“But how can I reconcile this with my unfounded, albeit strongly-held belief, that this lottery was rigged?”
/r/hockey, probably
CoalTrain9224
On Instagram they’re still too dumb to process this so they’ll still say rigged
Over on r/hockey though they have just plain moved on to “They don’t deserve him 🤬 The pick should’ve been stripped because of Beach 🤬 He should pull a Lindros🤬”
their tears are literally giving me life. I’m ready for another Hawks villain arc for the next decade.
pjfmtb
Awesome Confirmation!!
itsmb12
I LOVE YOU PING PONG BALLS
dishonourableprince
Bettman has never been more enthusiastic to announce the winner lmao. Compare his reaction to last year when Montreal won:
I honestly cannot believe we actually won the first pick. It’s really gross seeing r/hockey users saying that celebrating getting the first pick means we don’t care about the assault. I guess as Hawks fans, we should punish ourselves to decades of misery.
Shout out to the Blue Jackets fan who called me “kiddo” and told me the Hawks were too good this year to get the first pick.
Capable-Average4429
I don’t even get mad at a good, well though out chirp. But these bums over there going “iTs rIgGed bEcAuSe iTs RigGeD” despite *overwhelming* evidence that it is *not* is just… sad. The lack of savvy, gamesmanship,and cunning is sad to witness. MFs with Colorado flair complaining: they won the lottery, jumped to 1OA to draft MacKinnon. Capitals? Third to first to get Ovechkin. Oilers? Third to first to get McDavid. Panthers move to first overall *twice* in a row. Jack Hughes? Third to first. Moving up from third to first happens all the fucking time.
DiamondBurInTheRough
It is so obvious that this isn’t rigged…there are so many factors going into making sure it’s as fair and transparent as possible. It’s funny to joke that Bettman wants the Hawks to be good cuz the league is better when were competitive, but at the end of the day, there’s no shot in hell this wasn’t a legitimate drawing.
maybe_an_ad
It’s so fucking annoying that we can’t even be happy about this bc the mouth breathers on the other sub Reddit just spam “SA cover up”
Pissed at the league, the org, other fans.
Feels bad.
hawksfn1
4-5-9-13 found my first tattoo.
Yokepearl
The dice are loaded, I tell ya! /s
KetamineCowboyXR
Became a fan on January 1st, 2023. I took the deep dive into hockey and found Jets as my #2 team. Learning the history of my 2 favorite teams was really important for me and when I came across the situation and I decided it does not change how I view the Blackhawks. Love the team, love the fans. First Jersey was a Toews one, want a Hull one, and girlfriend will kill me but I want a Ranger Kaner one.
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Seems hard to fake. This was released last night.
https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/2022-23/2023DraftLotteryGuide.pdf
“But how can I reconcile this with my unfounded, albeit strongly-held belief, that this lottery was rigged?”
/r/hockey, probably
On Instagram they’re still too dumb to process this so they’ll still say rigged
Over on r/hockey though they have just plain moved on to “They don’t deserve him 🤬 The pick should’ve been stripped because of Beach 🤬 He should pull a Lindros🤬”
their tears are literally giving me life. I’m ready for another Hawks villain arc for the next decade.
Awesome Confirmation!!
I LOVE YOU PING PONG BALLS
Bettman has never been more enthusiastic to announce the winner lmao. Compare his reaction to last year when Montreal won:
https://youtu.be/0PgCHEoNa3w
I honestly cannot believe we actually won the first pick. It’s really gross seeing r/hockey users saying that celebrating getting the first pick means we don’t care about the assault. I guess as Hawks fans, we should punish ourselves to decades of misery.
Shout out to the Blue Jackets fan who called me “kiddo” and told me the Hawks were too good this year to get the first pick.
I don’t even get mad at a good, well though out chirp. But these bums over there going “iTs rIgGed bEcAuSe iTs RigGeD” despite *overwhelming* evidence that it is *not* is just… sad. The lack of savvy, gamesmanship,and cunning is sad to witness. MFs with Colorado flair complaining: they won the lottery, jumped to 1OA to draft MacKinnon. Capitals? Third to first to get Ovechkin. Oilers? Third to first to get McDavid. Panthers move to first overall *twice* in a row. Jack Hughes? Third to first. Moving up from third to first happens all the fucking time.
It is so obvious that this isn’t rigged…there are so many factors going into making sure it’s as fair and transparent as possible. It’s funny to joke that Bettman wants the Hawks to be good cuz the league is better when were competitive, but at the end of the day, there’s no shot in hell this wasn’t a legitimate drawing.
It’s so fucking annoying that we can’t even be happy about this bc the mouth breathers on the other sub Reddit just spam “SA cover up”
Pissed at the league, the org, other fans.
Feels bad.
4-5-9-13 found my first tattoo.
The dice are loaded, I tell ya! /s
Became a fan on January 1st, 2023. I took the deep dive into hockey and found Jets as my #2 team. Learning the history of my 2 favorite teams was really important for me and when I came across the situation and I decided it does not change how I view the Blackhawks. Love the team, love the fans. First Jersey was a Toews one, want a Hull one, and girlfriend will kill me but I want a Ranger Kaner one.