EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 16: Patrick Kane #88 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates in warm-ups prior to the game against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 16, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia Flyers, after a lost season in 2006-07 in which they finished dead last in the NHL in points, experienced more unfortunate luck during the ensuing offseason when the Chicago Blackhawks fortuitously leapt over them NHL Draft Lottery for the first overall selection in the upcoming draft.