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Post by Wild74 on Jul 22, 2005 11:05:33 GMT -5
Ok, I'm confused! Has the NHL changed their mind and will hold the actual draft lottery live on TSN at 5 pm or is it only the results that will be unveiled live like originally planned? Here's the TSN article... " The results of the NHL's entry draft lottery, and who gets the No. 1 overall pick, will be carried exclusively on TSN in a special half-hour show on Friday at 4 p.m. (EST).
TSN, which is the rightsholder for the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa on July 30, will carry the lottery event live from New York, where the NHL board of governors will be meeting to ratify the new collective bargaining agreement, approve rule changes for the 2005-06 season and conduct the lottery to determine the order of selection for the entire draft. ..." www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=130851
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Post by Penguins23 on Jul 22, 2005 11:44:10 GMT -5
Nope, they will be picking from 1 to 30 behind closed doors the annoucing from 30 to 1 for more suspense. By live they mean the results will be live I guess.
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Post by Mac_27 on Jul 22, 2005 12:09:26 GMT -5
Speaking of Draft Lotteries... Pens23, Make15 and I did some mock drafts yesterday! we each did one! Pens23's draft 1st- Columbus 2nd- Nashville 3rd- San Jose 4th- New York (Rangers) 5th- Minnesota 6th- Edmonton 7th- Detroit 8th- Montreal 9th- New Jersey 10th- Pittsburgh 11th- Phoenix 12th- Anaheim 13th- Philadelphia 14th- Buffalo 15th- Atlanta 16th- New York Islanders 17th- Toronto 18th- Vancouver 19th- Carolina 20th- Florida 21st- Los Angeles 22nd- Washington 23rd- Ottawa 24th- Dallas 25th- Chicago 26th- Calgary 27th- Colorado 28th- Tampa Bay 29th- St. Louis 30th- Boston
Make15's Draft 1st- Washington 2nd- Florida 3rd- Minnesota 4th- Anaheim 5th- Chicago 6th- New York (Rangers) 7th- Columbus 8th- Tampa Bay 9th- Buffalo 10th- Toronto 11th- New York (Islanders) 12th- Carolina 13th- Pittsburgh 14th- Dallas 15th- Ottawa 16th- Colorado 17th- Edmonton 18th- Phoenix 19th- Los Angeles 20th- New Jersey 21st- Montreal 22nd- Nashville 23rd- Detroit 24th- Atlanta 25th- Calgary 26th- Vancouver 27th- Philadelphia 28th- Boston 29th- San Josh 30th- St. Louis
My Draft Lottery 1st- Dallas 2nd- Colorado 3rd- Calgary 4th- Montreal 5th- Buffalo 6th- Pittsburgh 7th- Washington 8th- Phoenix 9th- Edmonton 10th- Chicago 11th- Atlanta 12th- Florida 13th- New York (Islanders) 14th- Tampa Bay 15th- Anaheim 16th- Minnesota 17th- New Jersey 18th- Philadelphia 19th- Los Angeles 20th- St.Louis 21st- Carolina 22nd- New York (Rangers) 23rd- Boston 24th- Vancouver 25th- Detroit 26th- Columbus 27th- San Jose 28th- Nashville 29th- Toronto 30th- Ottawa
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Post by Penguins23 on Jul 22, 2005 12:27:02 GMT -5
With the inconsistency in the mock lottery's it goes to prove that ANYTHING can happen. The top team in each draft had a different amount of balls. Once with 1,once with 2 the other with 3. The only real consistent team is Boston finishing at the bottom in all three. No one can really predict the results of such a big day in the NHL but boy there will be lots of news about it after. Being a Pens fan and all...
Here are the three teams I would most want to see win the lottery:
1-Pittsburgh -obviously)
2-Calgary -Great Canadian team that I loved watching in the playoffs 1 year ago)
3-Edmonton -Another Canadian team that will benefit from the new Salary Cap and he could be reunited with Pouliot
Three teams I would least like to see win the lottery:
1-Montreal -Montreal has given my Penguins plenty of bad moment and with all the Montreal fans around here I can't imagine how it would be if Crosby went there)
2-Philadelphia- With the good young talent they have (Phantoms won the AHL) like Jeff Carter I can't imagine what they would be like in a few years with Crosby and they are big rivals to the Pens.
3-New York Rangers -Because then all the talks will be about it being rigged
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Post by Mac_27 on Jul 22, 2005 14:04:40 GMT -5
My top 3 Preferences of teams I'd like to see win are Toronto- Favorite NHL team enough said! Columbus- Would love to see Crosby and Nash play together. Pittsburgh- They are kind of my second favorite NHL team, and Crosby and Mario on the same line. Honourable Mention: Calgary, Minnesota, or Tampa Bay Top 3 teams I dread to see Crosby end up on Montreal- That would be brutal Ottawa- It would give them a chance to beat the Leafs in the playoffs New York Rangers- Just all the talk of it being rigged Honourable Mention Colorado, Detroit or Philly
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