Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutaura kwakadaro uye zvinoitwa nevateveri zvave zvichionekwa muNational Hockey League. Kazhinji, vatambi vakasarudzwa muNHL Entry Draft vanoramba vachitamba mumakwikwi madiki (kazhinji mubatanidzwa wechikwata chavo muAmerican Hockey League yekusimudzira) vasati vasvika kuNHL, kana vakasvika kuNHL zvachose. Nokudaro, apo kunyorwa kunobatanidza mutambi akagadzirira weNHL uyo aigona kuita tapuro yokukurumidza nokuda kwechikwata chavo, vanodikanwa. Mienzaniso yeizvi inosanganisira 1984 NHL Entry Draft
, nemapoka akawanda achitsvaga kupinda muLottery kuti awane mukana wekunyora Mario Lemieux, kana 2005 NHL Entry Draft, iyo yainzi "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes" sezvo zvaifungidzirwa kuti anokunda rotari yegore iroro aizoita Sidney Crosby pakarepo. 2015 NHL Entry Draft yaiva nemikana miviri yakakurumbira zvikuru, Connor McDavid naJack Eichel, vachivimbisa kuti boka rekupedzisira raizotora mutambi wepamusoro, saka vateveri vezvikwata zvepakati vakakurudzirwa kurasikirwa munguva yose ye2014-15 NHL. Izvi zvainyanya kuonekwa pakati pevateveri veBuffalo Sabres, avo vaishingairira kufadza timu inopikisa pamitambo yekumba apo "The Buffalo News" yaigara ichiburitsa "McEichel Derby", iyo yakateedzera chinzvimbo cheSabres pakati pezvikwata zvakaipisisa zveligi. First Niagara Center yakakurumbira zvikuru mukushingaira apo Sam Gagner wePhoenix Coyotes akawana chinangwa chekukunda munguva yekupedzisira mumutambo wekupedzisira wemwaka, sezvo Coyotes yakaderera yakaonekwa se "kutyisidzira" kukuru kuBuffalo kunotora nzvimbo yepamusoro-mbiri. VaSabres vakapedza mwaka neyakaipisisa rekodhi, vachichengetedza yechipiri-yese sarudzo iyo yavakashandisa kunyora Eichel. NHL yakagadziridza dhizaini yavo mwaka unotevera semhinduro, ichibvisa vimbiso yechipiri yekusarudza timu yakaipa yeligi uye ichiita zvikwata zvese gumi nemana zvinopotsa ma playoffs zvinokodzera kuhwina sarudzo yepamusoro-nhatu kuburikidza nerotari yedrafti.