On behalf of hockey fans everywhere....
I like the idea that if a team gets first over-all pick then they are ineligible for the lottery for the next 3 years.
I think this is completely fair that Oilers won again. It would be less fair if Buffalo won as they honestly did not try this season. When you get rid of your goalies so that you win less, it is kind of obvious.
Also wouldn't be unfair for a team in an off year, Yakupov year, to be ineligible because they got the first overall pick that year? Like the difference between Yakupov (and what was expected from him) to McDavid, there is no comparison.