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NHL 2024 Lottery Draft is tomorrow

The NHL will hold their lottery draft tomorrow night (May 7th). In order to jump the news cycle and get out ahead of this, here’s what it means for the Penguins.

Tankathon has the odds laid out in a nice and neat chart to shot the percent chances of each team picking where. Due to the convoluted NHL rules, only certain teams have a shot at the No. 1 pick, and the worst team in the league has more likely odds than not to only end up with the third overall pick (though better chances than any other individual teams to get the first or second selection).