The Detroit Red Wings won a grand total of 17 games this season. They were far and away the worst team in the NHL. How bad were they? Both the awful Ottawa Senators and dismal San Jose Sharks had 23 and 24 more points respectively than Detroit’s 39. Yet after all that losing, GM Steve Yzerman’s Wings won’t even select 2nd or 3rd. That’s because when the lottery balls finished banging around and then flew up the tube, Detroit ended up with the 4th overall pick.
Steve Yzerman not surprised he lost the draft
After the shock and disappointment settled in, Steve Yzerman revealed that he wasn’t really surprised by the result.