Canucks GM played with draft lottery simulator for hours
April 30 apparently can't come soon enough for Jim Benning.
The Vancouver Canucks general manager admitted Thursday that he recently sat at his computer for hours running an NHL draft lottery simulator in hopes the virtual pingpong balls would come up in the club's favor.
Benning: A couple nghts ago, I spun the wheel for two hours and I don't think we picked in the top three once, so I was kinda put off... (1)
— TSN Radio Vancouver (@TSN1040) April 21, 2016
Benning (2): so the next day, I woke up and did it ten times, and we picked #1 three times out of ten, so that gave me more hope
— TSN Radio Vancouver (@TSN1040) April 21, 2016
After a 28th-place finish, the Canucks have an 11.5 percent chance of winning the right to select first overall.
There's no word on whether Benning has asked the real lottery to be moved to the morning, when the pingpong balls seem to favor him more.