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Gritty tweets that the NHL draft lottery is rigged after the Flyers drop down a spot

Gritty has spoken!

I think Gritty speaks for all Philadelphia Flyers fans here after the NHL draft lottery.

Tuesday marked the NHL’s draft lottery, when the lottery balls decide the fate of where the teams pick for the upcoming entry draft. This year, the Montreal Canadiens will have the No. 1 overall pick after coming into the day with the best odds. And yet, there was one surprise in the mix with the New Jersey Devils jumping from fifth to draft at the No. 2 spot.

As the Devils jumped up, the Flyers dropped down, with the team’s fourth-best odds not enough to get them into a top spot as Philadelphia slid to No. 5 overall thanks to New Jersey winning the second spot. And Gritty was having none of it.

Gritty has officially spoken, folks! The NHL draft lottery was legitimately, absolutely, 100 percent rigged. You heard it here first!

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2022 NHL Draft Order: The first 16 teams are set after the Canadiens won the lottery

The Canadiens will likely draft center Shane Wright with the No. 1 overall pick.

The Montreal Canadiens have won the 2022 NHL draft lottery, retaining their top odds as they will select No. 1 overall in early July.

Surprisingly, the New Jersey Devils jumped to No. 2 overall after coming in with the fifth best odds (8.5 percent), knocking down the Arizona Coyotes to the No. 3 spot. Other than that slight shift, the 2022 NHL draft lottery went pretty much as expected, with no one able to dethrone the Canadiens for that top pick.

It is very likely that with the No. 1 overall pick, the Canadiens will draft consensus top draftee Shane Wright, a center from the Kingston Frontenacs in the OHL. Wright is a crafty playmaker with a lethal NHL shot, making him a player the Canadiens can build around in the seasons to come.

Here is the full list of the 16 teams that have cemented their draft order after the 2022 NHL draft lottery.

NHL draft lottery odds: Which team has the best shot at the No. 1 pick in 2022?

These NHL teams have the best odds at the No. 1 pick.

It’s almost time for the 2022 NHL draft lottery, where we’ll soon know the fate of the bottom 16 teams in the league ahead of the upcoming entry draft.

Even though the Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. ET will mark the NHL draft lottery for the second half of the league. It’s been a tough season for many NHL teams, but the draft lottery provides a slim amount of hope for a franchise’s future with a high draft pick.

The rules for the 2022 NHL draft lottery are a bit different this year, as a team can only move up to 10 spots and only the first two spots in the lottery are up for grabs, a change from three in previous years. The remaining teams will then be sorted by inverse order of regular-season points to determine the rest of the field. These two changes mean teams such as the Montreal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes will be guaranteed a top pick after a grueling and miserable 82-game season.

Despite only the top 11 teams having a chance at the No. 1 overall pick, here’s the full 16-team list of the odds for the upcoming 2022 NHL draft lottery.