![]() Market: The league would certainly like to see McDavid go to a big market where he’ll get more attention. On the other hand, we also don’t want him going to a total disaster he’s going to be a fun player to watch, and it would be nice for him to have at least a little bit of talent to play with early on. Besides, McDavid should quickly emerge as an MVP candidate - if he goes to a team that’s already stacked, the rest of the league would be screwed. Obviously, the league’s better teams should expect to make the playoffs and skip the lottery, so there’s not much point getting our hopes up for McDavid landing on a team that’s sitting in first place. ![]() So whose number should we want to see come up? And maybe more importantly, who should we be collectively rooting against?Ĭurrent team quality: This works in a couple of ways. After all, we can fight about that right now!Īll 14 non-playoff teams will have a shot at the first overall pick in a lottery that’s heavily weighted toward the worst teams, with the odds starting at 20 percent for the last-place team and dropping to as low as 1 percent. Every team that misses the postseason has at least a shot at the top pick, and since it’s far too early for anyone to have clinched a playoff spot, that means every team in the league technically still has a shot at winning the McDavid lottery. 1īut today, let’s forget about who will get McDavid, since we won’t actually know that for several months. As the first sure-thing franchise player the league has welcomed since Sidney Crosby, McDavid has earned plenty of attention toward the bottom of the standings, and that will only intensify as the season goes on. One of the running themes of the season has been the eventual destination of Connor McDavid.
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