Mercifully, the season is over for the 14 NHL teams who failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs - but there's still one last incidence of business to attend to before filling their schedules with tee times.
The Draft Lottery will be staged Tuesday on the eve of the playoffs, with the Buffalo Sabres holding the best odds to acquire the rights to the first selection of the 2014 draft.
Here are the complete standings and odds for Tuesday's draw:
| Rank | Team | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 25% |
| 2 | Florida Panthers | 18.8% |
| 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 14.2% |
| 4 | Calgary Flames | 10.7% |
| 5 | New York Islanders | 8.1% |
| 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 6.2% |
| 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 4.7% |
| 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3.6% |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 2.7% |
| 10 | Phoenix Coyotes | 2.1% |
| 11 | Ottawa Senators* | 1.5% |
| 12 | New Jersey Devils** | 1.1% |
| 13 | Nashville Predators | 0.8% |
| 14 | Washington Capitals | 0.5% |
Note: The Ottawa Senators' first-round pick belongs to the Anaheim Ducks, who acquired the selection in the deal for Bobby Ryan, while the New Jersey Devils will pick 30th regardless of their placing, because of the cap-circumvention penalty they incurred after signing Ilya Kovalchuk.
