The drafting order was now set partially by a lottery system whereby teams would not be guaranteed first pick if they finished last.

Instead, a draft lottery was instituted in which the winner of the lottery could move up a maximum of four spots in the first-round draft order, meaning only the five worst teams, based on regular season points in a given season, could pick first in the draft, and no team in the non-playoff group could move down more than one place.

The Los Angeles Kings won the lottery, and thus moved up four spots from seventh to third.

The top two picks swapped teams in a trade the following year.

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