It’s now been ten years since I wrote a column that lives in infamy.
Back then, while working for a site called Grantland, I decided it would be fun to write a power rankings-style column about the upcoming NHL draft lottery. There was a kid named Connor McDavid available that year, so the lottery had huge ramifications for the teams involved. So I wrote the piece, one that built towards the main punchline that any result would be fine as long as the Oilers didn’t win. And everyone had a good laugh.
Then the lottery happened, and nobody was laughing anymore.