Blues have chance to win No. 1 pick at Draft

ST. LOUIS - There's a chance - albeit a really small one - that the St. Louis Blues could end up with the No. 1 overall pick at the 2018 NHL Draft in Dallas.
The odds are stacked against it - the Blues have just a 1.5 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick - but never say never, right?

The NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Saturday, April 28 in Toronto (6:30 p.m. CT, NBCSN) and will consist of three drawings - one for the No. 1 overall pick, the second for the No. 2 overall pick and the third for the No. 3 overall pick.
The 15 teams that did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs each have a chance to win a Top 3 pick, although the Buffalo Sabres - who finished 31st in the League in the regular season - have the best chance to win the No. 1 overall pick at 18.5 percent.
The Blues traded their first-round pick in 2018 to the Philadelphia Flyers in the deal that brought Brayden Schenn to the Blues, but General Manager Doug Armstrong attached a condition to that trade: if the pick ends up being in the Top 10, the Blues could decide to keep it and instead give the Flyers a first-round pick in 2019.
Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin is projected by NHL Central Scouting as the top-ranked player available in the 2018 NHL Draft, following by right winger Andrei Svechnikov and left winger Brady Tkachuk, son of former Blue Keith Tkachuk.

2018 NHL Draft Lottery Odds

Buffalo Sabres - 18.5%
Ottawa Senators - 13.5%
Arizona Coyotes - 11.5%
Montreal Canadiens - 9.5%
Detroit Red Wings - 8.5%
Vancouver Canucks - 7.5%
Chicago Blackhawks - 6.5%
New York Rangers - 6.0%
Edmonton Oilers - 5.0%
New York Islanders - 3.5%
Carolina Hurricanes - 3.0%
New York Islanders (from CGY) - 2.5%
Dallas Stars - 2.0%
St. Louis Blues - 1.5%
Florida Panthers - 1.0%
The 2018 NHL Draft will be held at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Round 1 will be held on Friday, June 22 and Rounds 2-7 will take place on Saturday, June 23.