footage or try to cover it up — just have Bill Daly walk into the frame screaming, “Take two!” while angrily stuffing Ping-Pong balls back into the machine. Every hockey fan will understand.