Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

Tommy, our ATL GM and one of your soon-to-be Committee members, has astutely pointed out to me that the existing lottery program we have has the wrong percentages. We now have three options. We use that one even though it's wrong, we base our lottery on what happens with the real life lottery in 3 hours, or we figure out some way to produce a random number generator to simulate the lottery as accurately as we can.

I'm sure this won't get read much before the real lottery, so people will have skewed opinions, but hopefully it gets some feedback.

how far off are the percentages?

There are numerous websites with random number generators, so that is an option. The chat client used by the league might even have something like that built into it.

Attached a quick spreadsheet photo of the differences.

I'll take the extra 1.4%.

I'd be ok using the lotto sim that is on the NHL website. There is one on the Oilers Website... http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=68769 and just had NJ get picked moving them to the #2 pick. just hit refresh - I'd say - best of 5 - take a screen shot each time and the most outcomes get's picked to move up.

Roll dice? Or how about go with the NHL's results?

I know there are NBA lottery sims too out there but I think the percentages are different.

I like the idea of going with the NHL's results. But, we have 5 minutes to decide that.

I can't figure out a random number generator, though, admittedly, I haven't tried too hard.


AHL playoffs start tonight for those involved.

http://www.random.org/

Min = 1, Max = 1000.

Detroit gets 1-250 (250 total)
Minnesota gets 251-439 (188 total)
Etc.

Just a suggestion.

The suspense is killing. I feel a heart attack coming!

By the way, I have my lucky underwear on.

NHL results or random number generator?

First 5 votes.

Confused? You mean real NHL results?

No way

NHL results is less work for you, so I vote for that.

jamesredwings wrote:Confused? You mean real NHL results?

No way

Meaning, if EDM wins, you keep the pick. If Colorado wins, Colorado has the first EHEC pick. If Florida wins, Minnesota has first EHEC pick.

Just going off what seed wins the real-life one.

then NHL is fine

NHL results applied to correct EHEC analog.

NHL results = majority out 5 votes.

So, the NHL results will determine our draft order.

I'd go with NHL results. However, I'm actually third in EHEC (and second in the NHL), so if FLA wins in the NHL then I'd win in EHEC, correct?

AvsGM wrote:I'd go with NHL results. However, I'm actually third in EHEC (and second in the NHL), so if FLA wins in the NHL then I'd win in EHEC, correct?

Yeah, you're right. The standings page wasn't updated on the EHEC page.

This makes the Lottery on TSN even more exciting!

Atlanta has won the draft lottery.

Detroit maintains the #1 pick.

Whos fucken TERRIBLE idea was that?

The party is on in Detroit!

I have no comment on who is the no 1 pick

There you go I have practised hard on being a boring interview GM.

I can take off my lucky underwear! whew

DET, MIN, COL, ATL, TOR, NYI, FLA, OTT, NJ, DET, EDM, EDM, NSH, EDM is your first round of the non-playoff teams.

weak. guess I can't look to the draft to solve my problems.

jamesredwings wrote:The party is on in Detroit!

I have no comment on who is the no 1 pick

There you go I have practised hard on being a boring interview GM.

I can take off my lucky underwear! whew

+1

Now send me Datsyuk and I'll make it a +2.