Despite a 25.5% chance of getting the No. 1 pick — the best odds among the 16 teams that missed the NHL playoffs this season — AnaheimDucks lost out on the chance to draft the potential franchise-changing talents of forward Connor Bedard.
’ miserable season ended a month ago, but they absorbed another painful loss Monday when they didn’t win the NHL draft lottery in a year that features the potential franchise-changing talents of forward Connor Bedard.
“I’m excited. It looks like Connor Bedard is going to go No. 1 but now we get to pick a player we want,” as opposed to dropping to No. 3 and waiting for the No. 2 team to make its selection, he added. Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek attends the 2022 NHL draft at the Bell Centre in Montreal last July.
The Ducks have never won the NHL’s draft lottery and have never had the No. 1 overall pick. They were the runners-up in 2005 for Sidney Crosby, instead getting the No. 2 pick and using that to draft Bobby Ryan. Michigan forward Adam Fantilli is among the players the Ducks could select in the NHL draft next month.
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