Seemingly out of nowhere, the NHL has confirmed that the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be taking place on Friday, June 26th at 8pm ET on all the major networks.
The league is actually going ahead with their idea of lettered team slots for the eight losers in the non-playoffs Play-In. So if “Team C” wins the lottery (their odds are listed in the press release), we won’t know which team it is until the Play-In happens and another lottery between those eight losers is conducted. If three lettered teams win all three lotteries, they’ll be organized by points percentage.