I would like to get draft order up asap (ideally before end of this week) but to do so I think it is fair to 1st run by how I am planning to do it for this year, as well as future years if this full poll passes. Given we changed from 10 teams making playoffs down to 8 (for at least 1st season) and we use a lottery % for draft, we have to take into account 2 additional non playoff teams when doing lottery. This was simply overlooked at time of adjusting playoff format.
So, here is 2021 draft lottery proposal with % of getting 1st overall:16th Place Team : 30% (
![Montreal Canadiens :MON-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/MON-NHL.png)
Montreal)
15th Place Team: 25% (
![Anaheim Ducks :ANA:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/ANA.png)
Anaheim)
14th Place Team: 20% (
![Vegas Golden Knights :VGK:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/VGK.png)
Las Vegas)
13th Place Team: 10% (
![Boston Bruins :BOS-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/BOS-NHL.png)
Boston)
12th Place Team: 6% (
![New York Rangers :NYR:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/NYR.png)
New York)
11th Place Team: 4% (
![San Jose Sharks :SJ:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/SJ.png)
San Jose)
10th Place Team: 3% (
![Vancouver Canucks :VAN:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/VAN.png)
Vancouver)
9th Place Team: 2% (
![Edmonton Oilers :EDM:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/EDM.png)
Edmonton)
8th Place Team:
![Tampa Bay Lightning :TBL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/TBL.png)
Tampa will have 9th overall pick
7th Place Team:
![Carolina Hurricanes :CAR-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/CAR-NHL.png)
Carolina will have 10th overall pick
6th Place Team:
![Pittsburgh Penguins :PIT-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/PIT_NHL2020.png)
Pittsburgh will have 11th overall pick
5th Place Team:
![Colorado Avalanche :COL-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/COL-NHL.png)
Colorado will have 12th overall pick
4th Place Team:
![Minnesota Wild :MIN-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/MIN-NHL.png)
Minnesota will have 13th overall pick
3rd Place Team:
![Toronto Maple Leafs :TOR-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/TOR-NHL8.png)
Toronto will have 14th overall pick
2nd Place Team:
![Detroit Red Wings :DET-NHL:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/DET-NHL.png)
Detroit will have 15th overall pick
1st Place Team:
![Nashville Predators :NAS:](https://www.profsl.com/smf/Smileys/default/NAS.png)
Nashville will have 16th overall pick
For anyone seeing this before I just updated: Fixed 8 to 5 seeds showing incorrectly reversed originallyNotes:1. Specific team seeds based on last season finish associated with % in brackets, but once I randomize true order will be know and then all traded picks will be applied as well.
2. Existing format on lottery is here where it is only 6 teams:
https://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=371698.03. In the proposal, picks 9-16 are still based on playoff finish/regular season standing and aside from applying trades they are not going to change, only 1-8 might.
4. I considered various other options, but ultimately keeping % unchanged for seeds 16/15/14 seemed like way to go and therefore the adjustment is scaled across seeds 13-9.
I would also like to make 8 teams making playoffs permeate if there is support. Even with a full season worth of games I am thinking 50% making playoffs is way to go and will be better for league health Original playoff rules are here (with 10 teams making it):
https://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=371706.02020-21 playoff adjustment is here (with 8 teams making):
https://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=376169.0 Voting yes to both means you are in favor of 8 teams and proposed lottery % format starting this year. Any questions or any other vote would appreciate a comment and we can get a health discussion going if needed.