New Lottery Format ~ 14 Teams Have Chance For #1 Pick

[OneManIsNoMan]

NEW YORK -- The 2013 NHL Draft Lottery, to be held this year on Monday, April 29, will be the first in NHL history where all 14 clubs not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or the clubs that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff clubs, will have a chance at winning the right to the first overall selection. Under the previous lottery system, only the five teams with the fewest points in the standings had the opportunity to win the first overall selection as rules dictated no team could move up more than four spots.

The NHL Draft Lottery is a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2013 NHL Draft. Teams finishing with the fewest points during the regular season possess the greatest chance of winning the right to the first pick in the NHL Draft. Fourteen balls, numbered 1 to 14, are placed in a lottery machine. The machine expels four balls, forming a series of numbers. The four-digit series resulting from the expulsion of the balls is matched against a probability chart that divides the possible combinations among the 14 participating clubs.

While the top pick can now go to any of the 14 non-playoff clubs, or the team owning the rights to the first pick of a non-playoff club, the odds of winning the lottery are unchanged from previous years. The teams in the drawing are ranked in inverse order of their regular season point totals, with team one being the club with the fewest points, and team 14 being the club with the most points among those outside of the playoffs.

The likelihood of each team gaining the right to the first pick is as follows:

Team 1 25.0%

Team 2 18.8%

Team 3 14.2%

Team 4 10.7%

Team 5 8.1%

Team 6 6.2%

Team 7 4.7%

Team 8 3.6%

Team 9 2.7%

Team 10 2.1%

Team 11 1.5%

Team 12 1.1%

Team 13 0.8%

Team 14 0.5%

No club will move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Lottery. The remaining first round drafting positions are determined by the results of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

2013 NHL Draft

The 2013 NHL Draft will be held Sunday, June 30th, with all seven rounds being conducted on the same day for the first time since 2006. As previously announced, the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center will host the event, the first NHL Draft ever held in the New York City metropolitan area.

The draft gets underway at 3 p.m. ET as James Duthie hosts live coverage in Canada on TSN direct from the draft floor along with TSN's panel of experts. RDS will present exclusive French-language coverage throughout Canada. In the U.S., NBC Sports Network presents live coverage starting at 3 p.m. ET, while NHL Network in the U.S. continues live late-round coverage starting at 8 p.m. ET.

NHL club executives, scouts and coaches will gather on the NHL Draft floor while more than 10,000 fans and 500 print, television and radio media are expected in attendance to witness the selection of the NHL’s next generation of superstars.

Recent overall No. 1 picks include Alex Ovechkin (Washington, 2004), Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh, 2005), Erik Johnson (St. Louis, 2006), Patrick Kane (Chicago, 2007), Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay, 2008), John Tavares (NY Islanders, 2009), Taylor Hall (Edmonton, 2010), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton, 2011) and Nail Yakupov (Edmonton, 2012).

Thoughts?

[SensandRaps]

since its all 14 teams that miss the playoffs have a shot at the pick im willing to bet right now that one of columbus/florida/phoenix get the #1 overall pick not because they suck but because those are the franchises that need the most help/are dealing with relocation

[OneManIsNoMan]

As the standings sit right now Columbus holds the 1st, 11th & 19th overall picks. Potentially if they win the lottery w/ NYR pick they'd hold the #1, #2 & #19 overall picks

[kmo429]

This is dumb. Its pretty damn stupid that the worst team only has a 1 in 4 shot at winning. 50/50 for the worst team is fair. Since they changed it so all teams could get the #1 overall, they need to weight the differences so that the worse you are, the better a chance you have. These are the same percentages as they used to have yet all of a sudden any of the 14 can win the #1 overall. They shoudl change the percentages so the worst team has a better chance of winning and make up the idfference by decreasing every other team's chances a little.

[giventofly]

This is dumb. Its pretty damn stupid that the worst team only has a 1 in 4 shot at winning. 50/50 for the worst team is fair. Since they changed it so all teams could get the #1 overall, they need to weight the differences so that the worse you are, the better a chance you have. These are the same percentages as they used to have yet all of a sudden any of the 14 can win the #1 overall. They shoudl change the percentages so the worst team has a better chance of winning and make up the idfference by decreasing every other team's chances a little.

um...

