hf101 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Apparently an extra ball may have been pulled Saturday night, and nobody noticed. http://imgur.com/gallery/RdRvV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGreatGazoo Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 What the hell??!?!?! Can this league get anything right? It doesn't matter if it was only ONE ball...it changes the odds. Not to mention how it looks. I assume this video is legit? I didn't see anything live, so I'm assuming it is, but in today's day and age, you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Rofl. Imagine the scandal and butthurt if they had to redo the draft lottery. It would be demanded we see the balls drawn live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 @J0e Th0rnton And why it isn't done live makes zero sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Do-over!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=810822 From the way the video looks, there was an accidental double tap on the first ball. A second ball went up the tube as a result, but it immediately fell back down since there was already a ball at the top. Personally, I don't really see an issue, I think that's the reason that they do the ten second interval. If something like that happens, it's outside the framework laid out for the lottery, meaning the second ball, which was an accident can be safely dismissed as such. Actually, that screenshot was perfectly timed. All of that said, I agree that it should be done live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGreatGazoo Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks, Scott. I couldn't get the video to play. So, I only looked at the screen shots. If the 2nd ball, fell back into the "hopper", then it's a mute point, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks, Scott. I couldn't get the video to play. So, I only looked at the screen shots. If the 2nd ball, fell back into the "hopper", then it's a mute point, IMO. That's exactly what happened. It was underneath the "real" ball for a split second before gravity did its work. Since there was a ball already at the top of the tube, the second ball never even got to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B21 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Well Bettman has it in for us no doubt since the wrath he took after the 99 finals where he allowed a Cup to be handed out on a goal that was scored while breaking the almighty skate in the crease rule. The rule was pretty stupid. But it was the rule of the day and many a goal was taken down on the exact same situation. Its not like we would have had the Cup if it was disallowed. But it was in the wee hours and nobody is ever going to convince me that the late hour and the refs being tired did not play into it. If only Patrick's shot had gone in. I do believe the pressure on Dallas would have been too great in a game 7. This lottery thing will likely be changed again. How many has Edmonton won now? Since Wayne left? Well - they did win another one in just the second season after he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Well - they did win another one in just the second season after he left. In a lopsided five game series, no less. Three blowout wins included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Well - they did win another one in just the second season after he left. I think he meant lotteries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I did mean lotteries. I am not talking about the Edmonton Cup under Muckler for God's sake. That was a million years ago.I believe the Oilers have won 4 of the last 6 lotteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brelic Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 @J0e Th0rnton And why it isn't done live makes zero sense to me. Wait. They didn't do it live??? What did they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sickening as it is, it has gotten them no where. But one gets the feeling it will be different this time. If they are smart, they trade one of these guys that were able to light the lamp and get some help on D. But they have not been very smart recently Not that I think they have been managed in an intelligent way, but which teams are giving up #1 defensemen right now? Looking over trade history, this isn't exactly something you see very often at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 @brelic The lottery was actually done previously. The winner was declared from an envelope. It's just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Seriously folks. https://youtu.be/rSdVY2wrpR4 They could do it in 1984. 30 years later, and we have an envelope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraycraven Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Seriously folks. https://youtu.be/rSdVY2wrpR4 They could do it in 1984. 30 years later, and we have an envelope? LOL... that was one sweet sports jacket that dude was wearing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I think he meant lotteries I thought Cups too. The Gretzky reference threw me for a loop. Good catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B21 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I think he meant lotteries Nuh uh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 # transparency!!!! What a friggin joke......SHOW THE DAMN BALLS BEING DONE LIVE OR WE WILL ALWAYS DOUBT THE OUTCOME!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 @Hockey Junkie It IS balls. But the live part of the lottery is them opening an envelope to unveil the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Of course if Bettman was truly going to rig it, he likely would have picked a mainsteam city rather than Edmonton, in the middle of no where?Nah. if he was going to rig it, he would have given it to one of his floundering expansion teams. Probably Arizona. But in any case, the foot in crease rule did not "Hand the cup" to Dallas. They were going to beat Buffalo's arse silly anyways The spirit of the rule about being in the crease was to keep players from interfering with the goaltender(Which he did not do). You are trying to use the letter of the law to defeat the spirit of the law because his little toe was on the blue paint. That is how everyone saw it, called it and ruled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Of course if Bettman was truly going to rig it, he likely would have picked a mainsteam city rather than Edmonton, in the middle of no where? Yep, like I said before, there are WAY better choices for Betteman to make, solidifing the teams in FLA and ARZ first and foremost. McDavid's presence would have outright saved those franchises from inevitable failure....they would have been the choices....or the Canes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Yep, like I said before, there are WAY better choices for Betteman to make, solidifing the teams in FLA and ARZ first and foremost. McDavid's presence would have outright saved those franchises from inevitable failure....they would have been the choices....or the Canes. Maybe we'll get lucky enough for those teams to one day fall on their faces and move somewhere that they can be successful. May they never win the lottery until that happens. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Monet Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The draft can be fixed under the current scenerio without bettman having anything to with or understanding of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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