Draft Lottery Tuesday April 10th!!

[DaBoltsNIsles]

The Draft Lottery is tomorrow. Here's the list of people the worst 5 teams are sending to the preceedings.

1. Columbus Blue Jackets: Executive Vice President of Hockey Opperations & GM SCOTT HOWSON. 25% of all ping pong balls. 48.2% of retaining 1st pick.

2. Edmonton Oilers: GM Steve Tambellini 18.8%.

3. Montreal Canadiens: Assistant GM Larry Carriere 14.2%.

4. New York Islanders: Director of Pro Scouting Ken Morrow 10.7%.

5. Toronto Maple Leafs: Team President & GM Brian Burke 8.1%.

They have a draft lottery simulator on NHL.Com. I tried it 7 times. The first time I picked it came up Tampa Bay Lightning. The 2nd time was the Buffalo Sabres. Three out of seven times Columbus came up. The Isles came FINALLY came up the 7th time. I hope Ken Morrow has better luck than I did.

 

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If the Oilers win the lottery again, I'm gonna puke...

 

[forty_three]

The Draft Lottery is tomorrow. Here's the list of people the worst 5 teams are sending to the preceedings.

1. Columbus Blue Jackets: Executive Vice President of Hockey Opperations & GM SCOTT HOWSON. 25% of all ping pong balls. 48.2% of retaining 1st pick.

He'll come up with some way to fuck it up.

The worst you can do is drop one spot, right? So at worst, they are second?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

He'll come up with some way to fuck it up.

The worst you can do is drop one spot, right? So at worst, they are second?

Correct. The worst the Blue Jackets can do is pick 2nd overall. I don't agree with the system. There are 14 teams who have a chance to win the lottery, but only 5 have a chance at the 1st pick. The league should give the 1st pick to whoever wins the lottery no matter what. Last year the Devils moved up to the 4th pick after winning it. RNH would look good in a Devils jersey wouldn't he??

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Correct. The worst the Blue Jackets can do is pick 2nd overall. I don't agree with the system. There are 14 teams who have a chance to win the lottery, but only 5 have a chance at the 1st pick. The league should give the 1st pick to whoever wins the lottery no matter what. Last year the Devils moved up to the 4th pick after winning it. RNH would look good in a Devils jersey wouldn't he??

Pssshhh, forget him. We have Adam "The Truth" Henrique as our rookie center and then we wouldn't have drafted Adam "The Swedish Hammer" Larsson.

 

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Might as well drop this here:

TORONTO -- Sarnia Sting forward Nail Yakupov was listed as the top North American-based skater in the draft final rankings released by NHL central scouting Monday.

The 18-year-old from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, recorded 31 goals and 69 points in 42 games for the Ontario Hockey League's Sting during an injury-shortened 2011-12 season. Last season, he finished tied for fourth in the OHL with 101 points.

If Yakupov is picked first overall at the June 22 draft in Pittsburgh he would be the fifth OHL player selected No. 1 overall in the last six drafts, joining Patrick Kane (London, 2007), Steven Stamkos (Sarnia, 2008), John Tavares (London, 2009) and Taylor Hall (Windsor, 2010).

The top European-based skater is Swedish forward Filip Forsberg, who plays for Leksand in his country's domestic league.

The six-foot-two centre had eight goals and 17 points in 43 games between Leksand and its junior team last season. He won gold for Sweden at this year's world junior championships and is looking to become the first Swedish-born player to be selected first overall since Mats Sundin in 1989.

The draft lottery, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks, will take place Tuesday night.

Other players expected to be drafted in the top-5, according to central scouting, include defenceman Ryan Murray of the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips, Russian centre Mikhail Grigorenko of the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts, defenceman Morgan Rielly of the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors and Alex Galchenyuk of the Sting.

The NHL scouting ranked Malcolm Subban, brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban, as the top-rated goaltender in North America. The Toronto native compiled 25 wins with a 2.50 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in 39 appearances for the OHL's Belleville Bulls this season.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Pssshhh, forget him. We have Adam "The Truth" Henrique as our rookie center and then we wouldn't have drafted Adam "The Swedish Hammer" Larsson.

Okay so you would pass on the Center. How about Landeskog on the wing?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Okay so you would pass on the Center. How about Landeskog on the wing?

