Social media users were left scratching their heads after watching the extremely unlikely and controversial result to the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery.
Twitter reactions did not disappoint after a to-be-determined play-in round loser - which reportedly had a 2.5% chance of winning - claimed the No. 1 overall pick, while the league-worst Detroit Red Wings fell to the fourth spot in the order:
LMAOOOOO every team gonna try to lose the opening round
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 27, 2020
The 2020 NHL Draft lottery will be criticized for a long, long time.
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) June 27, 2020
A long time.
This makes by far the most sense in the 2020 we're living in.
— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) June 27, 2020
It’s distinctly possible that Taylor Hall just won another draft lottery
— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) June 27, 2020
We've reached peak NHL. A blank space has won the draft lottery.
— Rich Hammond (@Rich_Hammond) June 27, 2020
what if the true winners of the draft lottery are the friends we made along the way
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) June 27, 2020
Congrats to the
— x-Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 27, 2020
*checks notes*
(Fill in the blank) for receiving the first overall draft pick!#GoAvsGo
Guess we are 100% returning to play now 😂 #NHLDraftLottery
— Ryan Strome (@strome18) June 27, 2020
— x-Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) June 27, 2020
The NHL has pulled off the impossible. Devise a system no one can understand to end up with a winner no one knows.
— Dean Brown (@PxPOttawa) June 27, 2020
are we the placeholder team?
— NHL Seattle (@NHLSeattle_) June 27, 2020
asking for a friend. 😉 #NHLDraft
The Red Wings have such terrible lottery luck they're out here losing top picks to teams that don't even exist yet.
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) June 27, 2020
Training camp will be optional for a few teams..😂
— Robin Lehner (@RobinLehner) June 27, 2020
🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐
— Pat Maroon (@patmaroon) June 27, 2020
What an unmitigated disaster the draft lottery turned out to be. Bettman ignores his GM’s to his own detriment. Why not wait until end of the Qualifying Round to do the lottery? That would make too much sense. The stupidity continues...
— Allan Walsh (@walsha) June 27, 2020