Overview
- The NHL Draft Lottery airs Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET from Secaucus, N.J., with Vancouver holding a 25.5% chance at the top pick and a 55.7% chance to draft third.
- Henrik and Daniel Sedin will serve as the Canucks’ on-site representatives, a move president Jim Rutherford confirmed Saturday after the club finished last this season.
- Under league rules, only teams that can move up a maximum of 10 spots are eligible to win No. 1, and two separate draws decide the first and second overall picks.
- Because they ended the season in 32nd place, the Canucks cannot fall below third and were assigned 185 of the 1,000 four-number combinations in the lottery machine.
- Forwards Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg are widely projected at the top of the class, raising the stakes for Vancouver ahead of the June 26–27 draft in Buffalo.