OT - Edmonton wins NHL Draft Lottery

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  1. Edmonton
  2. Buffalo
  3. Arizona
  4. Toronto
  5. Carolina
  6. NJD
  7. Philly
  8. Columbus
  9. San Jose
  10. Colorado
  11. Florida
  12. Dallas
  13. LAK
  14. Boston

CoachBP6

April 18th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^

Buffalo always gets rolled, it's the it's where sports fans go to suffer endlessly. One thing I know, if the sabres ever win the cup, or the bills ever win the super bowl, the celebration would be so massive the entire city would burn to the ground. People thought the saints celebration was big, buffalo would low them out of the water, too bad we'll never get to see it.

bronxblue

April 18th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^

And I thought Cleveland had annoying string of wasted first overall draft picks.  Good luck to whomever they select; that team is a hot mess right now and doesn't look to be getting much better any time soon.

mgoblue0970

April 19th, 2015 at 4:24 PM ^

You need to start dealing in FACTS rather than emotion.  

Mayhew says the same draft day stuff as Millen -- meaning taking what they think is the best player on the board rather than filling a need.  Face it, Ebron was a wasted pick.

Mayhew is a fucking disaster when it comes to contracts.  Under him, the Lions have regularly had the most dead money in the league.  That goes back to BEFORE Suh too!!!!

I don't blame Mayhew necessarily though; it's the Fords.  Before Mayhew was Millen, before Millen was Thomas -- it's all the same shit but different toilet.

Michigan4Life

April 19th, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^

with emotions, not FACTS. Lions were in bad contract situation because they hit on Stafford, Suh and Calvin before the new CBA. They had to take on massive rookie contract and extend both Stafford and Calvin because they're critical to Lions long term plans.

Go find a new team

Michigan4Life

April 19th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^

Mayhew is just as bad as Millen? Are you fucking joking? Mayhew at least got the Lions to the playoff twice. Millen was remotely nowhere near it and ran the franchise into the ground, leading them to 0-16.

Dead money comes off the book after 2015 season and there will be cap increase so Lions have more flexibility to do what they want to do especially when you consider they have to extend Ziggy, Slay, Warford and Levy into a big contract.

The fact you said that Ziggy is a bust is a joke all by itself.

Yostbound and Down

April 18th, 2015 at 10:36 PM ^

Not really... Yakupov was healthy scratched a few times this year. Hall has the most potential but can't put it together with any of his centers. Nugent Hopkins I guess was an all-star this year, but his production is poor for a #1 overall player.

The best young guy they have on their roster is Eberle and they landed him when they weren't awful.

ironman4579

April 18th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^

Yea, but I'd still take Hall and Eberle as first rounders. Nugent-Hopkins hasn't been great for a #1 overall but is still a pretty good player. I think you'd take those three as a good foundation. The bigger problem is those are the only decent players they've gotten out of the draft. If you not only can't find gems past round one but can't even find NHL caliber players, you're going to be in trouble.

jdon

April 18th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^

if your league has to have a lottery, then your league has a fundamental problem...

we all know the NBA is a joke as teams begin tanking in december, but now the NHL has one too?

 

I think teams should lose their first round draft picks if they tank.

jdon

 

rb4kb8

April 19th, 2015 at 12:12 AM ^

There was a great answer to this I saw somewhere...

Once a team is eliminated... Their point total is added up and the highest points get #1 pick.

Teams can't tank. Yet if they are bad, they will have more games to stack up the points than a team that just misses out.

Assume it could work in NBA as well, by counting wins after elimination.




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kurpit

April 19th, 2015 at 1:21 AM ^

Fuck Edmonton, man. I used to want them to get better but screw them. Anything they win is just totally unearned. They have had so many high picks that they should be littered with elite talent, but they're garbage. No love for that organization.

bleed_trueblue17

April 19th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^

Hall, RNH, and Yakupov are all elite talents. It's just just the secondary score son a good day are at best a poor mans Darren helm but with crappy D responsibility.



They have less than stellar goaltending and their D core(due to management not picking D) is way below average. Those kids would have been sick anywhere else, they have no help. The talent is their the mix is not. Not even close

kurpit

April 19th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^

Yakupov had the same amount of points as Helm this year (33). Taylor Hall wasn't far ahead (38). Those are decent numbers, but more like half way to elite. How about Magnus Paajarvi, and Sam Gagner? Because those are 2 more top 10 forward picks in the last decade.

Maybe they should get a solid goaltender like Dubnyk. He seems to be flourishing in Minnesota.