Pick the 2026 NHL DRAFT Lottery Winner

[WilliamWestcliffe]

Every. Single. Year. It is never the team that earned it or deserves it. It’s always the ones that feel most rigged. Amazing coincidence.

[stljrs]

We were 9th right before winning a couple of worthless games….

[HighStick]

F'n dogchit riggedazz lottery!

[Natl20]

Do they show what balls the teams need to be pulled? If not this is all just theater until they magically show the last ball needed at the end

Why not show all the balls needed from the jump

[netboy65]

We were 9th right before winning a couple of worthless games….

Who effin cares. It’s two spots. Remember ‘23? No way Dvo was still going to be there for us at 10. Someone always goes “off board”

[Mr Novaks]

It would be real easy for them to film multiple showings of this until they get the result they want. Calling it “live” is just a show biz front. Totally rigged and will continue to be rigged going forward.

[HighStick]

How did Vancouver have a higher percentage to win if every team was represented by 1 ball? There should have been at least 100 balls in that machine. This chit is rigged as bad as the government.

[BalotelliMassive]

Don’t care what anybody says…this [nonsense] is rigged..ain’t nobody changing my mind. Feel bad for Canucks fans

That's what I said. Just a couple of days ago and I got flamed for it. There's not one part of this that feels legit.

What about fat Jesus holding the remote control...that seemed legit.

[tfriede2]

If Chicago had won it: “Rigged!” If Rangers had won it: “Rigged!” If Florida had won it: “Rigged!” Leafs won it: “Rigged!” You guys are hilarious

[Stlcardsblues]

Curious how people would change this to where they don’t run to conspiracy theories of it being rigged?

[Mr Novaks]

Do they show what balls the teams need to be pulled? If not this is all just theater until they magically show the last ball needed at the end

Why not show all the balls needed from the jump

Why not just put the names of the teams on the ball? Why do they create this overly complicated number system that just eliminates the transparency of it?

[tfriede2]

How did Vancouver have a higher percentage to win if every team was represented by 1 ball? There should have been at least 100 balls in that machine. This chit is rigged as bad as the government.

Wat. You didn’t pay attention to how the lottery works.

[stlblue06]

The fact they don’t show what numbers are associated with each team until they got down to the final what 6 teams left is a joke.

It would be so easy to let the fans see the numbers you want your team to get pulled but they don’t until the very end. Or why not put each team’s logo on the balls??!!

[Walter Sobchak00]

For the rigged crowd.. why would the NHL want McKenna in Toronto?

They literally aren't going to make a dime more with McKenna in Toronto. Having the number 1 over 5 isn't going to sway Matthews one way or another..

San Jose already has the hottest young player in the NHL.. they picking 2nd isn’t going to swing the needle like it would for some of the other teams..


If this was rigged it would have been Chicago first and Vancouver 2nd.. the most money to be made by the league..

Throw in why would Ernst and Young risk a 100 billion dollar company amd you just look silly saying its rigged

[HighStick]

Both times the first ball they draw knocks St.Louis out of the mix.

It can't be rigged. That's a reputable company worth billions of dollars running it. There's professional integrity at stake......

[Kilokaai]

Do they show what balls the teams need to be pulled? If not this is all just theater until they magically show the last ball needed at the end

Why not show all the balls needed from the jump

Why not just put the names of the teams on the ball? Why do they create this overly complicated number system that just eliminates the transparency of it?

The system seems about as fair as you can possibly get it. The number combinations make it so they only have to put 14 balls in the hopper. If they put in the balls by the actual team they’d have to put in 1000 balls to get to the appropriate percentages to play out.

The draft guide has all the number combos, no idea how you could possibly rig this setup.