The Leafs will be picking first, fifth or sixth in the draft depending on the lottery result tonight. Obviously, the likelihood is that we stay put at fifth (74.7%).There’s a 17.2% chance we fall further back to sixth.
Cross every limb and hope we can overcome 91.8% worth of odds. The lottery airs tonight at 8 p.m. on TSN.
NHL Draft Lottery History |
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| YEAR | WORST TEAM | LOTTERY WINNER | 1ST OVERALL TEAM | 1ST OVERALL PICK | WINNER’S PICK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ottawa | Los Angeles* | Ottawa | Bryan Berard | Aki Berg |
| 1996 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Ottawa | Chris Phillips | – |
| 1997 | Boston | Boston | Boston | Joe Thornton | – |
| 1998 | Tampa Bay | San Jose# | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier | – |
| 1999 | Tampa Bay | Chicago** | Atlanta | Patrik Stefan | Pavel Brendl*** |
| 2000 | Atlanta | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | Rick DiPietro | – |
| 2001 | NY Islanders | Atlanta | Atlanta | Ilya Kovalchuk | – |
| 2002 | Atlanta | Florida^ | Columbus | Rick Nash | – |
| 2003 | Carolina | Florida^^ | Pittsburgh | Marc-Andre Fleury | – |
| 2004 | Pittsburgh | Washington | Washington | Alexander Ovechkin | – |
| 2005 | – | Pittsburgh+ | Pittsburgh | Sidney Crosby | – |
| 2006 | St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | Erik Johnson | – |
| 2007 | Philadelphia | Chicago | Chicago | Patrick Kane | – |
| 2008 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos | – |
| 2009 | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | John Tavares | – |
| 2010 | Edmonton | Edmonton | Edmonton | Taylor Hall | – |
| 2011 | Edmonton | New Jersey++ | Edmonton | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Adam Larsson |
| 2012 | Columbus | – | – | – | – |
* – Los Angeles could only move up a maximum of four spots (moved from 7th to 3rd)
# – San Jose was selected in the 1998 drawing, but Tampa Bay held the right to swap first round picks with the Sharks and exercised that right to go to first.
** – Chicago could only move up a maximum of four spots (moved from 8th to 4th)
*** – NY Rangers obtained Chicago’s pick in a trade (via Vancouver and Tampa Bay). The Rangers selected RW Pavel Brendl fourth overall.
^ – Florida traded first overall pick to Columbus
^^ – Florida traded first overall pick to Pittsburgh
+ – NHL lockout cancelled 2004-05 season, all 30 teams were entered
++ – New Jersey could only move up a maximum of four spots (moved from 8th to 4th)
