April 11, 200620 yr NHL Draft drawing to be conducted April 20 NEW YORK --- The National Hockey League Draft Drawing, a weighted lottery system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2006 Entry Draft, will take place Thursday, April 20, at 12 p.m., ET, at the NHL's New York office. The Draft Drawing will involve clubs that do not qualify for this season�s Stanley Cup Playoffs, or clubs that acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff clubs. The Draft Drawing result does not affect the draft order for the remainder of the first round and rounds two through seven. The club selected in the Draft Drawing may not move up more than four positions in the draft order. Thus the only clubs with the opportunity to receive the first overall selection are the five clubs with the lowest regular-season point totals (or clubs that acquired those clubs� first-round drafting positions). No club can move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Drawing. Under the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points will have the greatest chance (25%) of winning the Draft Drawing and will pick no lower than second at the 2006 Entry Draft. Fourteen balls, numbered 1-14, will be placed in a lottery machine and four will be expelled, forming a series of numbers. There are 1,001 numerical combinations possible, and one combination has been eliminated to make the odds equitable. A probability chart divides the possible combinations among the 14 participating clubs. The four-digit series that results from the expulsion of the balls will be compared to the probability chart to determine the team to which that combination has been assigned. If the eliminated series is drawn, a 0.1% probability, the drawing will be re-held immediately. After the club selected moves up, the balance of the first 14 draft selections are adjusted by one, with the appropriate clubs moving down one slot to accommodate the winner, if necessary. The current percentage chance of being selected in the Draft Drawing is as follows, based on inverse order of finish among non-playoff clubs: 30th 25.0% 29th 18.8% 28th 14.2% 27th 10.7% 26th 8.1% 25th 6.2% 24th 4.7% 23rd 3.6% 22nd 2.7% 21st 2.1% 20th 1.5% 19th 1.1% 18th 0.8% 17th 0.5% The 2006 NHL Entry Draft will take place at General Motors Place in Vancouver on Saturday, June 24 at 3 p.m., Pacific time. Results of Previous Draft Drawings Year Selected Effect On Draft Order Player Selected 1995 Los Angeles Moved from 7th to 3rd D Aki Berg 1996 Ottawa Retained 1st selection D Chris Phillips 1997 Boston Retained 1st selection C Joe Thornton 1998 Tampa Bay Moved from 3rd to 1st via trades C Vincent Lecavalier 1999 Chicago Moved from 8th to 4th RW Pavel Brendl * 2000 NY Islanders Moved from 5th to 1st G Rick DiPietro 2001 Atlanta Moved from 3rd to 1st LW Ilya Kovalchuk 2002 Florida Moved from 3rd to 1st LW Rick Nash ** 2003 Florida Moved from 4th to 1st G Marc-Andre Fleury *** 2004 Washington Moved from 3rd to 1st LW Alexander Ovechkin 2005 Pittsburgh n/a C Sidney Crosby * NY Rangers obtained Chicago's pick in a trade (via Vancouver and Tampa Bay). The Rangers selected RW Pavel Brendl fourth overall. ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. *** Pittsburgh obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Penguins selected G Marc-Andre Fleury first overall. http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/04/268126.html
April 12, 200620 yr ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. :mischief
April 12, 200620 yr ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. :mischief Who's Rick Nash?
April 12, 200620 yr Author ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. :mischief Who's Rick Nash? A selfish superstar.
April 12, 200620 yr ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. :mischief Who's Rick Nash? A selfish superstar. How is he selfish? I hope that was some kind of lame joke. Oh, you're going to drop that lame goals vs. assists argument on me. Who exactly was he supposed to pass to? We have more weapons now and he has 29 goals and 20 assists in 49 games. Don't be bitter because you could have had him and gave him to us for nothing.
April 12, 200620 yr ** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall. :mischief Who's Rick Nash? A selfish superstar. How is he selfish? I hope that was some kind of lame joke. Oh, you're going to drop that lame goals vs. assists argument on me. Who exactly was he supposed to pass to? We have more weapons now and he has 29 goals and 20 assists in 49 games. Don't be bitter because you could have had him and gave him to us for nothing. You gave us a garden hose in the deal.
April 12, 200620 yr In all fairness, it was a damn good gardenhose. Yes, yes it was. Do you think we would just give up the chance at Rick Nash for any old garden hose? I think you know the answer to that!
April 12, 200620 yr 2005 Pittsburgh n/a C Sidney Crosby Rangers got hosed. No way they would have been the 15th best team in league with that roster.
April 12, 200620 yr Well I guess I wont have much interest in the lottery this year because the panthers wont get a chance at a top pick. That is a good thing, because it means we have actually improved
April 12, 200620 yr Will there be a consensus #1 in this draft? Any Ovechkin's or Crosby's out there???
April 12, 200620 yr Will there be a consensus #1 in this draft? Any Ovechkin's or Crosby's out there??? Ovechkin and Crosby are generational talents. It's amazing players of their calibres were available in back to back drafts. In fact, outside of the year Mac Andre Fleury went #1 overall, there has been some amazing talent pools in recent drafts. This year it looks like Jordan Staal will go #1 overall, but he's not in the same class as Crosby or Ovechkin.
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