Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

The 2024 EHEC Draft Lottery will be held on Saturday, April 27th at 9:00 PM EST. The provisional draft order per the draft order page is as follows:

1 BUF
2 CBJ
3 DET
4 NYI via EDM
5 WPG
6 WAS
7 CGY
8 ARZ
9 BUF via PIT
10 CAR
11 OTT via VAN
12 BOS
13 MIN via FLA
14 WPG via COL

15 NYI
16 DAL
17 CGY via TOR
18 WPG via ANA
19 MIN
20 MTL
21 NJ
22 STL
23 ARZ via PHI
24 BUF via NAS
25 EDM via NYR
26 ARZ via TB
27 ARZ via OTT
28 WPG via LA
29 DET via CHI
30 DAL via SJ

This translates into the following odds of winning one of the top 3 picks:

1 BUF 20% (TOR)
2 CBJ 13.5% (EDM)
3 DET 11.5% (VAN)
4 NYI via EDM 9.5% (CBJ)
5 WPG 8.5% (CGY)
6 WAS 7.5% (WPG)
7 CGY 6.5% (ARZ)
8 ARZ 6% (BUF)
9 BUF via PIT 5% (MTL)
10 CAR 3.5% (COL)
11 OTT via VAN 3% (NJD)
12 BOS 2.5% (OTT)
13 MIN via FLA 2% (CAR)
14 WPG via COL 1% (BOS)

Please double-check your pick ownership / standings place before and after the lottery.

How the draw works: Random numbers will be drawn as per the lottery rules. The numbers will be chosen from the following linked draws. Please copy the links for your own records, as this is super serious.

1. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... ET69X5X5AX
2. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... NXF7W2X387
3. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... CXNS9ZURBJ
4. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... DGRN3EQ3CU
5. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... JFFWG8JTHF
6. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... ULR4YVQ92V
7. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php ... APF2BDZDJ6

ICYMI, here are the results:

#1 4,7,9,13 - BUF (originally TOR)
#2 3,7,11,12 - CBS (originally EDM)
#3 4,7,8,11 - CBS (originally EDM) again
#4 1,4,7,9 - BUF (originally TOR) again
#5 2,3,4,9 - PIT via BUF (originally MTL)

So #1 and #2 odds win, and BUF moves up from #9 to #3 via PIT. The new top 10 is:

1 BUF
2 CBJ
3 BUF via PIT
4 DET
5 NYI via EDM
6 WPG
7 WAS
8 CGY
9 ARZ
10 CAR

11+ are unchanged, of course.

Congrats to winners and commisserations to not-winners.