Here are all fifty lottery ball combinations that could land the Sharks Connor McDavid
Who's excited to read some numbers?
This whole "missing the playoffs" thing still feels like a new and scary experience—I mean, it's already day three of the postseason and the Sharks still haven't provided their fanbase with false hope by winning a first-round game in decisive fashion yet. What's up with that? Anyway, tomorrow brings with it the one silver lining to not making it to the dance, especially this season: a chance to win the first overall pick in the 2015 entry draft that will be used to select a franchise-changing prospect in Erie Otters center Connor McDavid.
The NHL draft lottery goes down at 5PM tomorrow and, for the first time, every non-playoff team will have a chance at winning. The prize is McDavid who scored 120 points in 47 OHL games this year for a draft year points-per-game rate (2.55) comparable to that of Sidney Crosby back in the 2004-05 season (2.71). He's the real deal and there's a 1-in-20 chance he'll be a future Shark a little over 24 hours from now. Here are the 50 (out of 1000) possible lottery ball combinations that would give the Sharks the win, according to the NHL's look-up table:
1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 2, 6, 9
3. 1, 2, 7, 11
4. 1, 3, 9, 14
5. 1, 4, 5, 8
6. 1, 4, 5, 10
7. 1, 4, 8, 11
8. 1, 4, 13, 14
9. 1, 6, 7, 11
10. 1, 6, 9, 11
11. 1, 8, 12, 14
12. 2, 3, 5, 11
13. 2, 3, 5, 14
14. 2, 3, 8, 13
15. 2, 4, 9, 10
16. 2, 5, 9, 13
17. 2, 5, 10, 12
18. 2, 6, 7, 10
19. 2, 6, 9, 10
20. 2, 6, 12, 13
21. 2, 6, 9, 10
22. 2, 6, 12, 13
23. 2, 9, 13, 14
24. 2, 10, 11, 14
25. 2, 11, 12, 13
26. 3, 4, 6, 13
27. 3, 4, 7, 11
28. 3, 5, 7, 10
29. 3, 6, 7, 8
30. 3, 6, 12, 13
31. 3, 7, 9, 11
32. 3, 10, 12, 14
33. 4, 5, 7, 9
34. 4, 5, 7, 14
35. 4, 6, 8, 11
36. 4, 6, 12, 13
37. 4, 8, 11, 12
38. 4, 9, 10, 14
39. 4, 10, 11, 14
40. 4, 10, 12, 14
41. 5, 6, 7, 8
42. 5, 6, 10, 11
43. 5, 6, 12, 13
44. 5, 10, 11, 12
45. 5, 11, 13, 14
46. 5, 12, 13, 14
47. 6. 7, 9, 12
48. 6, 7, 9, 13
49. 6, 10, 12, 14
50. 8, 9, 13, 14
Yes, lottery balls 1, 2, 3 and 4 being drawn tomorrow would make the Sharks winners of the McDavid sweepstakes. That's startlingly close to the combination on an idiot's luggage.