When NHL general managers met in New York during the Stanley Cup finals, there wasn't consensus from the group to go ahead with a plan to change the draft-lottery format.
Some were for it; others -- most notably Buffalo Sabres GM Tim Murray -- were against changing it for 2015 for obvious reasons. It's the draft involving highly touted prospects Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel.
Several GMs we spoke with left the meeting believing the matter was to be further debated, but that no changes were on the horizon for next year.
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly plans to table a draft-lottery proposal Thursday at the board of governors’ meeting in New York for owners to look at. If owners give it the go-ahead, the plan could be implemented next year. Interesting, to say the least.
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