2009 NHL Draft Lottery Odds

The Draft Drawing for the 2009 NHL Amateur Entry Draft will be held Tuesday April 14th at 8:00 EST. It will be aired on TV on TSN in Canada and Versus in the US. At this time the Draft Order will be set, and those teams who did not make the playoffs will find out if they have moved up or down in the order.

Teams can only move up 4 spots maximum (ie. only the top 5 teams have a shot at winning the lottery) and drop no more than 1 spot. So whoever finishes last has a 48.2% off winning the draft lottery.

Odds of Winning the First Overall Pick

48.1% - New York Islanders
18.8% - Tampa Bay Lightning
14.2% - Colorado Avalanche
10.7% - Atlanta Thrashers
8.1% - Los Angeles Kings

The 2009 NHL Draft Lottery Odds are listed below.

25.0% - New York Islanders
18.8% - Tampa Bay Lightning
14.2% - Colorado Avalanche
10.7% - Atlanta Thrashers
8.1% - Los Angeles Kings
6.2% - Phoenix Coyotes
4.7% - Toronto Maple Leafs
3.6% - Dallas Stars
2.7% - Ottawa Senators
2.1% - Edmonton Oilers
1.5% - Nashville Predators
1.1% - Minnesota Wild
0.8% - Buffalo Sabres
0.5% - Florida Panthers