Sportsnet: 2016 NHL Draft Lottery FAQ

By Luke Fox, Sportsnet

It is a Saturday night that will swiftly and dramatically alter the NHL landscape.

The lives of young men, the moods of older men, and the hopes of 14 hockey clubs and their respective fan bases hang in the balance.

It will be the night when we finally learn the winner of the Auston Matthews Sweepstakes. It is the cot dang NHL Draft Lottery, and it is appointment viewing everywhere from favourite Toronto to long-shot Boston.

“I see him having an impact in the NHL right away,” Crawford has said of the game’s No. 1 prospect.

Crawford has compared the 18-year-old Matthews to Anze Kopitar, Jamie Benn and Connor McDavid. “But he’s a shooter like Joe Sakic.”

Sounds like a player. And soon we’ll know whom he’ll be playing for.

Here’s the 411 on everything you need to know about the April 30 event.

WHAT IS THE DRAFT LOTTERY? A weighted system implemented and utilized to determine the order of selection in the first round of the 2016 NHL Draft, which takes place June 24-25 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN? Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m. ET.

WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE? The winner will be revealed at the Hockey Central studio inside CBC headquarters in downtown Toronto.

WHERE CAN I WATCH IT? Prior to puck drop for a marquee second-round series game on CBC, starting at 7 p.m. ET.


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