Official 2014 NHL Draft thread

[Randall Flagg]

So the Sabres can have the first overall pick, the second overall pick, the first and fifth picks, the second and fifth picks or the second and sixth overall picks. Any other scenarios missing?

First and second, if the Islanders win the lottery and give us the pick.

 

hehehe.

[Huckleberry]

nah dude, islanders need ekblad, if they can take him they'll defer.

Next year we'll have #1 and #2.

 

[Kr632]

 

 

If someone brings the food to your table for you, it's not fast food. I think that's a simple enough rule to live by. Yeah, there's that crazy situation where Burger King is backed up and someone brings your sandwich out when it is ready, but that's different.

ever been to whataburger? Fast food that brings it to you.

[3putt]

The blues first is a pipe dream. I think they get bounced in round one. Jmho.

[carpandean]

I posted this in the Islanders thread, but it fits here, too.

 

Sabres/Islanders, probability

1st/5th, 25.38%

2nd/1st, 8.22%

2nd/5th, 44.37%

2nd/6th, 22.03%

[26CornerBlitz]

The blues first is a pipe dream. I think they get bounced in round one. Jmho.

 

Wouldn't be surprising at all to see that happen. There's also the possibility of Miller signing before the draft to give the Sabres their 2014 # 1 pick.

[Crusader1969]

April 13^th Recap late 1^st / Early 2^nd Round Prospects

 

OHL Network

 

Brendan Lemieux LW Barrie 0G 0A +1 +/- in Colts 3-2 loss to Battalian

Colts lose series 4 games to 2

Final Play-off States – 11GP 7G 3A -1+/-

[Hoss]

Quote of the day from the guy with the fifth-worst +/- in the NHL...

 

@BuffNewsVogl: Sabres' Mike Weber: "There has to be a new standard here ... Enough’s enough. Joke’s over. We’re not in this game to get high draft picks."

 

 

This year wasn't a completely voluntary tank. Nor will next year's. You're not helping anything, Mike.

[dEnnis the Menace]

Quote of the day from the guy with the fifth-worst +/- in the NHL...

 

@BuffNewsVogl: Sabres' Mike Weber: "There has to be a new standard here ... Enough’s enough. Joke’s over. We’re not in this game to get high draft picks."

 

 

This year wasn't a completely voluntary tank. Nor will next year's. You're not helping anything, Mike.

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I think it was well known that a few players didn't want to voluntarily tank, but at the same time a lot of them phoned it in without a fight too.

[Hoss]

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I think it was well known that a few players didn't want to voluntarily tank, but at the same time a lot of them phoned it in without a fight too.

 

That's the thing with Weber. He tried as hard as he could and was still one of the worst players in the NHL. I don't agree at all with those who think he's any good. Rotational dman at best.

[carpandean]

This year wasn't a completely voluntary tank. Nor will next year's. You're not helping anything, Mike.

 

No tank will every be completely voluntary. The players are simply more vested in their own careers than the team's long-term future. Most players change teams these days, so tanking to help the one that they are on now is more likely to hurt their future contracts than it is to help their future team.

[dEnnis the Menace]

That's the thing with Weber. He tried as hard as he could and was still one of the worst players in the NHL. I don't agree at all with those who think he's any good. Rotational dman at best.

 

he looked as if he was turning a corner prior to this year...but then he flipped a 180 and went back down. I had high hopes for him before, but after this year's showing, I don't know what to think. Finding positives in a lot of players is hard after this season because of how bad the team was in general.

[26CornerBlitz]

The Oilers' website has a 2014 draft lottery simulator: http://oilers.nhl.co...s.htm?id=714502

[LGR4GM]

The Oilers' website has a 2014 draft lottery simulator: http://oilers.nhl.co...s.htm?id=714502

I did it 5 times... all 5 winners were Canadian teams and the Leafs were 1.

 

Foreshadowing

[LastPommerFan]

The Oilers' website has a 2014 draft lottery simulator: http://oilers.nhl.co...s.htm?id=714502

 

We won 4 of the first six times i ran it. Our odds are now 66%. These are facts from the Lotto Experts.

[LGR4GM]

Now I have run it 20 times. The Oilers have won it 7 times, Calgary 4, and the Sabres 0

[LastPommerFan]

Also interesting, this simulation is giving Buffalo the 1st pick if NJ wins. Is this accurate?

[LGR4GM]

Also interesting, this simulation is giving Buffalo the 1st pick if NJ wins. Is this accurate?

No. From what has been posted NJD winning is an automatic redraw

[skaught]

I did it 5 times... all 5 winners were Canadian teams and the Leafs were 1.

 

Foreshadowing

 

The New Jersey Devils have won the NHL Draft Lottery

and due to having to draft 30th, Buffalo will draft first overall.

 

Wait a sec, we have a greater than 25% chance then.

[LastPommerFan]

No. From what has been posted NJD winning is an automatic redraw

 

Hmmm...

 

[skaught]

No. From what has been posted NJD winning is an automatic redraw

 

Ah nevermind then

[LGR4GM]

I guess we may find out tomorrow if that is correct

[dEnnis the Menace]

ran it 10 times. Buffalo won 5 times. Got 5 different teams the other times (Anaheim, Carolina, Florida, Edmonton, Calgary). This scares me lol

[Claude_Verret]

The Oilers' website has a 2014 draft lottery simulator: http://oilers.nhl.co...s.htm?id=714502

 

Islanders won it the first two times I ran it.

[shrader]

Now I have run it 20 times. The Oilers have won it 7 times, Calgary 4, and the Sabres 0

 

There is roughly a 0.3% chance of running it 20 times and not getting Buffalo once. I'm going to go ahead and say you're just messing with people and making this up. It's the only option that makes any sense.