Chicago Blackhawks: A chance at the first overall pick existsVincent Pariseon June 27, 2020 at 1:00 pm

That means that there is a chance that the Chicago Blackhawks earn the first overall pick. If they lost to the Edmonton Oilers in that series, they will be in the second wave of the lottery. As mentioned before, the players playing for their own careers do not care one bit and are going to try their very best to win as much as they can.

With Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl leading the way on the other side, they definitely don’t want to lose because they see themselves as good enough to win the Cup. Nobody is saying that you should be rooting against your favorite team but whoever wins this pick is going to be a very happy team for a long time.

Alexis Lafreniere is a brilliant player that plays for the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL. He is going to be the first overall pick in the Draft to whoever claims this pick. If Chicago won this pick, he would immediately join their top-six forward group. He would also potentially even be their best player not named Patrick Kane (or maybe Jonathan Toews) right away. He would allow those two guys to ride off into the sunset by playing some great hockey down the stretch of their careers.

As mentioned before, nobody is going to actively root against their team. With that said, having a chance at Lafreniere could be more worth it than getting smoked by the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights, or Dallas Stars in the first round. This is going to be very interesting to see how it plays out.