The first round of the 2025 NHL Draft had a lot going for it. But the night as a whole felt strange. This was the NHL's first decentralized draft, outside of the COVID year, and it didn't seem the ...

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The NBA draft lottery has been the system used by the NBA to determine its draft order over four decades now. But the timing of its annual unveiling, in the middle of the conference semifinals of the ...

The NHL has reportedly decided to stick with its decentralized draft model for the 2026 season. The decision was made after two-thirds of the league's clubs voted in favor of continuing this new ...

The NHL tried something new this year with the 2025 draft that, well, fell flat: the league "decentralized" the draft, with the prospects in one place (Peacock Theater in Los Angeles) and teams in ...

The 2025 NHL Draft was awkward and chaotic. This was not because of the draft picks, or league commissioner Gary Bettman and his corny jokes. No, it was awkward and chaotic because of the new format ...