So there's 50 balls from my count in total. Each ball has a 2% chance of being pick. Team with most balls is Columbus with 5, so 10% chance to win.
But really its just a 90% chance to lose. If this is the way they draft this year, its really a crapshoot, for all we know, Detroit could replace Lidstrom with Jones, Nashville replace Suter, NJ could offset the loss of Parise with Mckinnon, Pittsburgh could add another elite C to their arsenal, Toronto could finally have a #1C, Anahiem could finally get a 1B, Edmonton could get their #1 D man, Cbus can get another franchise player, the list goes on.
Who knows, Columbus could have the same story as Pittsburgh, lost 1st overall which was a russian, end up with 1st pick during lockout and take the kid from Nova Scotia.
This sort of dismissal would be a large part why...
...and this isn't true, unless you consider being constantly told you don't deserve a team and it should be removed from the league to somehow not be "ill will".
I'm just more bitter than usual of late 'cause for way too many people, the solution to "we might all lose hockey for a while!" is "just take away hockey forever for these other second-class fans, they won't miss it."
I actually think CBJ has pretty good fans. Horrible management and scouting. But the fans have stuck around exceptionally well for how pathetic the franchise has been. I think they've been as loyal as any market would be outside of a very select few.
Pick 1: CHICAGO
Pick 2: COLUMBUS
Pick 3: WINNIPEG
Pick 4: NEW JERSEY
Pick 5: WASHINGTON
Pick 6: NEW YORK RANGERS (cbj)
Pick 7: CAROLINA
Pick 8: CALGARY
Pick 9: MINNESOTA
Pick 10: BOSTON
Pick 11: ANAHEIM
Pick 12: TORONTO
Pick 13: DETROIT
Pick 14: NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Pick 15: PHOENIX
Pick 16: FLORIDA
Pick 17: DALLAS
Pick 18: BUFFALO
Pick 19: MONTREAL
Pick 20: PHILADELPHIA
Pick 21: TAMPA BAY
Pick 22: VANCOUVER
Pick 23: OTTAWA
Pick 24: COLORADO
Pick 25: PITTSBURGH
Pick 26: SAN JOSE
Pick 27: ST. LOUIS
Pick 28: NASHVILLE
Pick 29: EDMONTON
Pick 30: LOS ANGELES (cbj)
I like it. CBJ with 2 top 6 picks.
what i dont like is washington with a top 10 pick and chicago with the #1...
The only reason to hope there actually is a year lockout.
Pick 1: Toronto
Pick 2: Florida
Pick 3: Ottawa
Pick 4: Dallas
Pick 5: Calgary
Pick 6: Carolina
Pick 7: San Jose
Pick 8: New York (Columbus)
Pick 9: Boston
Pick 10: Minnesota
Pick 11: Vancouver
Pick 12: Los Angeles (Columbus)
Pick 13: Phoenix
Pick 14: Washington
Pick 15: Winnipeg
Pick 16: St. Louis
Pick 17: Anaheim
Pick 18: Detroit
Pick 19: Columbus
Pick 20: Pittsburgh
Pick 21: Chicago
Pick 22: Tampa Bay
Pick 23: Nashville
Pick 24: Phillidalpheia
Pick 25: New Jersey
Pick 26: Colorado
Pick 27: New York (I)
Pick 28: Montreal
Pick 29: Edmonton
Pick 30: Buffalo
One thing is for sure: if there is an actual lottery Columbus should do pretty well with 3 1sts compared to everyones 1
Not really. As previously stated, if such a lottery follows the same format as 2005, we end up with a 10% chance of getting the 1st overall - as opposed to 50/50 this past year.
And lottery luck and the Blue Jackets are concepts that have never met.
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Seth Jones on the Canucks. Our first ever franchise defenseman. Make it happen, Bettman.(Obviously I do not want nor endorse a lockout, BUT if it were inevitable...)
1. Winnipeg - Nathan MacKinnon
2. Ottawa - Seth Jones
3. Columbus - Aleksander Barkov
4. Minnesota - Hunter Shinkaruk
5. Florida - Sean Monahan
6. Phoenix - Curtis Lazar
7. Tampa Bay - Ryan Pulock
8. Detroit - Rasmus Ristolainen
9. Anaheim - Elias Lindholm
10. NY Islanders - Jonathan Drouin
11. Colorado - Max Domi
12. Columbus (from NYR) - Kerby Rychel
13. Buffalo - Ryan Kujawinsky
14. Dallas - Robert Hägg
15. Chicago - Hudson Fasching
16. Montreal - Anthony Duclair
17. Carolina - Nick Sörensen
18. Philadelphia - Josh Morrissey
19. Columbus (from LAK) - Artturi Lehkonen
20. New Jersey - Valeri Nichushkin
21. Edmonton - J.T. Compher
22. Nashville - Adam Erne
23. Calgary - Jacob De La Rose
24. Toronto - Bo Horvat
25. St. Louis - Zack Fucale
26. Boston - Will Butcher
27. San Jose - Anthony Mantha
28. Washington - Nikita Zadorov
29. Vancouver - Tyler Motte
30. Pittsburgh - Oliver Björkstrand
What happens to the NHL Draft 2012/2013 if the lockout wipes out the entire season?
How is the placements of the draft determined if there is a lock out for the whole year (I hope it doesn't go that far). Which team picks in what position? Based on the previous year?
I would assume they have the same system used for the 2005 Draft where teams get a certin number of balls based on how many times they made the Playoffs, how many times they won the 1st overall pick and how many times in a row they missed the Playoffs. So a team like the Leafs would have one of the best chances at the #1 pick and I can't see what other system they could use to determine the 2013 Draft order.
So teams that already got early picks should be entitled to more early picks?
The Oilers need a defenseman 1st overall to compliment all the forwards
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