It's A Live Blog For The NHL Draft Lottery

05/08/2023 at 7:30pm EDT

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05/08/2023

No Luck For The Wings

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

Hello... Hello... the echo in this empty room

Paul

Coming up, the lottery.

Coming soon.

A day fans wait for, coming.

Connor, tell us something about yourself. Lottery coming soon.

Just do it.

Paul

Wings stay at #9

StargateSG1

Oh well, no lottery luck again

Paul

The Red Wings found no luck in this years lottery. They will pick No. 9 overall in the 2023 NHL Draft lottery. pic.twitter.com/CbJI4dTuTo
Brad Galli (@BradGalli) May 9, 2023

Paul

Coming up, it's Ducks or Blackhawks for Bedard.

Kate

Thanks Gary. Ass.

Paul

Bedard will be a Blackhawk

bigfrogPaul

Called that one. So obvious.

KatePaul

Even Miss Cleo could have predicted that correctly😉

StargateSG1

LOL, of course it had to be the damn Chicago

bigfrogStargateSG1

I predicted it last week. Bettman is so obvious. The only surprise is Crybaby not passing the Red Wings.

Royal Grand Exalted PooBah

There is no justice.

RedMenace

What the actual fuck was that garbage?

Guess the Wings need some scandals to get anything of value in this league.

I love you, Chelios, but this is one time I will tell you to stfu.

Paul

How the 2023 NHL Draft order shapes up. ⤵ pic.twitter.com/ush1gfeDjY
Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 9, 2023

Paul

Well, that's classic. Nobody tanked harder than the Blackhawks, and they slop their way to the No. 1 pick and Connor Bedard. Kinda gross, to be honest.
Bob Wojnowski (@bobwojnowski) May 9, 2023

Paul

How does Columbus drop to #3 BEFORE they flip the card. The whole purpose of the draft lottery show is transparency and this is anything but. #Questions
Allan Walsh🏒 (@walsha) May 9, 2023

PaulPaul

Some media witnessed the lottery in a room with Bettman, all are saying legit, no funny business.

bigfrogPaul

Yea. Right. Probably Chicago media.

PaulPaul

Media on Twitter had Columbus with the 3rd pick before Columbus card was flipped, hmmm.

PaulPaul

Wait, what just happened... Weekes just said Columbus had dropped to third, but they didn't show the card flip?
Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) May 9, 2023

OTC

I love Kyle Davidson's reaction: "I'm kind of shocked, actually." What they cut out was: "Damn, Lil' Gary said we were gonna to get the #1 and the #2 pick because...well...because."

The League's worst nightmare would have been seeing Bedard go to either Columbus or Arizona. He had to go to a big media market for the good of the League.

I normally don't believe in conspiracy theories but, come on, this is just too damn convenient, and too damn predictable.

bigfrogOTC

The Red Wings get the shaft. No surprise.

Paul

Heres the reaction from our very own Ken Daniels on the @DetroitRedWings No. 9 draft pick. Still many great options available in the 2023 NHL Draft.

What do you think, Red Wings fans? 🧐#LGRW pic.twitter.com/nURGjHWfCc
Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) May 9, 2023

KaszyckiandhisKrew

This was worse than when Patrick Ewing was 'selected" by the Knicks. Of course he was going to an Original Six team or the Flyers. Would totally have been Pittsburgh if they qualified. I noticed on the broacast too that Weeksie claimed CBJ was third before they turned the card. What a joke. It's disheartening to be a fan of a small market club, this proves the point.

Shanny_Fan

This seems wrigged again.

I don't understand why they don't just put 200 lottery balls in a machine with team logos on them and do it live on the air. 1 ball for every 0.5% chance. If a team wins the first lottery their balls do nothing if they're pulled in the second lottery. That was like watching the results of a 3rd world election.

EthrDemonShanny_Fan

It seems easier to me to fix a drawing where the balls themselves are associated with specific teams (and could therefore be altered in advance) than the current system where none of the numbered balls are "owned" by a specific team.

Just show the damn drawing live, dynamically update the odds graphics as each ball is chosen, and cut the fake suspense of the envelope reveals

NHLJeffShanny_Fan

Full video of the lottery drawing. It seems pretty clear that it is not rigged.

Bill_HShanny_Fan

It seems to me if, after the first drawing, all of the winning team's lottery balls aren't removed before the 2nd drawing the odds are altered.

PaulShanny_Fan

That would be too easy SF.

bigfrogPaul

Also would probably harder to cheat.

Paul

NHL and broadcaster Kevin Weekes both declined to comment when reached by The Athletic for comment/explanation about the early on-air revelation that #CBJ were picking No. 3 ahead of deputy commish Bill Daly flipping the placard.

Seems a production error led to Weekes' flub.
Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) May 9, 2023

NHLJeffPaul

I don't really understand why this was that big of a deal. The drawing is done prior to the unveiling with the cards, so the network already knew the draft order. This was just a graphic screw up.

MZ2215Paul

Multi-billion dollar company doing a production for a mulit-billion dollar league and that's the best they can offer. Fuckin embarrassing. Every year it's something stupid that makes them look shady and there's just no defending them anymore.

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