It was stated under the new rules of the NHL draft lottery that starting in 2022:

1) Teams will be restricted from moving up more than 10 spots if it wins one of the lottery draws

2) Teams cannot win the lottery more than twice in a five-year period. (Wins in the lottery prior to 2022 will not be counted toward this total)

Based on that wording, I think I know the answer to my own question, but I haven't been able to find any confirmation and I also don't think the supposed answer makes sense. My question is as follows:

Is the 'twice in five years' rule only referring to the winning of the numbers 1 & 2 picks or any lottery win regardless of where that results in the team picking? That is to say, if a team finishes with the 16th best lottery odds two years in a row, and both times wins a lottery (which would only move them up 10 spots to the 6th overall pick), are they then ineligible to pick 1st or 2nd for the next 3 years even if they completely bottom out?

Well the odds of that are microscopic so I wouldn’t worry about that too much

I thought that the lotteries were only for the top 2 picks

I still just wanna know lol

There are two lotteries, for picks number 1 & 2, however teams can't move up more than 10 spots. So if a bottom 11/12 team wins a lottery, they get pick 1 or 2, but if a team above that wins, they just move up 10 spots.

Dang I didn't know that. Thanks

I have a feeling the rangers are going to "magically" move up to 6

Just for clarification, that only comes into effect in 2022

Oh okay. Do any of the new rules come into effect this year?

Just the reduction of the lotteries from the top 3 picks to only the top 2

the 2nd rule should have been implemented back in 2010. Would have stopped Edmonton from getting it 4 times (INCLUDING 3 TIMES IN A ****ING ROW)

This is the first time that part of the new lotto rules has made sense to me.