TFNHL DRAFT LOTTERY

[jcoldwell]

Tonight the TFNHL held it's draft lottery to see who would select 1st overall in the 2009 Entry Draft. With the fourteen non play-off teams trying to get lucky to win the lottery, and move up in the draft (some teams not being able to select first overall) the league dropped the balls and the winner was announced.

Going into the the draft lottery, here were the odds of who would win the lottery ball.

25.0% - Tampa Bay Lightning
18.8% - New York Rangers
14.2% - Los Angeles Kings
10.7% - Edmonton Oilers
8.1% - St. Louis Blues
6.2% - Vancouver Canucks (via Phoenix Coyotes)
4.7% - Edmonton Oilers (via Atlanta Thrashers)
3.6% - Boston Bruins
2.7% - Vancouver Canucks (via San Jose Sharks)
2.1% - Minnesota Wild (via Calgary Flames)
1.5% - Buffalo Sabres
1.1% - Nashville Predators
0.8% - Florida Panthers
0.5% - Vancouver Canucks (via Toronto Maple Leafs)

Each team had specific numbers assigned to them and here are the teams numbers

1-250 - Tampa Bay Lightning
251-438 - New York Rangers
439-580 - Los Angeles Kings
581-687 - Edmonton Oilers
688-768 - St. Louis Blues
769-830 - Vancouver Canucks (via Phoenix Coyotes)
831-877 - Edmonton Oilers (via Atlanta Thrashers)
878-913 - Boston Bruins
914-940 - Vancouver Canucks (via San Jose Sharks)
941-961 - Minnesota Wild (via Calgary Flames)
962-976 - Buffalo Sabres
977-987 - Nashville Predators
988-995 - Florida Panthers
996-1000 - Vancouver Canucks (via Toronto Maple Leafs)

In attendance for the lottery were newly appointed commish/gm of the Boston Bruins Jason Coldwell and gm Alvaro Silvan of the Vancouver Canucks.

The winner of the 2009 draft lottery is the Los Angeles Kings with a winning number of 537.

The draft lottery was taken from an online source found here... www.random.org/sequences/

Alvaro can also verify that LA won the draft lottery.

Standings after the draft lottery is as follows...

1st - Los Angeles Kings
2nd - Tampa Bay Lightning
3rd - New York Rangers
4th - Edmonton Oilers
5th - St. Louis Blues
6th - Vancouver Canucks (via Phoenix Coyotes)
7th - Edmonton Oilers (via Atlanta Thrashers)
8th - Boston Bruins
9th - Vancouver Canucks (via San Jose Sharks)
10th - Minnesota Wild (via Calgary Flames)
11th - Buffalo Sabres
12th - Nashville Predators
13th - Florida Panthers
14th - Vancouver Canucks (via Toronto Maple Leafs)

[jcoldwell]

As the 2009 Stanley Cup was awarded late last night, the final seedings for the entry draft were made by the head office of the TFNHL today and here is the full order for the 2009 Entry Draft

1st - Los Angeles Kings
2nd - Tampa Bay Lightning
3rd - New York Rangers
4th - Edmonton Oilers
5th - St. Louis Blues
6th - Vancouver Canucks (via Phoenix Coyotes)
7th - Edmonton Oilers (via Atlanta Thrashers)
8th - Boston Bruins
9th - Vancouver Canucks (via San Jose Sharks)
10th - Minnesota Wild (via Calgary Flames)
11th - Buffalo Sabres
12th - Nashville Predators
13th - Florida Panthers
14th - Vancouver Canucks (via Toronto Maple Leafs)
15th - Minnesota Wild
16th - Tampa Bay Lightning (via Carolina Hurricanes)
17th - Pittsburgh Penguins (via Colorado Avalanche)
18th - Detroit Red Wings
19th - Philadelphia Flyers
20th - Montreal Canadiens
21st - Atlanta Thrashers (via Vancouver Canucks)
22nd - Florida Panthers (via New Jersey Devils)
23rd - Columbus Blue Jackets
24th - New York Islanders
25th - Boston Bruins (via Ottawa Senators)
26th - Anaheim Ducks
27th - St. Louis Blues (via Chicago Black Hawks)
28th - New York Rangers (via Washington Capitals)
29th - Pittsburgh Penguins
30th - Montreal Canadiens (via Dallas Stars)