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Detroit Red Wings assistant will know NHL lottery fate before Ken Holland

Detroit Red Wings president and CEO Chris Ilitch and general manager Ken Holland answer questions Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena.

Daniel Cleary will know before anyone else with the Detroit Red Wings if they get lucky.

Cleary, the Red Wings' player development assistant, will be the Wings man in the room Saturday in Toronto when the NHL holds the draft lottery to determine where this year’s non-playoff teams will pick in the first round of June’s draft. Cleary, along with other teams’ lottery witnesses, will not have any means of communication and will be sequestered until the news is revealed while televised.