Sunday, April 8, 2012

Fixing the NHL Entry Draft Lottery System: Playoff For Number One | The Hockey Writers

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Fixing the NHL Entry Draft Lottery System: Playoff For Number One | The Hockey Writers:

The NHL Draft Lottery system requires revamping

NEW YORK/TORONTO – For the eighteenth time* since its inception in 1995, the National Hockey League Draft Drawing, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2012 NHL Draft, will take place Tuesday, April 10, at 8 p.m. ET.

The League, in cooperation with TSN, will announce the results of the Draft Lottery live during a 30-minute program, produced and televised by TSN in Canada. The special presentation also will air in the U.S. on NBC Sports Network. Here’s hoping there’s not a nineteenth time.

*Sidenote: In 2005, a.k.a. the Crosby Draft, all teams had equal chances of getting the number 1 selection since it was after the lockout.

The NHL entry draft lottery system is broken and it’s about time to revamp it.

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