[canucker]

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TSN to show NHL Draft Lottery

TSN.ca Staff

7/19/2005 7:05:31 PM

The results of the NHL's entry draft lottery, and who gets the No. 1 overall pick, will be carried exclusively on The Sports Network in a special half-hour show on Friday at 4 p.m. (EST).

TSN, which is the rightsholder for the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa on July 30, will carry the lottery event live from New York, where the NHL board of governors will be meeting to ratify the new collective bargaining agreement, approve rule changes for the 2005-06 season and conduct the lottery to determine the order of selection for the entire draft.

The big prize, of course, is talented youngster Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Oceanic, whose scoring exploits have made him the clear No. 1 choice and a potential franchise player.

Every team in the NHL has a shot at winning that first overall pick in a slightly weighted lottery.

Four teams (Buffalo, Columbus, the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh) have three balls in the lottery. Ten teams (Anaheim, Atlanta, Calgary, Carolina, Chicago, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville, Phoenix) have two balls in the drum. The remaining 16 teams (Boston, Colorado, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, New Jersy, NY Islanders, Ottawa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington) have one.

The team that gets the first pick overall won't pick again until 60th overall. The team that gets the 30th pick, at the end of the first round, gets the first pick (31st overall) in the second round in a "snake" draft system.

The anticipation of who'll pick first overall, and win the right to draft Crosby, is higher than it has ever been in NHL history.

Thank god the NHL came to their senses. For a league that talks a big talk about launching a bigger, better marketing campaign, they sure would have been passing up an opportunity by not televising this. They should be playing it up as much as humanly possible.

[canucker]

2005 lottery formula.


Top 30 Draft Prospects according to Bob McKenzie.

[The Hoser]

Comooooooooooooooon Montreal pick that ball and get Corsbey! Woot!

*Holds up sign* WILL SETTLE FOR PULIOT!

Glad to see the NHL is back on track and now we can get back to getting drunk with the buds watching the Canadiens kick the crap out of every other team!

[The Hoser]

Oh, and is that Bob McKenzie the brother of Doug McKenzie? Since when does he do sportcasting...

[canucker]

The Hoser The Hoser:

Oh, and is that Bob McKenzie the brother of Doug McKenzie? Since when does he do sportcasting...

No. Totally different McKenzie... sorry to disappoint.

[Tman1]

Anybody hear on the Alexander Ovechkin Draft? Where is he going? What the hell, I never heard of any of those guys except for Brule. Crosby should go to Toronto, I hear they need beefing up.

[canucker]

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great:

Anybody hear on the Alexander Ovechkin Draft?

Clock ticking for Ovechkin's decision

[Tman1]

Ahh thanks. Hmmm interesting to see what he will do.

[Bigboy]

I hope the Canucks pick up a good Goalie

[Tman1]

Bigboy Bigboy:

I hope the Canucks pick up a good Goalie

Ha ha aint that the truth. Hmm maybe they should stick with Auld or duh duh duhhhhhh Cloutier. But I want to see Edmonton get some strong guys as well as Calgary, Toronto, Van, etc etc.

[canucker]

Bigboy Bigboy:

I hope the Canucks pick up a good Goalie

Damn straight!!! I'll take Price.

[bootlegga]

The league wants Crosby in a big market so bad they are willing to do almost anything to make it happen.

[Tman1]

canucker canucker:

Bigboy Bigboy:

I hope the Canucks pick up a good Goalie

Damn straight!!! I'll take Price.

Hmm he's pretty good, I was watching the game at the U18 where they beat the Czechs in OT but I think his poke checking needs work.

[canucker]

bootlegga bootlegga:

The league wants Crosby in a big market so bad they are willing to do almost anything to make it happen.

I'm getting sick of hearing about Crosby...


CROSBY CROSBY CROSBY.... BLAH BLAH BLAH.


There may not be another quite like him, but there are others that are very good available. Kenndal McArdle, Brule, Staal.

[Bigboy]

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great:

Bigboy Bigboy:

I hope the Canucks pick up a good Goalie

Ha ha aint that the truth. Hmm maybe they should stick with Auld or duh duh duhhhhhh Cloutier. But I want to see Edmonton get some strong guys as well as Calgary, Toronto, Van, etc etc.

I dont know about Auld, with the new equipment i think he will always be a backup. I could be wrong though.