GDT: 2023 Draft Lottery - 8PM ET - ESPN, Sportsnet, TVAS: Chicago #1, Anaheim #2, Columbus #3

[Xirik]

As a Habs fan, I'm SO STOKED!!!

100% chances of getting one of Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, Michkov or Smith.

This is a GREAT DAY!!!

^
The guy that is dancing happily after winning a free coffee while everyone else around him just saw something horrible happen on the news.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Same ownership. The worst part was Weeke’s revealing Columbus being third…well before it was revealed.

So the draft will be Bedard with Anaheim taking Michkov with Columbus getting Carlsson or Fantilli that's not a bad consolation prize!!!

 

[TheBeard]

Thats lame as f***. Bedard has nothing to do with Chicago's scumbaggedrie

Don't care. That midget is gonna underwhelm playing alongside 6th round pick Tootie McDougal and the ghost of Stan Makita.

 

[Video Nasty]

Completely different set of rules of those two teams than all the others before it.


They shouldve made them share an expansion draft like Columbus and Minnesota did.

I’m glad the NHL figured out that the best way to quickly grow a new hockey market is to start them off with a team that isn’t a joke.

But I agree that the old way for teams like Columbus and Minnesota is rough to endure for a fan and it certainly sent them off in a different trajectory than Vegas and Seattle.

 

[Svencouver]

NHL: "Lottery prevents tanking"

Also NHL: *rewards the most blatant tank job in the cap era with a generational talent*

"Teams dont tank" is as true of a statement as "Nothing happened in the Blackhawks dressing room in 2010"

 

[WreckedUm]

Hope he channels his inner lindros come d day

 

[sabremike]

Live look at NHL HQ's:

 

[Jay26]

I guess what makes up for it is that the city is such an actual degenerate shithole right now. Enjoy your new mayor, Chicago. Hopefully Bedard helps.

 

[Turin]

f***ing joke. The sick thing is it was so predictable. Get two generational players, win a bunch of cups then at the first sign of downfall they get another generational player. This on top of all the other crap with their organization that has been discussed ad nauseum.

Good thing I'm caring less and less about the NHL I guess. Joke league.

Toews and Kane weren't generational. They won those cups because they had those guys and Keith, Sharp, Hossa, Hjalmarsson, Crawford, a good coach, etc.

 

[Ezekial]

I'm out of the loop here. Did something f'd up happen? Sorry, watching the latest episode of Succession (there's more important shit to watch vs this, I can find out later, but sounds like some kind of drama is going down?)

Kevin Weekes read the wrong line going into commercial for the top 3

He said the first shakeup of the draft happened as Columbus moves to third

They obviously do the draft lottery then produce a show around it with written lines and stuff. People should know this.

 

[Channelcat]

The Blackhawks are a classy organization and this is well deserved.

 

[Burgmania]

Absolutely disgusting. Screw the Blackhawks.

 

[93gilmour93]

The butt hurt in this thread is hilarious. Congrats to the Blackhawks fans

 

[Wayward Son]

Did the broadcast mess up and reveal that CBJ hadn’t won early or did I miss something?

Also, congratulations to the Hawks.

 

[SRHRangers]

Grier wanted to punch a baby when they put him on the screen.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Did the broadcast mess up and reveal that CBJ hadn’t won early or did I miss something?

Espn did

 

[MikeyMike01]

The draft lottery is taped ahead of time. It's not live. Weekes was an idiot for breaking kayfabe.

Weekes’ comments sounded so robotic I almost wondered if they were recorded ahead of time as well

 

[Eggtimer]

:yotes
Asks prospects what they ate and to wear shorts? Forfeit draft picks


Cover up sexual assault and lie your asses off? Have a Bedard

This might be the most corrupt thing that's ever happened in sports, besides the rigged World Series. The most ridiculous part is that it won't even be discussed. The league will just pretend it never happened. Just ridiculous

People should really read and or do research before they jump to conclusions …….. AGAIN ,THE ACTUAL LOTTO WAS DONE PRIOR TO THIS. It’s not rigged ……it was just the presentation of who won. The winner was known befehand

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

If it makes you feel better... we got 2nd in bedard and crosby drafts : |

The Crosby draft had to have him in Pittsburgh because without it there would be no Pittsburgh!

 

[McRpro]

After seeing the absolute non-stop crying from fans after the 2015 lottery, it's great to be able to read all these comments without any emotion. The Chicago Blackhawks have won the lottery. They deserve it because their numbers came up. Deal with it and quit complaining. Or don't, it's somewhat entertaining to read them tbh.

 

[notsocommonsense]

NHL: "Lottery prevents tanking"

Also NHL: *rewards the most blatant tank job in the cap era with a generational talent*

This is the same league that claims “fans love the rotating ads on the rink boards”. It’s really kind of shameful but here we are, eating it all up

 

[madrigal77]

When is the soonest Bedard can sign with Vancouver?

 

[SimpleJack]

I guess what makes up for it is that the city is such an actual degenerate shithole right now. Enjoy your new mayor, Chicago. Hopefully Bedard helps.

Wake up. The entire human race and essentially all of planet earth is a rotting cancerous plague. It’s not just the city of Chicago.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Hockey players are some of the toughest athletes out there.

Thier fans not so much

 

[HTFN]

The butt hurt in this thread is hilarious. Congrats to the Blackhawks fans

You have bad morals.