[Bleacher Nation] - NHL Draft Lottery Notes, Blackhawks History of Moving Up

The 2025 NHL Draft Lottery will take place this evening, which makes today a good time to take a quick crash course on the history of the event. The NHL instituted a draft lottery in 1995, and it has evolved in the 30 years since it began. From 1995 to 2004, the lottery was only one drawing, with the winning team moving up a maximum of four positions in the draft order. In 2005 — coming out of the lockout — all 30 NHL clubs participated in the lottery to determine the order of select