2020 EHEC Draft Lottery

[SharksGM]

The 2020 EHEC Draft Lottery will be tomorrow at 8:00 PM EST. The nominal draft order is as follows:

1) BOS
2) TOR
3) MIN
4) BUF
5) NYI (26 ROW)
6) ANA (28 ROW)
7) PIT
8) CGY (29 ROW)
9) WPG (30 ROW)
10) COL
11) VAN
12) DET
13) WSH
14) NYI via NYR

15) CBJ
16) ARZ
17) TOR via STL
18) NJ
19) MTL via NAS
20) PHI
21) SJ
22) OTT
23) CAR
24) VAN via EDM
25) NJ via LA
26) PIT via MTL

27-30) LA via TB, FLA, DAL via CHI, BUF via DAL

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

BOS 20% (TOR)
TOR 13.5% (EDM)
MIN 11.5% (VAN)
BUF 9.5% (CBJ)
NYI 8.5% (CGY)
ANA 7.5% (WPG)
PIT 6.5% (ARZ)
CGY 6% (BUF)
WPG 5% (MTL)
COL 3.5% (COL)
VAN 3% (NJD)
DET 2.5% (OTT)
WSH 2% (CAR)
NYI via NYR 1% (BOS)

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

How the draw works: There will be (at least) 3 draws of 4 unique random numbers between 1 and 14 to determine the top three selections. The winning combination is taken from the 2016 NHL draft lottery odds table:

http://jets.nhl.com/v2/ext/draft/NHL-Lo ... erical.pdf

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?t=1722420ZJ9DL
2: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722422P8WN5
3: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722426ASKHX
4: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722431FNWHT
5: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722441HEXT8
6: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722442FDMV5
7: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722443YCAAD
8: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1722444VLG9W

(There are extra draws - more than is likely to be necessary - in case the 2nd/3rd draws pick the same teams as the 1st and/or 2nd draws.)

[SharksGM]

Ok, so I brilliantly managed to mess this up by setting the draw to one number instead of four, meaning that all of the draws are useless. I will set up some new ones and leave the old links as a monument to carelessness.

[SharksGM]

LET'S TRY AGAIN

1. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724588W3Q63
2. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724590JLEVB
3. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724592LQYYW
4. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724595RSHXY
5. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724599DBWW8
6. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724600QEQPV
7. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724603FAC4V
8. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1724605D9VUQ

Sorry for the mess up. We will now be airing archival footage of previous years' draft lottery draws until the corrected draw goes ahead at 9PM EST (37 minutes from now).

[SharksGM]

Alright, so the winners are...

6 9 11 12 VAN = MIN
2 5 8 10 TOR = BOS
1 4 6 7 ARI = PIT

This makes the full draft order:

1) MIN
2) BOS
3) PIT
4) TOR
5) BUF
6) NYI (26 ROW)
7) ANA (28 ROW)
8) CGY (29 ROW)
9) WPG (30 ROW)
10) COL
11) VAN
12) DET
13) WSH
14) NYI via NYR
15) CBJ
16) ARZ
17) TOR via STL
18) NJ
19) MTL via NAS
20) PHI
21) SJ
22) OTT
23) CAR
24) VAN via EDM
25) NJ via LA
26) PIT via MTL
27-30) LA via TB, FLA, DAL via CHI, BUF via DAL

Congrats to the winners and commiserations to Toronto for dropping two spots, I suppose.

[TorontoGM]

[SensGM]

This makes the full draft order:

1) MIN
2) BOS

Quite happy that Lafreniere doesn't land in the Northeast. Sorry Bruins.

BTW, the 22nd overall pick belongs to NYI.

[IslandersGM]

riots all over the place right now - the bottom 3 all got bumped.. wow!

I'll still take that early pick. Not complaining!

[Bruins_GM]

Two years in a row?

[The-Boss-GM]

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

[DetroitGM]

Here's hoping that doesn't happen with the current actual NHL standings (the top four picks would all be in the Atlantic division - Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa).

Congrats to the winners, condolences to those who lost and those who are, like me, just outside of the top tier prospects (there's a pretty clear gap between 11th and 12th in draft rankings right now...)

[SharksGM]

Two years in a row?

Well with 20% odds of winning each you had 64% odds of winning neither, so...

Here's hoping that doesn't happen with the current actual NHL standings (the top four picks would all be in the Atlantic division - Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa).

As a not-Ottawa fan, the outcome seems very likely to be disappointing, with a modest chance of hilarity.

[DetroitGM]

As a not-Ottawa fan, the outcome seems very likely to be disappointing, with a modest chance of hilarity.

I live and grew up in Ottawa, getting in fights with Sens fans in elementary school and high school, so the last few years have been hilarious but I am wary of the future in light of this draft...

[PittsburghGM]

I'll take it

[SensGM]

I'll take it

And trade it to me.

[The-Boss-GM]

https://chl.ca/article/5-questions-with ... lafreniere

Question 6: What do you think of Minnesota?

AF: "Love it!"

[DetroitGM]

https://chl.ca/article/5-questions-with ... lafreniere

Question 6: What do you think of Minnesota?

AF: "Love it!"

Oh ya? Not taking Byfield then? :p

[SensGM]

https://chl.ca/article/5-questions-with ... lafreniere

Question 6: What do you think of Minnesota?

AF: "Love it!"

Eichel and AF will be a wonderful core for the Wild.

[AvalancheGM]

AF? What happened to AL?

[DetroitGM]

AF? What happened to AL?

What, you don't think unranked Swedish overager Adam Falk is the best player in the draft?

(turns out there were no undrafted U21 players with the initials A.F. in the NCAA, WHL, OHL, KHL, Liiga, or Mestis during 19-20, while the only one in the QMJHL, Alex Falardeau, is 8 days too young to be eligible for 2020. I did find two in the USHL and 5 in the MHL though, to go along with Falk, the only one in both the SHL and SuperElit)

[Edmonton Mike]

AF? What happened to AL?

But now the real question: you think he's going for Alexis Lafreniere or Alex Laferriere?

[The-Boss-GM]

AF? What happened to AL?

Haha!

Someone from the PR department needs to be fired.

[SharksGM]

BTW, the 22nd overall pick belongs to NYI.

Just so I never have to check these things manually again, here is the full draft order (the last four picks are still TBD):

https://ehec.pro/draftorder.php