Draft Position Before The Lottery

1st - TOR

2nd - EDM

3rd - VAN

4th - CBJ

5th - CAL

6th - WPG

 

Edited April 10, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

37 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Freudian slip. I was hungry at the time.

There are no spell check/grammer police on MBB

Don't worry about it. Just let the teasing row off your back..

mmmmmmmm rolls ...

Roll, roll, roll your boat gently downstream.

24 minutes ago, iso_55 said:

Roll, roll, roll your boat gently downstream.

Roll, roll, roll your tank gently up the draft.

 

Current Standings - Mar 30 - 2334

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

VAN - 67

CBJ - 68

WPG - 69

 

Tonight's Winners: WPG

Tonights Losers:

Edited March 31, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Current Standings - Apr 1 - 0015

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 68

VAN - 69

WPG - 69

 

Tonight's Winners: TOR , CBJ , CAL

Tonights Losers: VAN +2

Our guaranteed loss tonight against the Blackhawks and our upcoming nightmare roadtrip should go a long way towards securing a good draft pick

Top pick would be great but still happier than a pig in do-do with a top 3 or 4 pick.

All NHL ready players.

I can't even imagine what the excitement level would be like if we got Matthews.  Just crazy.

Current Standings - Apr 2 - 0035

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 68

WPG - 70

VAN - 71

 

Tonight's Winners:

Tonights Losers: WPG +1 , VAN +2

 

Saturday Night match-ups : DET playing their 2nd game in 2 nights against TOR , CAL @ EDM , CBJ @ CAR

Edited April 2, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

We will finish 4th or 5th but probably end up with a top 3 pick somehow 

Current Standings - Apr 3 - 0105

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 70

WPG - 70

 

Tonight's Winners: TOR , EDMonton can do no worse then 30th after tonight's loss.

Tonights Losers: CBJ +2

Edited April 7, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Current Standings - Apr 3 - 2147

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 70

VAN - 71

WPG - 72

 

Tonight's Winners:

Tonight's Losers: WPG +2

45 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Current Standings - Apr 3 - 2147

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 70

VAN - 71

WPG - 72

 

Tonight's Winners:

Tonight's Losers: WPG +2

Argggggh! The only saving grace is the three game California road trip and many of the other "contenders" for the good draft lottery position are playing each other   

19 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Argggggh! The only saving grace is the three game California road trip and many of the other "contenders" for the good draft lottery position are playing each other   

Tru dat but EDM has only 2 games left so even if they win those...

I feel real good about EDM getting Auston Matthews...said no one ever!

Edited April 4, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Edmonton won't win the lottery. Cbj will 

Jets will end up picking 7. And this season will feel like it was all for naught 

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Jets will end up picking 7. And this season will feel like it was all for naught 

Ya exactly. Thanks for nothing Jets.

We'd still get a pretty good player at 7th.

Current Standings - Apr 4 - 0002

EDM - 67

TOR - 67

CBJ - 70

WPG - 72

 

Tonight's Winners: CBJ , TOR

Tonight's Losers: VAN +2

 

Remaining games

TOR - CBJ , PHI , NJ

CBJ - TOR , BUF , CHI

WPG - ANA, LA, SJ

EDM - VAN , VAN

Edited April 5, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Rumors are jets top 4 are Matthews Laine Puljujarvi and Tkachuk actually. Apparently they have dubois ranked behind the d men now

At 5 6 or 7 one of Tkachuk or the D men would still be there I'm sure so they will get a good player regardless.

 

Jets should get 2 pretty good prospects out of this draft actually. It's not that deep but heck even their 2nd Rd pick should be a decent player down the road. I'd say top 35 to 40 is solid. After that it's hit n miss for sure. 

Edited April 5, 20169 yr by Goalie

I think they might consider packaging their 2nd and Chicago's 1st to move up if there is someone they really like.  But between their top three picks (2 first and their second) they should land three good players.

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I think they might consider packaging their 2nd and Chicago's 1st to move up if there is someone they really like.  But between their top three picks (2 first and their second) they should land three good players.

grab Tkachuk at 7 and then if Chrycrun (sp?) is still there move up with the package you describe and grab him at 9 or 10.

"During the final 20 games of the season, improve the draft lottery odds for those bottom-dwelling teams that win games rather than lose games during that stretch. In other words, the more points you pick up in the standings during that final stretch, the better your odds in the lottery. It's almost like reversing the standings for the final quarter of the schedule."

This is the idea brought up by Ray Ferraro, now a sports analyst with TSN. This idea bears looking into if you ask me.

More on this:

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/15138601/nhl-give-teams-toronto-maple-leaf-vancouver-canucks-incentive-win-not-tank

This seems like the best way to go.  I'd make it from the day after the trade deadline.  What's interesting is, it impacts those bottom teams because they will be more reluctant to just sell off the farm to tank.  They will have to measure winning versus trading away players that can bring them a return for the future.

The only issue is it doesnt address the point of the draft, to help out the worst teams.  In this model the worst team doesnt get the best pick (or best odds). 

But you look at this year where Edmonton (who is mind-numbing in how they are in last place after drafting first for what seems like a decade) and Toronto who clearly went into tank mode, versus a team like the Jets who are actually playing decent and trying to win but could still use help in the draft and should be rewarded for not trying to lose any year of their existence (in Winnipeg).