By virtue of Calgary’s win over Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon in the 2021 NHL regular season finale, the Blackhawks will enter the 2021 NHL Draft Lottery with the 12th-best odds at securing the No. 1 overall pick.
Chicago is technically in 12th place. But it’s effectively in 11th place because Arizona forfeit its 2021 first-round pick as part of the punishment for violating the NHL’s combine testing policy last year.
The 2021 NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Wednesday, June 2.
One rule has been changed with this year’s draft lottery: instead of three drawings, there will only be two, which was done to reduce the potential for the worst team in the standings to miss out on the No.