Draft Lottery - May 7th @ 6:30 ET, ESPN (upd: #1 SJS, #2 CHI, #3 ANA)

[Gnashville]

The lottery is set for tomorrow night

Draft Lottery Participants(Fewest Points to Most)
Odds
San Jose Sharks
18.5%
Chicago Blackhawks
13.5%
Anaheim Ducks
11.5%
Columbus Blue Jackets
9.5%
Montreal Canadiens
8.5%
Utah
7.5%
Ottawa Senators
6.5%
Seattle Kraken
6.0%
Calgary Flames
5.0%
New Jersey Devils
3.5%
Buffalo Sabres
3.0%
Philadelphia Flyers
2.5%
Minnesota Wild
2.0%
Pittsburgh Penguins *
1.5%
Detroit Red Wings
0.5%
St. Louis Blues
0.5%

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[waitin425]

5th to 1st

 

[Gabrielor]

Buffalo deserves nothing, but also, they've never moved up in the lottery (only maintained the last place spot they had, twice)

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Anytime the wings stand pat is a lotto win, so looks like we already won that.

 

[Frosty415]

Sharks won't get first, we never had and can't have nice things

 

[pld459666]

Rooting for the Sharks here.

 

[StreetHawk]

Phi, Min, Pitt, Det, STL can't get the #1 pick. Only Phi has a shot at #2.

Pitt would still have the option to give the pick to SJ if they move up in the lottery. Pitt could move up to like 4/5, so would have to decide to give this pick or an unprotected pick in 2025.

 

[ponder719]

Of course we manage to win literally exactly enough that we cannot get Celebrini no matter what we do, but I'll still hold out hope for the #2 pick until tomorrow, when I find out that we've dropped to 14th because life is hell.

 

[Volica]

Sharks won't get first, we never had and can't have nice things

Me looking at this a lifelong Flames fan, having endured Jumbo and the gang mud hole stomp my below-average team for over a decade.
Kind of hard getting first overalls when your team was essentially a 100+ point team from 2003 to 2019.

Could Calgary at least get a top 2 pick? The highest we've ever picked is 4; and we've endured some absolute dog shit clubs in my time.

 

[lwvs84]

Ducks will drop a spot like they do every year if they're in single digits. Top 4 guesses for lottery winner for #1:
Montreal
Chicago
Seattle
San Jose

 

[Bowie22]

Chicago or Utah wins

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Should I want Chicago to get this one, so that they're not eligible for Hagens and McKenna, or is Celebrini better than both?

 

[Ted Hoffman]

I'm going to beat everyone to it: whoever wins, the entire process was fixed so they could win it.

 

[Taluss]

Go Utah

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

My guess is Utah

 

[bossram]

Literally anyone but Chicago. Please don't give another elite player to the scumbag org.

 

[Crede777]

Has Kevin Weekes announced what Columbus's pick is yet?

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

Yeah, Chicago's gonna get handed another 1OA. Might as well give them the pick Ottawa forfeited too.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Let's go, Krakens!

 

[Mike Jones]

Who does the league want to get the first overall this year?

 

[Unspecified]

Some of the usual suspects i see

 

[gilfaizon]

Quack quack

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Prepare yourselves for the inevitable.

Hawks, baby.

No really, there's a conspiracy theory that could be levied for any team winning, but if the Hawks don't win the whackjobs that'll go crazy if Utah wins would be a solid second-best option.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Anytime the wings stand pat is a lotto win, so looks like we already won that.

According to Tankathon there's a 1.1% chance they can move back to 16th, so let's not speak too soon.

 

[AslanRH]

Guess I'm hoping most for non-Chicago or Montreal but would like for Sharks or Ducks to get a win.