NHL Announces Changes to Draft Lottery Format Starting in 2015

August 20th, 2014 by R. Cory Smith Leave a reply »

After changes to the NHL divisions and playoffs last season, the league has now announced changes to the 2015 NHL draft lottery process.    

The decision to change the lottery was reported by NHL.com, along with details about the new system:

The National Hockey League announced today changes to its Draft Lottery, a weighted system implemented and utilized to determine the order of selection in the first round of the NHL Draft for the 14 Clubs not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs (or the Clubs that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff teams).

Changes to the system will be made over the next two years, with several coming in the 2015 draft. Odds for the 14 teams missing the playoffs have been reshuffled, with the percentages for the top four teams being reduced.

Under the former allocation, the last-place franchise was given a 25 percent chance at the first pick but now will have 20 percent odds. Аrpon Basu of LNH.com explains why the 29th-place team will suffer the most:



Here's a look at the full list of odds compar ...

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