Here in Philadelphia, we were hoping not to care about the 2017 NHL Draft Lottery. But alas, we must — and we’ll be checking in Saturday night, April 29, as the NHL gathers in Toronto for the 2017 lottery.
There’s a new wrinkle in this year’s lottery thanks to the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. We got into the nitty gritty of the Vast National Hockey League Conspiracy* against the Philadelphia Flyers over in this post, but the basics are that the league’s 31st team have the same odds of winning the lottery as if they finished third-worst in the NHL in 2016-17.