I wish. Although if The Swedish Hammer lives up to his potential than I'm totally ok with a franchise defenseman.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Might as well drop this here:

TORONTO -- Sarnia Sting forward Nail Yakupov was listed as the top North American-based skater in the draft final rankings released by NHL central scouting Monday.

The 18-year-old from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, recorded 31 goals and 69 points in 42 games for the Ontario Hockey League's Sting during an injury-shortened 2011-12 season. Last season, he finished tied for fourth in the OHL with 101 points.

If Yakupov is picked first overall at the June 22 draft in Pittsburgh he would be the fifth OHL player selected No. 1 overall in the last six drafts, joining Patrick Kane (London, 2007), Steven Stamkos (Sarnia, 2008), John Tavares (London, 2009) and Taylor Hall (Windsor, 2010).

The top European-based skater is Swedish forward Filip Forsberg, who plays for Leksand in his country's domestic league.

The six-foot-two centre had eight goals and 17 points in 43 games between Leksand and its junior team last season. He won gold for Sweden at this year's world junior championships and is looking to become the first Swedish-born player to be selected first overall since Mats Sundin in 1989.

The draft lottery, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks, will take place Tuesday night.

Other players expected to be drafted in the top-5, according to central scouting, include defenceman Ryan Murray of the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips, Russian centre Mikhail Grigorenko of the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts, defenceman Morgan Rielly of the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors and Alex Galchenyuk of the Sting.

The NHL scouting ranked Malcolm Subban, brother of Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban, as the top-rated goaltender in North America. The Toronto native compiled 25 wins with a 2.50 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in 39 appearances for the OHL's Belleville Bulls this season.

I'm not sold on the top forwards in this draft. They all have questions about them. I want one of Murray, Trouba, Reinhart or Ceci. Dumba's size concerns me & Reilly is similar in style of play to Matt Donovan & Calvin De Haan.

I'm hoping the Isles can get Slater Koekkook in the 2nd round not likely though. Great name for a hockey player.

 

[Destroydacre]

I'm not sold on the top forwards in this draft. They all have questions about them. I want one of Murray, Trouba, Reinhart or Ceci. Dumba's size concerns me & Reilly is similar in style of play to Matt Donovan & Calvin De Haan.

I'm hoping the Isles can get Slater Koekkook in the 2nd round not likely though. Great name for a hockey player.

I've had the pleasure of watching Murray on several occasions over the last couple years with Everett and the kid's gonna be a franchise defenseman. The Islanders should snatch him up if he's there when they pick.

 

[awaz]

i can has a dman at 30? plz?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

i can has a dman at 30? plz?

The strength of this draft class is on defense. No matter where the Flyers pick in the 1st round a quality defenseman will be available.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Can someone explain the lottery system to me. Do only the bottom 5 get a chance? What happens to the teams between 6 and the playoff teams? Where will the Avs pick most likely end up?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Can someone explain the lottery system to me. Do only the bottom 5 get a chance? What happens to the teams between 6 and the playoff teams? Where will the Avs pick most likely end up?

Only the bottom 5 teams have a chance at the 1st pick. The highest the 6th team can move up is 2nd overall.

So if a team outside the top 5 wins the lottery Columbus will keep the 1st pick overall. The Devils won the lottery last year, but they were only allowed to move up 4 spots which put them at 4th overall. Edmonton kept the top pick.

 

[Vadered]

Can someone explain the lottery system to me. Do only the bottom 5 get a chance? What happens to the teams between 6 and the playoff teams? Where will the Avs pick most likely end up?

All teams not in the playoffs enter the lottery, weighted toward the teams with worse records. Anyone who wins the lottery moves up 4 spots. If it's in the top 5, they get the first pick and everyone above them moves down one. If it's not, they move up four and the four above them each move down one. The Avs pick will end up either where they are now, or four better if they win (or first place if they are in the top 5).

 

[ritari330]

Can someone explain the lottery system to me. Do only the bottom 5 get a chance? What happens to the teams between 6 and the playoff teams? Where will the Avs pick most likely end up?

We'll most likely be 11th, best we can do is 6th.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Thank you sirs!

 

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/Using my bad guy from James Bond voice...

 

[beantownmaniac]

Bump - 5 minutes and counting

/Using my bad guy from James Bond voice...

I'm assuming you mean that monotone voice fron Dr. No?

 

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I'm assuming you mean that monotone voice fron Dr. No?

That's it!!