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NHL Board of Governors approves Draft Lottery changes; what you need to know

The NHL’s Board of Governors have approved the proposals to the NHL Draft Lottery. Here’s everything you need to know.

How we got here

Steve Yzerman and the Detroit Red Wings were livid behind closes doors and let the NHL know about it. Calls for change were demanded and it sounds like they got what they wanted.

“NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirming to me that the league is working on changing the format for the draft lottery,” Pierre LeBrun said on Insider Trading. “Something’s going to be presented to the Board of Governors sooner rather than later.