All you need to know bout this years lottery is that there is a 24.5% chance that one of
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Carolina
NYR
NYI
Florida
Toronto
Columbus
Edmonton
Chicago
Nashville
Arizona
Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
will get 1st overall.
You also need to know that this will happen because the NHL is a novelty league that loves novelty.
My question is, on Friday if placeholder team 8 - 15 wins the lotto, but then there's no season end/no play in round, what happens?