Fansided · May 27, 2020
NHL missed chance to create controversy with the entry draft
Kyle Beach #12, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
The NHL has come out with a Stanley Cup Playoffs plan, including the Chicago Blackhawks, and a draft plan, something that was outlined yesterday.
With the NHL looking for a way to shake things up and salvage the season somehow, one proposal was to have the entry draft in June before any more hockey was to be played. After yesterday’s announcement, there’s no way that will happen.
And to that, I say, “BOO!”
The draft lottery will be June 26th, and any shot at doing something really different vanished. Having the draft before the playoffs would have been amazing, and memorable.