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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:21 PM Apr 2015

Did NHL screw up draft lottery, Edmonton Oilers’ win?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/did-nhl-screw-up-draft-lottery--edmonton-oilers--win-151947144.html

First thing’s first: The NHL Draft Lottery wasn’t fixed.

The horrific looks that hung on the faces of Gary Bettman and Bill Daly told us everything, after it was revealed that the League’s next can’t-miss superstar will be crushed under an avalanche of poor management, apathy for the market and sub-zero temperatures for the next 15 years.

Which is to say that Edmonton was, without much debate, the last place the NHL wanted Connor McDavid....

So while much like Connor McDavid himself, we would do anything in our power to take the top pick away from the Edmonton Oilers, this “conspiracy theory” or ineptitude isn’t enough to have forced a redraw.
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Did NHL screw up draft lottery, Edmonton Oilers’ win? (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
That video was bizarre Renew Deal Apr 2015 #1

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)
1. That video was bizarre
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 10:48 PM
Apr 2015

Especially the over the top security. I don't think the button pusher did anything wrong.

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