Chicago Blackhawks have 6.5 percent odds at winning 2018 NHL Draft Lottery

As we get the NHL schedule re-started tonight after the three-day Christmas break, it's a good time to take stock of a number of things. How is a team performing? Is a team healthy? Will a team be a buyer or a seller at the trade deadline? And, as we were keeping track last year as Blackhawks fans, what are the odds of our favorite squad winning…

Unfortunately, Los Angeles Angels fans are far too used to their team having a high draft pick. They're never bad enough to finish with the worst record but are never good enough to come close to making the playoffs. They haven't even finished with a winning record in a season since 2015. This past season, the Angels finished with a 73-89 record.…

The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery is set for Tuesday night, and we'll finally find out who will win the right to select French sensation Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick in June. The Pistons, Spurs and Rockets all have a 14% chance to land the top pick, the best odds of any team, but 14 non-playoff teams are hoping the ping-pong balls bounce…

The Connor Bedard sweepstakes are over. The Chicago Blackhawks won the 2023 NHL Draft Lottery and will have the opportunity to make Bedard the first overall selection. The Blackhawks came into Monday night's lottery with the third-best odds to select first and leaped over both the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Anaheim Ducks. It will be the second…

Connor Bedard, you are (almost) a Chicago Blackhawk. The 2023 NHL Draft Lottery was on Monday night where the first half of the draft order was determined. The Blackhawks won the first overall pick and are going to be the very likely suitors for Bedard. Bedard is considered to be the next superstar in the NHL, coming off one of the strongest draft…

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Connor Bedard will essentially learn his NHL future Monday night. Could it be Philadelphia? We'll find out tonight during the 2023 NHL draft lottery. The Flyers finished the season 26th in the NHL, which gives them the seventh-best odds of winning the draft lottery at 6.5%. The Flyers are finally admitting they're in a…

The pain of the San Jose Sharks' worst season in 27 years - and fourth-worst in team history - could lift immediately Monday when the NHL Draft Lottery is held in Secaucus, N.J. After finishing this season with the fourth-fewest points in the NHL, the Sharks have a 9.5 percent chance of winning the lottery and earning the right to select center…

The Washington Capitals might have missed the playoffs for the first time in nine years, but they'll still participate in a big event held during the postseason. The Capitals are in the NHL's Draft Lottery after finishing the 2022-23 season as the eighth-worst team in the league. If luck comes their way, the Capitals could end up winning the first…

Draft season is almost in full swing. With the way that the Detroit Pistons season is going, once the trade deadline passes, we can all almost fully turn our attention toward this summer's 2023 NBA Draft. So, it's time for PistonPowered's first Pistons' mock draft of the season. At the time of writing, the Detroit Pistons control the second-worst…

The Chicago White Sox didn't make the 2022 MLB Postseason as they were one of the most dissapointing teams in the entire league. They were expected to be a really good baseball team but that turned out to be a failure. They went 81-81 which was only good for second place in the division. The one good thing about it is that they get to participate…

It used to be that the worst team in baseball was guaranteed to draft first overall the next year. Though it is not always as immediately gratifying as taking first picks in other sports where the players reach the top level of the pros quicker, the first pick can still greatly impact the future of a franchise. But the Nationals, who finished…

The Texas Rangers still have a chance to claim something good out of this lost 2022 season - the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. How? The first MLB Draft Lottery, to be held later this year at the Winter Meetings. MLB is implementing a draft lottery system for the first time to set the first six selections of the draft. The Rangers…

Last week, Major League Baseball announced a slew of rule changes that will go into effect ahead of the 2023 campaign, including the implementation of a pitch clock and restrictions on defensive positioning. While those upcoming tweaks are getting all of the attention these days, this is as good of a time as any to remember that this year still has…

Another season without a playoff appearance has resulted in another top 10 selection for the New Jersey Devils in the upcoming draft. The Devils jumped up the Draft Lottery and own the rights to the second overall pick. It's the third time since 2017 that the Devils will have a top two pick in the draft. In 2017, the Devils won the Draft Lottery,…

Yes, the San Jose Sharks will have a chance of winning the NHL Draft Lottery on May 10 and selecting center Shane Wright with the No. 1 overall pick. It's just not a great chance. Depending on what happens Friday on the final day of the NHL's regular season, the Sharks (32-36-13, 77 points) will finish with either the 10th or 11th-worst record in…

The Pittsburgh Pirates have won the first-ever MLB draft lottery. Pittsburgh was awarded the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft through baseball's inaugural draft lottery on Tuesday night. The event was held at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. This will be Pittsburgh's sixth time selecting first overall. The Pirates most recently did so in…

How much does a ping-pong ball weigh? In a literal sense, it weighs 2.7 grams, or less than one-tenth of an ounce. But for several NHL franchises - this year especially - it's the weight of the world, the future of their entire organization and their best hope to get out of their current doldrums. The NHL draft lottery will be held on May 8 in…

First introduced in 1995 and most recently adjusted for the 2021 and 2022 NHL Drafts, the NHL's Draft Lottery system is designed to determine the order of selection in the first round of the NHL Draft for the teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The system, based on the reverse-order finish of the NHL's regular season standings, has…

Two weeks from today could go down as one of the most impactful days in the history of the Blue Jackets. The NHL's draft lottery May 8 will determine where Columbus will pick in the upcoming amateur draft, with the Blue Jackets guaranteed a top-four pick. And there's a 13.5-percent chance the Blue Jackets will win the first overall pick, which…

Monday night's NHL Draft Lottery determined that the Detroit Red Wings will pick ninth overall in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Entering the night, the Red Wings had the ninth-best odds of winning the Draft Lottery at 5 percent and just a 5.2-percent chance of selecting No. 2 overall. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Detroit will own a…

Welcome to the inaugural MLB draft lottery. The Detroit Tigers have the sixth-best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft during the league's first-ever draft lottery Tuesday night, which will determine the order for the first six spots. The Tigers were a large disappointment in 2022, finishing 66-96, for their sixth consecutive…

Tennessee baseball's Tony Vitello on how Chase Dollander is handling MLB Draft attentionTennessee baseball's Chase Dollander is projected as the potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. Welcome to the inaugural MLB draft lottery. The Detroit Tigers have the sixth-best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft during the…

After finishing with a record of 26-49-7, the Chicago Blackhawks receive their odds for this year's NHL Draft Lottery that will take place at the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, N.J. The lottery will determine the selection order for the first 16 overall picks. The Blackhawks have a 11.5 percent chance of receiving the first overall pick in this…

It's that time of the year again. If you're here for the first time, welcome! Your favorite NHL team is lousy. If you've been here before, at least you're building toward the future… right? When the Chicago Blackhawks landed Connor Bedard, it had franchise-changing impacts already being witnessed in the Windy City. This year, the prize is Macklin…