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Cross your fingers: Odds for 2015 NHL Draft lottery

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Gentlemen, you may now power down your tanks.

The 2014-15 season is over, so now it’s just a matter of time (reportedly April 18) until the 2015 NHL Entry Draft’s lottery will take place. What are your favorite or most hated non-playoff team’s odds of landing Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel (pictured together)? The final odds are listed below:

1. Buffalo (54 points, 15 ROW) - 20 percent

2. Arizona (56 points, 19 ROW) - 13.5 percent

3. Edmonton (62 points, 19 ROW) - 11.5 percent

4. Toronto (68 points, 25 ROW) - 9.5 percent

5. Carolina (71 points, 25 ROW) - 8.5 percent

6. New Jersey (78 points, 27 ROW) - 7.5 percent

7. Philadelphia (84 points, 30 ROW) - 6.5 percent

8. Columbus (89 points, 33 ROW) - 6 percent

9. San Jose (89 points, 36 ROW) - 5 percent

10. Colorado (90 points, 29 ROW) - 3.5 percent

11. Florida (91 points, 30 ROW) - 3 percent

12. Dallas (92 points, 37 ROW) - 2.5 percent

13. Los Angeles (95 points, 38 ROW) - 2 percent

14. Boston (96 points, 37 ROW) - 1 percent

To get you in the spirit, here are a couple random photos of lottery drawings:

Super-pumped now, aren’t you?