2011 NHL Draft Lottery - Tue. April 12th - 8:00pm EST

Well, the moment is here... the DRAFT lottery goes tonight.



http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=18342

TSN has live coverage tonight starting at 7:00pm with a Fantasy Draft Special followed by the 2011 NHL Draft Lottery @ 8:00pm.

Sens fans had hoped to be in a bit better position, but we find ourselves in 5th spot. Current lottery positions are as follows:



Hopefully the Sens can win the lottery and move up to the top!

GO SENS GO!!!

That table lists the percentage that an NHL team has of being selected first in the Draft Drawing, not the chance of landing the first overall pick. The team drawn out first moves up a maximum of four spots and that means Edmonton has a 48.2 percent chance of picking first overall because teams seeded sixth to 14th could win the draw, but could not jump past the Oilers.

Not great odds that we get first but at least there is still hope.

It would be nice if they got the 1st overall but it honestly doesnt matter all that much. Being bumped from 5th to 6th isn't even that big of a deal.

Of course it matters..MUCH. The 1st overall pick would guarantee Ottawa the prospect they want. I'd rather have one of RNH, Landeskog, or Larsson over anyone else...Picking #1 guarantees that. Being bumped from 5 to 6 isn't that big a deal, but winning the lottery certainly would be.

shabbs wrote:Well, the moment is here... the DRAFT lottery goes tonight.

TONIGHT??!?!??!?!?!

shabbs wrote:Well, the moment is here... the DRAFT lottery goes tonight.



http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=18342

TSN has live coverage tonight starting at 7:00pm with a Fantasy Draft Special followed by the 2011 NHL Draft Lottery @ 8:00pm.

Sens fans had hoped to be in a bit better position, but we find ourselves in 5th spot. Current lottery positions are as follows:



Hopefully the Sens can win the lottery and move up to the top!

GO SENS GO!!!

LOL -- thanks for this, Shabbs! I just, just asked this question over in another thread.

I'm here for ya man...

This is a good breakdown of how the odds work out as the picks wind down....

http://healthyscratches.blogspot.com/

I'm preparing myself for the 5th pick, don't want to get my hopes up!

Yep, obviously the most likely scenario is we pick 5th. Which isn't too shabby. The real question is how aggressive will Murray be to move up? And at what cost?

tim1_2 wrote:Yep, obviously the most likely scenario is we pick 5th. Which isn't too shabby. The real question is how aggressive will Murray be to move up? And at what cost?

I believe the NSH pick is off limits, but he may try to package up a pair of seconds to see if he can move up. That's about as far as he goes, I believe.

The Oilers have a Draft Lottery Simulator you can try out...

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558177

EDIT: The simulator is wrong. It has Toronto in 10th... they're in 9th. Stoopid Oilers.

shabbs wrote:The Oilers have a Draft Lottery Simulator you can try out...

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558177

EDIT: The simulator is wrong. It has Toronto in 10th... they're in 9th. Stoopid Oilers.

WTF, I've been sitting here for a few mins just hitting the button to simulate and Ottawa just will not win, but just about every other team has. Edmonton, Atlanta, NYI, Florida, Colorado, St. Louis... the hatred!!!!


Edit: Add Minnesota to the list too.

EDIT: And Boston.... and Now Columbus... and Carolina....

YAY! Ottawa finally wins one!!!

Dash wrote:

shabbs wrote:The Oilers have a Draft Lottery Simulator you can try out...

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=558177

EDIT: The simulator is wrong. It has Toronto in 10th... they're in 9th. Stoopid Oilers.

WTF, I've been sitting here for a few mins just hitting the button to simulate and Ottawa just will not win, but just about every other team has. Edmonton, Atlanta, NYI, Florida, Colorado, St. Louis... the hatred!!!!


Edit: Add Minnesota to the list too.

EDIT: And Boston.... and Now Columbus... and Carolina....

YAY! Ottawa finally wins one!!!

Ha. I got it on my first try.