FOUR MYTHS (AND ONE TRUTH) ABOUT THE 2020 NHL DRAFT LOTTERY
Regardless of how you feel about the way things went down in the NHL draft lottery Friday night, you’ve got to be happy for the long-suffering fans of Team E. Those plucky underdogs are always taking a backseat to Teams A, B, C and D and it’s about time they caught a break. (Unless, of course, Team E ends up being the Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs or Edmonton Oilers, in which case this scheme is the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things.) The Detroit Red Wings, who actually didn’t have to work all that hard at being really bad this season, dropped to the No. 4 position overall. Take heart, Red Wings fans. The Colorado Avalanche did exactly the same thing three years ago and ended up with Cale Makar. The only person in Detroit who didn’t seem at all surprised by the turn of events was GM Steve Yzerman. He’s no math major, but he’s been around long enough to know these things rarely turn out as planned. Which brings us to the purpose of this piece. There are a lot of myths surrounding this draft lottery, a few of which…