Movin' on Up- Draft Lottery on Versus at 8

by Bob Wage on Apr 7, 2008 1:13 PM EDT

Will the Hurricanes improve their draft position tonight? They currently stand with the 14th pick, but they have a slight chance to improve that position to as high as 10th. Even if they win the lottery, teams can only move up a maximum of 4 spots from their current position. Here is a brief synopsis of the rules, taken from over at James Mirtle's site.

The first 14 picks of the 2008 Entry Draft are determined by the NHLâ€™s annual Draft Drawing, a weighted lottery system that is used to determine the order of selection. The 14 teams that do not qualify for the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs, or clubs that acquired those clubsâ€™ 2008 first-round draft picks, participate in the drawing. The Club selected in the drawing may not move up more than four positions in the draft order, thus only the five Clubs with the fewest regular-season points have the opportunity to select first overall. No Club can move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Drawing.

The show will be broadcast live on Versus tonight at 8. I'm not sure how important this will be for the Hurricanes. They might even end up trading down in this year's draft so they can try to scoop up Jared Staal, the youngest of the Staal brothers. Unlike his brothers before him, Jared is not as highly rated and is projected to be selected anywhere from late in the 1st round, to early in the 2nd, or maybe even later.

Although his last name is Staal, and that might be enough to make several teams consider taking him earlier than wherever he is projected.

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Once you get past the top 2 or three picks, is there really that much difference? I’m sure there were some great picks made at #10, but there have probably been just as many at #14, you know? It’s really all a matter of how well you can predict what a guy will be capable of a few years away, and that’s really sort of a pseudoscience type of magic, near as I can tell. I hope we get a good talented player whatever number we end up with.

The prospect of getting another Staal is tempting. I wonder if that could end up a distraction whenever he made it up to the big club? I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the Stalls though.

by JDC on Apr 7, 2008 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

yo
three points.
1.
ive been buggin the hell out of luck decock about jared
WE NEED JARED

no question about it.
“hes not as good as his brotherS”
i dont believe it for a second.
the youngest of four?
growing up playing with older and better brothers.
hes got in in there to the best one,
he just hasnt shown it yet.

how awesome would it be to have two staals?
very awesome. (let me answer my own question)
we need staal number 2
there isnt a forward on our team i would keep over JORDAN staal in a trade (except eric)

am i wrong?

2. how do you about all this olympic tourch stuff?
obviously what china is doin is wrong, but why can we all of the sudden tell to china how to work as a country
when for the last two years america has been sandblasted for acting in the middle east for what is right?
it seems like a double standard
i see a connection, but maybe im pullin at strings.

3. its been great following this blog this year, keep it up.
i need something to read during the long and eventless baseball season
(we’re already talking about whats on players hands)) blah

sad storythis year,
but you run a good blog, and you blog honestly, i get that from you, luke, and honestly forslund’s play by play.

i think many teams dont have that advantage. its nice to hear from honest open minded sports media. (im speaking mostly of watching other broadcasters “pull” for their teams [at any cost] on the center ice package)

-juengel

by chris on Apr 7, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply actions