We will be holding a live Lottery draft Thursday July 1st, 18h00 EST to determine the top 14 picks in the next VHA Entry Draft this summer.
Here are the rules currently in place:
1- All teams missing the playoffs are in the Lottery
2- Teams with the least points get more chances at winning the Lottery
3- The 1st overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
4- The 2nd overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
5- The 3rd overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
6- Remaining lottery teams, sorted by points, fill out picks 4-14
7- Ties are broken by teams' total number of regulation and non-shootout overtime wins (ROW), and then head-to-head if still tied
8- Playoff teams that did not win their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks
9- Playoff teams that won their divisions and did not make the conference finals, sorted by points, are assigned the next picks
10- Conference finals losers sorted by points are assigned picks 28 and 29
11- VHA Cup runner-up is assigned pick 29
12- VHA Cup champion is assigned pick 30
Note: Seattle replaces Anaheim in their slot.
Here are this season's reverse order standings with corresponding % and odds.
Reverse standings order TEAM % # balls
30 Nashville 19 38
29 San Jose 14 28
28 Boston 11.5 23
27 NY Rangers 9.5 19
26 Florida 8.5 17
25 Toronto 7.5 15
24 Buffalo 6.5 13
23 Chicago 6 12
22 Seattle 5 10
21 Washington 3.5 7
20 Colorado 3 6
19 Columbus 2.5 5
18 St. Louis 2 4
17 Vegas 1.5 3
Total 100.0 200
VHA 8 Draft oder (1 to 14)
1 TOR - lottery draw 1 winner
2 BUF - lottery draw 2 winner
3 CHI - lottery draw 3 winner
4 NSH
5 SJ
6 BOS
7 NYR
8 FLA
9 SEA
10 WSH
11 COL
12 CBJ
13 STL
14 VGK
Here are the remaining 16 playoff teams to complete the next VHA Entry Draft order:
Draft Order 15 to 30
15 TB
16 NYI
17 WPG
18 NJ
19 CGY
20 VAN
21 DET
22 LA
23 OTT
24 CAR
25 EDM
26 DAL
27 PHI
28 PIT
29 MIN
30 MTL