For a Friday morning to start the NHL’s Olympic break, it’s been an… interesting morning. And it all started when Frank Seravalli seemingly innocently tweeted the top of the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery odds.
#NHLDraft Lottery odds, at the Olympic break:1. #Canucks – 25.1% at No. 1 overall2. #stlblues – 13.6%3. #NYR – 11.6%4. #Flames – 9.5%5. #GoJetsGo – 8.5%6. #Blackhawks – 7.5%7. #njdevils – 6.5%8. #Smashville – 6.0%9. #TheFutureIsTeal – 5%10. #TimeToHunt (T10 protected)…
Huh? What’s that part at No. 10 where it says the Florida Panthers’ pick is top-10 protected?
Previously, nobody anywhere — including Seravalli — had reported anything more than one protection on the pick: as long as Florida owned their first-round pick in 2026 when the 2025 NHL Draft officially began, it went to Chicago. Now, Seravalli is seemingly “breaking” news about a trade that happened 11 months ago.
The Blackhawks have confirmed to me that he is indeed correct. The first-round pick the Panthers traded to the Blackhawks (with Spencer Knight) for Seth Jones does indeed carry top-10 protection in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Back on Dec. 2, when the Blackhawks were playing in Vegas, there was a mention of the pick the Blackhawks will receive from Florida to complete the Jones trade being top-10 protected, but it kinda slid under the rug at that point. I tweeted something about it and there was nothing anywhere online that confirmed the protection.
But today’s now-confirmed reported from Seravalli has led to PuckPedia and other outlets updating their trade detail pages to reflect this information.
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