Draft Drawing to be conducted on Tuesday, April 12

NEW YORK/TORONTO – The National Hockey League Draft Drawing, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, will take place Tuesday, April 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
 
The League, in cooperation with TSN, will unveil the results of the Draft Drawing live during a 30-minute program, produced and televised by TSN in Canada. The special presentation will also be simulcast on VERSUS.
 
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly will be live in TSN's studio to reveal the order of selection for the top picks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. The Draft Drawing involves clubs that do not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, or the clubs that acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff clubs.

Per NHL rules, the club selected in the Draft Drawing may not move up more than four positions in the draft order. Thus, the only clubs with the opportunity to receive the first overall selection are the five teams with the lowest regular-season point totals, or the clubs that acquired an eligible club's first-round draft pick. No club will move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Drawing.
 
Based on team finish, the percentage chance of being selected in the Draft Drawing is:
 
30th place team - 25.0%
29th place team - 18.8%
28th place team - 14.2%
27th place team - 10.7%
26th place team - 8.1%
25th place team - 6.2% 
24th place team - 4.7% 
23rd place team - 3.6%
22nd place team - 2.7%
21st place team - 2.1%
20th place team - 1.5%
19th place team - 1.1%
18th place team - 0.8%
17th place team - 0.5%
  
The 2011 NHL Entry Draft will take place at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The first round will take place on Friday, June 24 commencing at 7 p.m. ET and the subsequent rounds (two through seven) will begin at 11 a.m. ET Saturday, June 25.

The result of the Draft Drawing can be franchise-changing. The following is a summary of the impact on the order of selection since its introduction in 1995:

Year Selected	Effect On Draft Order	Player Selected
1995 Los Angeles	Moved from 7th to 3rd	D Aki Berg
1996 Ottawa	Retained 1st selection	D Chris Phillips
1997 Boston	Retained 1st selection	C Joe Thornton
1998 Tampa Bay	Moved from 3rd to 1st via trades	C Vincent Lecavalier
1999 Chicago	Moved from 8th to 4th	RW Pavel Brendl *
2000 NY Islanders	Moved from 5th to 1st	G Rick DiPietro
2001 Atlanta	Moved from 3rd to 1st	LW Ilya Kovalchuk
2002 Florida	Moved from 3rd to 1st	LW Rick Nash **
2003 Florida	Moved from 4th to 1st	G Marc-Andre Fleury ***
2004 Washington	Moved from 3rd to 1st	LW Alex Ovechkin
2005 Pittsburgh	n/a	C Sidney Crosby
2006 St. Louis	Retained 1st selection	D Erik Johnson
2007 Chicago	Moved from 5th to 1st	RW Patrick Kane
2008 Tampa Bay	Retained 1st selection	C Steven Stamkos
2009 NY Islanders	Retained 1st selection	C John Tavares
2010 Edmonton	Retained 1st selection	LW Taylor Hall

* NY Rangers obtained Chicago's pick in a trade (via Vancouver and Tampa Bay). The Rangers selected RW Pavel Brendl fourth overall.
 
** Columbus obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Blue Jackets selected LW Rick Nash first overall.
 
*** Pittsburgh obtained Florida's pick in a trade. The Penguins selected G Marc-Andre Fleury first overall.