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About This Page: This is a discussion on LA Kings Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. we'll have 58 points and Tampa Bay will have 57
woooooo 29th instead of 30th!!!
After all the awfulness and underachieving this season after having so much potential and promise, we damn well better get Stamkos......but then again the fates have always been against the Kings, oh well, at least we get to watch Hockey
Well purely from a historical perspective, finishing with the worst (won 3 times), or third worst (won 4 times), have the best chance of winning the lottery:
1995 - Los Angeles (was 7th, moved to 3rd; Ottawa retained 1st overall pick)
1996 - Ottawa (retained 1st overall pick)
1997 - Boston (retained 1st overall pick)
1998 - Tampa Bay (was 3rd, moved to 1st)
1999 - Chicago (was 8th, moved to 4th; Tampa Bay retained 1st overall pick)
2000 - NY Islanders (was 5th, moved to 1st)
2001 - Atlanta (was 3rd, moved to 1st)
2002 - Florida (was 3rd, moved to 1st)
2003 - Florida (was 4th, moved to 1st
2004 - Washington (was 3rd, moved to 1st)
2005 - Pittsburgh (all 30 teams had a chance at #1)
2006 - St. Louis (retained 1st overall pick)
2007 - Chicago (was 5th, moved to 1st)
So, I guess, depending on how you think these things work, we wouldn't want to finish with the second worst record (never won the lottery). Or would we? Just a thought.