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2022 Lottery Draft Changes
1, They are only 2 drawings.
2. A team can only move up 10 spots.
3. A team can only win the lottery twice in a 5yr period starting with this draft.
So lets look at this logically. The bottom 4 teams are on pace with or behind The 2019-20 Wings the season they only finished with 39pts. The next team is 1 point behind that pace and 10pts behind Detroit right now. The next 3 teams are 2pts behind the 2019-20 Wings and currently 9pts behind the current Wings. So it makes it pretty unlikely that the Wings finish worse 9th or 10th. This said top 3 protected should be top 2 protected because they are only drawing twice but it's very unlikely that will even be a factor. Now Provorov is a 24yr old #1 LD and hit would give Detroit a pretty solid top 4 as long as Edvinsson doesn't run into any problems. The other thing it does is make Detroit a much better destination for UFAs! Maybe even a chance to sign a player like Hertl that would take care of that top 6 center Detroit needs. I'm not saying Detroit fans should take this and I'm not even 100% on board yet but this is something Detroit fans here should consider and not just dismiss!