The NHL held its 2017 Draft Lottery Saturday night, and the Vancouver Canucks went into it with 12-percent odds to win the first-overall pick.
For the second year in a row, the lottery didn’t go their way, and they fell to fifth.
In fact, by the time deputy commissioner Bill Daly announced the seventh pick, it was clear that Vancouver had fallen yet again. Three teams below them had already moved into the top three spots: the Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers. Together they pushed the Canucks down from second to fifth.
Entering the lottery, the Flyers had just a 2.