[KingerSox]

You have to change the way the lottery is done and I'm happy all 14 non-playoff teams are involved. Obviously the 30th place team still has the best chance but I'm all for lessing those odds. Look at the Oilers the last few years. Tambellini has done absolutely nothing to improve his team outside of the draft. It's a tank job on purpose without coming out and saying it and that's kind of pathetic. Most teams are embarassed to finish last but take the silver lining of the top pick. I saw nothing in Tambellini's words or actions in previous offseasons that make me think he feels that way.

[tomsa592]

I don't like it. The last place team should have more than a quarter chance of landing the #1 pick. This is way too similar to the NBA draft style which gets blasted constantly, and will only open up questions of the draft being rigged.

[OptiMized]

I like it. No more tanking, it`s not fair. 25% is more than enough for the 30th team I would personally have no other team above 15% to make it more likely that 30th place get`s it but it`s ridiculous that CBJ and EDM routinely tank and get 1st and 2nd picks.

If it were me i would have the last place teams in both conferences be unable to pick top 2 and have teams in 28th and 27th place get the 25% and 18.8%. No more of this edm ******** where they just sit around for 5 years collecting top picks. Seriously by the time they get good they will have 5 number 1 overall picks in their lineup

[OptiMized]

I don't like it. The last place team should have more than a quarter chance of landing the #1 pick. This is way too similar to the NBA draft style which gets blasted constantly, and will only open up questions of the draft being rigged.

I guarantee you that`s why this was done. CBJ and FLA need a big franchise draw and the way to get it (cheap because they have little $$$$) is through the draft. I swear to Lucifer if Phx get`s the number one pick at any point before they move (it would have to be via trade) i will be calling ******** on that.

[KingerSox]

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The draft getting rigged is my concern too. I wish they would do it on TV not just show the results on TV. Let us watch you put the balls in the drum on television. Bettman's enough of a snake to do that too. (Rig the draft)

[kevin13697]

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The draft getting rigged is my concern too. I wish they would do it on TV not just show the results on TV. Let us watch you put the balls in the drum on television. Bettman's enough of a snake to do that too. (Rig the draft)

I agree. put it on live TV

[kmo429]

I like it. No more tanking, it`s not fair. 25% is more than enough for the 30th team I would personally have no other team above 15% to make it more likely that 30th place get`s it but it`s ridiculous that CBJ and EDM routinely tank and get 1st and 2nd picks.

If it were me i would have the last place teams in both conferences be unable to pick top 2 and have teams in 28th and 27th place get the 25% and 18.8%. No more of this edm ******** where they just sit around for 5 years collecting top picks. Seriously by the time they get good they will have 5 number 1 overall picks in their lineup

The Islanders didnt "tank" in 08-09 we just sucked. Many times, teams rebuild, and they go through periods of sucking. Why are these awful last place teams persecuted? It's absolutely ridiculous that the worst team in the league has only a 1 in 4 shot at the #1 overall pick. Im not asking for it to be handed to them, but ithe lottery was totally fine the way it was. 49% chance the worst team gets the #1 overall (25% they win, 24% a 6th through 14th team wins), 50/50 is fair, anything else is pretty ridiculous imo

[OneManIsNoMan]

The Islanders didnt "tank" in 08-09 we just sucked. Many times, teams rebuild, and they go through periods of sucking. Why are these awful last place teams persecuted? It's absolutely ridiculous that the worst team in the league has only a 1 in 4 shot at the #1 overall pick. Im not asking for it to be handed to them, but ithe lottery was totally fine the way it was. 49% chance the worst team gets the #1 overall (25% they win, 24% a 6th through 14th team wins), 50/50 is fair, anything else is pretty ridiculous imo

I agree to an extent. When a team (like EDM) gets (3) 1st overall picks in a row, there is something wrong.

[bsi]

I don't like it for the sole reason that when you get to the trade deadline and teams are trading #1 picks for rentals or players with contracts you'd kinda like to know what you are giving up or getting, there's a big difference between a #14 and a #1 pick if you are making a trade.

[tp13baby]

You have to change the way the lottery is done and I'm happy all 14 non-playoff teams are involved. Obviously the 30th place team still has the best chance but I'm all for lessing those odds. Look at the Oilers the last few years. Tambellini has done absolutely nothing to improve his team outside of the draft. It's a tank job on purpose without coming out and saying it and that's kind of pathetic. Most teams are embarassed to finish last but take the silver lining of the top pick. I saw nothing in Tambellini's words or actions in previous offseasons that make me think he feels that way.

The Oilers will not be able to keep all those young guns assuming they reach their potential.