Kirby Dach, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
A post-season team will be picking 1st overall at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Although losing in the qualifying round gives those teams a better shot at the selection, don’t expect the Chicago Blackhawks to go down without a fight.
The Chicago Blackhawks had some less than successful years as an organization, before the 2010s seeing a complete change of fortune for this franchise. As a silver lining, losing allowed the organization to acquire better talent in hopes of impacting their future.
Amidst what can be a complex topic, the basic rundown of any draft lottery is such that the worse a team does throughout the season the better their chances are of landing the 1st overall pick in the proceeding NHL Entry Draft.