In less than two hours, we'll learn what team will have the luxury of picking first overall at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft later this year.If it we're up to Hound Central 3.0 readers, however, it would be the Los Angeles Kings, and not the doormat Tampa Bay Lightning, that would win the Steven Stamkos Derby.
In one of the closest polls ever here at Hound Central 3.0, 18 of the 35 voters picked the Kings, the Western Conference's cellar dweller, to get the No. 1 pick. Seventeen readers picked the Lightning, who finished with the league's worst point total.
With the draft lottery taking place at 8 EST tonight (it's televised on Versus, so check your local listings), we'll all learn just who will get the coveted pick.
Will the top pick be Stamkos, the Sarnia Sting center who's projected to step right into the NHL next season? A lot of people believe his name will be called first on June 20 at Scotiabank Place in Kanata, Ontario. Then again, it could be a defenseman: Peterborough Petes' Zach Bogosian or the Guelph Storm's Drew Doughty.
I guess we'll have to wait, won't we?
Question: Who will get the No. 1 pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft?
Los Angeles Kings: 18 out of 35 votes cast (51.4 percent)
Tampa Bay Lightning: 17 out of 35 (48.6 percent)
Update: The Lightning did, indeed, win the lottery for the first overall pick at the 2008 NHL Draft.
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