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

[Kranix]

They haven't all been rigged I believe...Bettman learned from the NBA during his time there that the NHL needs to have strong teams in the biggest centers...so naturally you try to put the best potential rising Stars in those centers that's all,with the hope they become good/great teams while getting more publicity and TV money

That's why he fixed it so McDavid went to megalopolis, world alpha city Edmonton, Alberta.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Gregory Campbell's dad works for the Blackhawks.

 

[Space umpire]

That's why there's no NHL team in Baltimore. Gotcha.

Actual fact;
There is no NHL team In Baltimore because it was put in St. Louis instead.

Do you know why?

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

No way Toews retires yet. He's the perfect mentor for Bedard.

 

[fasterthanlight]

It's obviously not literally rigged. The blackhawks are, IMO, just a dislikable franchise overall (for reasons that have nothing to do with their on-ice success).

 

[ColbyChaos]

Things eliminated by the Blackhawks

The Penguins

The Flames

The Sens

The Bruins (since we got the panthers into the playoffs)

The leafs (soon)

The hopes and dreams of every lottery team.

Common Hawks W

 

[Kranix]

No way Toews retires yet. He's the perfect mentor for Bedard.

Bedard's already a better NHL player than Toews ever was. What can captain grumpy teach him?

 

[HTFN]

That's why he fixed it so McDavid went to Megalopolis, World Alpha city Edmonton, Alberta.

You say that like a joke but that's pretty much the appropriate time after a Cup Finals berth to give a franchise some new life after they have proven to be incapable of doing it themselves. I don't believe the premise but that's... not a great example.

 

[Space umpire]

No way Toews retires yet. He's the perfect mentor for Bedard.

Toews has already been told he’s not getting an offer from Chicago.
New GM. Moving out of the past.

 

[TLEH]

Pull yourselves together. My goodness.

 

[Daz28]

Thank goodness for that lottery to prevent tanking hey?

It's almost like the draft lottery has another purpose???

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Of course it's Chicago.

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Arizona loses their 1st and 2nd round picks for pre-draft testing. Chicago covers up a sexual assault and doesn't even get a slap on the wrist.

 

[Anomie2029]

Bedard's already a better NHL player than Toews ever was. What can captain grumpy teach him?

How to look the other way....

 

[Kranix]

How to look the other way....

Lmao

 

[RogerRoger]

Actual fact;
There is no NHL team In Baltimore because it was put in St. Louis instead.

Do you know why?

It's slightly less of a shit hole?

 

[Cody Webster]

I'm okay with it from NYI perspective.

Thanks for beating Pittsburgh for us, Blackwhawks.

Pittsburgh had absolutely no chance of picking #1....

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Happy for Blackhawks fans. Know it was a tough few years after a decade of dominance

 

[Mrfenn92]

Pittsburgh had absolutely no chance of picking #1....

End of season game he is referring to

 

[StrangeVision]

Shitty result.

 

[Malaka]

I'm not a big conspiracy guy at all, but the arguments against it being rigged are pretty unconvincing. An outside agency being contracted or the drawing being done beforehand (or even on television) guarantees nothing. What stops them from just recording takes with the lottery machine until they get the result they want? There's way, way, way too much money in stuff like this, literally hundreds of millions of dollars, that depend on how the lottery shakes out. Why, and how, could they leave it to chance?

We would have gotten Dahlin if it was rigged. Keith on his way out, defense shot, this is stupid

Blackhawks were painfully close to winning 2018 NHL draft lottery

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[nucks88]

No way Toews retires yet. He's the perfect mentor for Bedard.

Yeah he’s a real role model….thank God Bedard was raised right and won’t be infected by that cesspool…

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I'm just disappointed a sniveling, Ebug, deletant GM like Davidson is getting to start a clean slate with Bedard.

I never saw his face before tonight , literally looks like a baby face PR placeholder you put in after the CEO gets fired for covering up a rape case

 

[Malaka]

Ownership knew, and now they are going to make hand over fist money.

Wirtz did not know, beach himself admitted this. Wirtz hired the firm to perform the investigation. Keep grasping for straws.

 

[Kranix]

I never saw his face before tonight , literally looks like a baby face PR placeholder you put in after the CEO gets fired for covering up a rape case

That's what he is, yes.