draft lottery

The Sabres will pick first overall while the Kraken slide up one spot to No. 2. It's a great opportunity for two franchises in very different positions.

What do the new lottery rules mean? The best way to understand them is to understand which specific previous results the NHL wants to avoid repeating.

'It feels like we're in a very deep, dark place right now,' said Buffalo coach Ralph Krueger after Monday's loss to Washington. And ownership and management don't seem in any hurry to do anything about it.

Do last-place teams need more ping-pong balls in the lottery? Picking quarter-season Stanley Cup and MVP favorites; and more.

With other circuits on pause, the NCAA and American junior leagues take center stage before the world juniors.

A team-by-team look at every club's highest pick in the past decade – from the 2010 NHL draft through 2019 – plus a peek at their other top-10 selections over the past 10 years.

Phase 1 of the draft lottery failed to determine which team will pick first overall, but we do know the big selections after that. Three franchises in particular stood out to our prospect expert.

Phase 1 of the operation will take place in late June, with a potential Phase 2 coming after that. Detroit and Ottawa still have the best odds, but there is a slight chance a team like Pittsburgh or Edmonton could swoop in and grab it.

As the NHL deals with the very real possibility that the 2019-20 season is cancelled, it will have to decide what to do about the draft lottery. One idea that has been floated would be to go to the 2005 format, but doing that isn't as easy now as it was then.