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The Florida Panthers Win The Draft Lottery

04/15/2014 at 8:27pm EDT

from NHL.com,

The Florida Panthers will pick first in the 2014 NHL Draft after winning the lottery Tuesday.

As the 29th place team in the final 2013-14 NHL standings, the Panthers entered with an 18.8 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick.

The Buffalo Sabres had the best chance to win the lottery (25 percent) based on their 30th-place finish. The Sabres will pick second.

The draft will be held June 27-28 at Wells Fargo Center, with the Philadelphia Flyers as host.

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