The NHL draft lottery takes place tonight at 6 pm (Mtn) and all Oiler fans will be tuned in! The Oilers have a 25% chance of winning the lottery and a 48.2% chance of retaining the first overall position. Lottery odds for all the teams are here. The 30th place team has retained the first overall pick 3 times in the past 4 years.
After a horrible year and finishing 12 points from the 29th team, the Oilers are hoping for a lottery win. If any team deserves a lottery win, it really is this team. They had 530 man games lost to injury (I can’t find a list of all team’s injury count but this is very very high) and after the loss of our goalie early on, the two backups could not keep the team afloat.
Anyways, there are two very good players in this draft and they’re rankings by scouts have flipped between first and second all year. TSN put up their ranking chart and has Hall sitting in first, but Sequin is listed first by Central Scouting.
I’m off to Hudson’s for the Oilers draft lottery party and let’s hope the Oilers finally win something this year. In any case, the Oilers will draft higher than ever before.
Also, here are my thoughts on Souray and his temper tantrum the other day. I still do not like the public thrashing he does of the Oilers, but if management did pressure him to return from injury early, clean house. But the responsibility should remain with the player….if you’re not ready to return, do not. A gun was not held to your head.
GOILERS!!
