Edmonton Fans excitied?

[lambeauleap87]

I agree with everything, and I'm sick to my stomach the Oilers are going to be stronger again ( hate the Oilers from old Islander Dynasty days ), but there has to be some sort of lottery. The lottery was the only thing that kept teams from bringing in their minor players and completely throwing hockey games over the last month. Altho I do not think Nail is the next Crosby, when the next Crosby does come along, do teams all deliberately fight for last ?

Again sympathies to Columbus fans , this does suck, I know how relieved I was we didn't lose in the Tavares lottery.

What's to stop teams from tanking to get into the bottom five for a shot at the #1 pick? In the end, it's all the same. All the lottery does is keep teams that need help the most from getting it. Just look at the NBA lottery, too, for example. The year the Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the first pick, there were eight teams worse than them. The Draft Lottery does very little to benefit the worst team league.

[newton615]

how about trade the #1 for rick nash? everyone wins

[lambeauleap87]

how about trade the #1 for rick nash? everyone wins

That's possibly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long, long, long time. Jackets would not give up Nash to move up ONE spot unless Eberle, RNH, or Hall are involved somehow. Even that probably wouldn't be enough.

Jackets wouldn't even come close to doing it even if they didn't have to give up the #2. This draft class is weak, and even Nail isn't seen as a surefire franchise player.

[MasonRaymond0320]

wish i was a fan of the oilers haha :)
good year next year to try to get some sweet autographs whenever they come to town..

[HOCKEY68]

rick nash would never play in edmonton!

[oilfan10]

People here in Columbus are FURIOUS. Jackets have by far the worst record in the league, then the #1 pick goes to the Oilers, a Canadian team, for the third year in a row.

General thought here in Ohio is that the lottery needs to be finished. First, honestly, who is to say that it's not rigged? There's no proof that it's not. Especially when the same team has the #1 pick three years in a row. It'd be no surprise that the NHL would give preferrential treatment (Pittsburgh anyone?). The worst team should have the #1 pick, the second worst team should have the #2 pick, and so one. It's that simple.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but it's awfully shady. Besides, lotteries are stupid. Why not just give the worst team the first pick in the first place, especially if you're not going to give every team a chance?

It's funny, because there ARE conspiracy theorists out there(even I joked that it was rigged and I'm an Oilers fan).

You live in Ohio so you must have heard all that excitement when the Cavaliers got the 1st AND 4th picks last year. They didn't even win the lottery with their own draft pick, it was the Clippers pick. All the conspiracy theorists were out in full flight saying that the NBA draft was rigged for the Cavs because they lost Lebron. If there are any Blue Jackets fans who are also Cavs fans, they know the feeling on both sides, and probably shouldn't complain. (I'm not accusing you of complaining about it, I don't even know if you're a Cavs fan )

[ticket13]

Oooooiiiiiillllleeeeeeerrrrrrsssss :D

[oilfan69]

Oooooiiiiiillllleeeeeeerrrrrrsssss :D

[jagrnyr68]

this will be good. if the pick doesn't get traded, Oilers will get Yakupov and wont go after any defense or goaltending, will finish bottom 5 again next year and have a chance at a 4th in a row! lol, ik i'd be furious if my Rangers were in the Blue Jackets spot right now

[30ranfordfan]

My understanding is that all those GMs watched the ping pong balls of air. Showing who wins the draft doesn't make for good TV..... they a few minutes out of showing who the top five picks are.

Rigged? Not a chance. (Yes, I'm an Oilers fan.... so I'm hardly in a position to be upset today, but it is NOT rigged).

Columbus did get the short end of the stick today, for sure. I don't disagree with the notion that a lottery isn't really necessary - but is has been in place since 1995. This is not something new, and the Jackets are not the first team to get burned by it.


As for the Oilers - yes, they're going to get yet another top-end forward, but if they can't fix the problems elsewhere on the team, there's going to be another GM & Head Coach looking for new jobs really soon.

People here in Columbus are FURIOUS. Jackets have by far the worst record in the league, then the #1 pick goes to the Oilers, a Canadian team, for the third year in a row.

General thought here in Ohio is that the lottery needs to be finished. First, honestly, who is to say that it's not rigged? There's no proof that it's not. Especially when the same team has the #1 pick three years in a row. It'd be no surprise that the NHL would give preferrential treatment (Pittsburgh anyone?). The worst team should have the #1 pick, the second worst team should have the #2 pick, and so one. It's that simple.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but it's awfully shady. Besides, lotteries are stupid. Why not just give the worst team the first pick in the first place, especially if you're not going to give every team a chance?