from Dan Cleary of the Detroit Free Press,

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.

General manger Ken Holland will be the Wings’ representative during the TV show. The expected format is the NHL first will announce the teams that pick from 15th to sixth, then taking a break before coming back to announce which team picks fifth, then fourth, then third, then first.

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