1 pick and the right to draft Sidney Crosby, the most hyped hockey prospect since Eric Lindros, maybe even Mario Lemieux. As Bettman addressed the media, the real Crosby lottery was already underway behind closed doors in another room inside the hotel, with the accounting firm Ernst and Young reportedly overseeing the process. It was just a question of how great.”All 30 teams sent one representative to the Sheraton for the draft lottery. I thought the Ducks had won it.”It was Pittsburgh’s “Vegas gold.” The Penguins had won the Crosby lottery. “You always hear people say (that draft lottery) was rigged, especially with where the organization was at,” Orpik said.

Source: thestar April 18, 2020 21:45 UTC