Prospect Info: 2025 DRAFT Thread

[stevo61]

easier to stomach 13 to 14 vs 2 to 3

 

[Viqsi]

So. Both of my teams get f***ed by this year's lottery.

...

I think I've gotten far more than enough "f*** you"s from the universe the last couple of months, but apparently the universe doesn't agree yet.

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

Yeah I feel for you Viqsi, Preds got screwed.

But at least Chicago and Philly also dropped positions, so not all bad with Utah climbing...

 

[Indy18]

I still feel like we don't use these picks but find out in a few weeks.

 

[CharlotteJacket]

There's no one on this board who understands what we just saw.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

This is off the top of my head so it could be wrong.

But Only one time in franchise history have they moved up in the lottery and it was one spot (2016 from 4th to 3rd)

They’ve either moved down or stayed put in every other lottery they’ve been in (18 times) despite finishing in the top 10 17 times. The other two times we were in the teens in the lottery (2013, 2025)

1/19

Unheard of odds.

Not that we were “supposed” to win this one. But moving down is pretty f***ing hilarious.

 

[punk_o_holic]

This is off the top of my head so it could be wrong.

But Only one time in franchise history have they moved up in the lottery and it was one spot (2016 from 4th to 3rd)

They’ve either moved down or stayed put in every other lottery they’ve been in (18 times) despite finishing in the top 10 17 times.

1/19

Unheard of odds.

Not that we were “supposed” to win this one. But moving down is pretty f***ing hilarious.

Well hopefully moving down doesn't matter and they end up trading the pick for immediate help. Or just for the laughs, they have a trade in place pending on player being available. That player gets drafted at 13 and team backs out of trade lol

 

[tunnelvision]

Another metro team getting Schaefer sucks way more than us dropping by a spot.

 

[Fred Glover]

IMO drafting in 14 position won’t matter as GMDW will trade both picks for immediate help

 

[stevo61]

Another metro team getting Schaefer sucks way more than us dropping by a spot.

Wonder if they'll get cute with it and draft the kid from NY

 

[NotWendell]

IMO drafting in 14 position won’t matter as GMDW will trade both picks for immediate help

From your lips to Wad's ears.

 

[NotWendell]

Bleh lost the #13. Oh well. Still could've been worse. Not really sad about dropping, more sad about losing #13 for symbolism reasons.

It IS symbolic. Last year was all about honoring 13. Next year is 13+1.

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

There's no one on this board who understands what we just saw.

I mean this wasn't peak TV but the ball combinations were released a couple of days beforehand (here is the PDF).

I thought they did an ok job trying to assign the teams to the last ball/number. I don't like how they spent an extra 30 seconds after the final ball to just announce it, when hardcore followers and fans of the winning team (NYI in this case) knew it immediately.

I think the format could've been worse. But it certainly could've been better too. I don't think this is it for the lottery. Probably would need to reconsider the whole ball combination logic if they want to make it interesting for TV. Last year wasn't great either but I guess it was a bit more dramatic at all phases and not just the last one. But there's something to be said for actually being 'live', so I think they had a good attempt, just didn't quite work super well.

 

[Viqsi]

There's no one on this board who understands what we just saw.

In the space of an afternoon I wrote a script that allowed tracking the mechanics of what we just saw (see the URL I posted earlier). And I'm pretty sure I'm still on this board.

 

[ClevelandJacketFan]

Whatever.

Here's to hoping we trade both 1st!

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

This season the Blue Jackets got the closest they have been to the playoffs in quite some time. I hope we finally break through next season.

 

[ViD]

Whatever.

Here's to hoping we trade both 1st!

Agreed; let’s package it and get a roster player under a good contract

 

[koteka]

I think some smart high school kids could invent a system where a whole bunch of balls with team logos get dumped into a vat by 16 team representatives. Then the vat spins around until some Canadian celebrity like Tate McRae comes out blind folded and she pulls a lever and one ball spits out and it is immediately obvious to everyone which team won because their logo and colors are on the winning ball.

Then 15 team representatives come out and dump new balls into a 2nd spinning vat and then Tate McRae picks the 2 winner.

Everyone will laugh because the worst team will have a bunch of balls to dump and the 17th best team in the league will have just one ball to toss in.

Then afterwards players can autograph the unused balls and they could be auctioned off for some sort of charity during the couple of days before the start of the Stanley Cup finals.

In fact, I think high schools in Canada should have a contest to see which school can come up with the best spinning-ball-vat-to-select-one-ping-pong-ball-device and that high school could win some big prize.

That would make for good television.

 

[Viqsi]

I think some smart high school kids could invent a system where a whole bunch of balls with team logos get dumped into a vat by 16 team representatives. Then the vat spins around until some Canadian celebrity like Tate McRae comes out blind folded and she pulls a lever and one ball spits out and it is immediately obvious to everyone which team won because their logo and colors are on the winning ball.

Such a setup wouldn't accurately reflect the actual draw odds.

EDIT: In a Perfect World, one could hypothetically accomplish this by divvying up 200 balls among the various teams - 37 to SJS, 27 to CHI, we'd get 4, et cetera et cetera. The problem there, though, is that it makes verifying that the lottery balls are untampered and fair and equal that much more difficult, because of both 1) the sheer number of balls to inspect and 2) the fact that you're having team representatives handle their own lottery balls, which creates a conflict of interest. There's reasons it's designed this way.