Whole lotto suckin’ (Blackhawks 2023 offseason)

[jersey cubs fan]

The nhl draft lottery is a little over a week away. The Blackhawks don’t have great odds to land Bedard. 
 

they might not wind up with any of the top picks. One guy they might have to settle on is Will Smith from the us National development team, and team USA’s 18U team, that just won their semifinal matchup to head to world championship finals Sunday in Switzerland. The non slappy Will Smith had a hat trick. Could he be the guy they have to settle for? Perhaps. 

Edited April 29, 2023 by jersey cubs fan

[jersey cubs fan]

https://theathletic.com/4495439/2023/05/07/2023-nhl-draft-lottery-blackhawks/?source=user_shared_article

lottery is tonight 

[Nolansomebody]

Let's go see who wins the Connor Bedard Sweepstakes!

[Derwood]

As I stated in the other topic, the odds to get the #1 pick are not the same as the odds of winning the lottery (though mostly for Anaheim)

[jersey cubs fan]

8 minutes ago, Derwood said:

As I stated in the other topic, the odds to get the #1 pick are not the same as the odds of winning the lottery (though mostly for Anaheim)

Because if any of teams that are ineligible to move up to 1 actually win it then Anaheim still automatically gets 1. 

[jersey cubs fan]

The athletic had a good article explaining the process for the lottery, it was pretty informative. 

 

https://theathletic.com/4453404/2023/05/05/nhl-draft-lottery-format-rules-odds/?source=user_shared_article

Edited May 8, 2023 by jersey cubs fan

[Derwood]

This draft lottery has me more anxious than any draft (in any sport) in recent memory

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If the Blackhawks end up 4th/5th, they should think hard about Michkov.   He's considered an uber-talent, possibly at the same level as Bedard (although that's not unanimous), but you have to wait 3 years for his KHL contract to be up and there's always the risk that something weird happens with Russian politics.  But it's worth noting that pretty much every Russian player drafted to date who is worth bringing over has come over..

There's four A-tier talents in this draft, and despite some late helium for that Smith kid, I think there's a big dropoff between the 4th and 5th best talent.   If you can take one of the other three (Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson) then do it, but I'd rather see them wait/risk on Michkov than drop down to the next tier of prospect.

Bedard is obviously the main prize.  I've seen some people say he's at McDavid/Crosby level as a prospect, but a lot of people have him a tier lower.  He's a little on the small side and he's not an unbelievable skater.  In terms of status as a prospect, he's better than Kane was when he was drafted (widely considered a weak-ish No. 1 overall).

Fantilli is just a textbook two-way center with size, speed, grit and skill.  He'd definitely be a first overall pick in many years.  Comps to someone like MacKinnon or Eichel.

Carlsson is even a little bigger than Fantilli, but not as physical.  More of a playmaking center but not a defensive liability.  Draws a lot of Kopitar comps, and I hate to say it but he reminds me a bit of a young Toews.

[jersey cubs fan]

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

So that was weird.  They didn't announce the 3rd pick but cut to commercial saying it was Columbus and either Chicago or Anaheim have the first pick.  Unless my DVR skipped something.  

Edited May 9, 2023 by PosterToBeNamedLater

[Brian707]

50/50 shot!

[Derwood]

No one has jumped at all. 

I'm sweating over here. At least the Jackets didn't fall out of the top 3

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

So that was weird.  They didn't announce the 3rd pick but cut to commercial saying it was Columbus and either Chicago or Anaheim have the first pick. 

They didn't say that on the telecast?

[Derwood]

RIGGED

[Tim]

Let the conspiracy theories begin!!!!!

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Don't even care if it was rigged.  No one cares about the Ducks (sorry Kyle).

[sweetpeteman]

I'm trying to not start laughing in the middle of a family gathering right now.

[UMFan83]

WOW WE DID IT! lmao

[Derwood]

I called the Blackhawks getting that pick like 2 months ago. NHL didn't want Bedard going to a small market team

[Hairyducked Idiot]

lol the conspiracy theories are never gonna let this one go

[UMFan83]

We absolutely don’t deserve it but I’ll take it!

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

They didn't say that on the telecast?

On ESPN, they announced the 4th pick.  Then it cut to the host going to commercial saying "and thats the first change in the order with Columbus picking 3rd, so it will either be Chicago or Anaheim picking first" or something like that.  It was clearly a weird mistake like they played the wrong thing at the wrong time or something.  Then they came back and hadn't revealed any of the top 3 yet.  

[17 Seconds]

that's a franchise changer

[Brian707]

Do they bring Kane back now?

[Tim]

1 minute ago, PosterToBeNamedLater said:

On ESPN, they announced the 4th pick.  Then it cut to the host going to commercial saying "and thats the first change in the order with Columbus picking 3rd, so it will either be Chicago or Anaheim picking first" or something like that.  It was clearly a weird mistake like they played the wrong thing at the wrong time or something.  Then they came back and hadn't revealed any of the top 3 yet.  

Yeah, it's just going to add to the conspiracies. It's great.