Only small portions of the broadcast could be heard while the screen stayed frozen for most of the event. The league was shredded in the comments section for its poor quality and the broadcast issues have raised concerns about the upcoming QMJHL Entry Draft, which will be aired live online a month from now.
The league issued an apology tonight.
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Commissioner's Office wants to apologize to its fans, players and media who were watching the 2020 Entry Draft Lottery this afternoon on the League's YouTube channel.
The main objective was to offer the best possible broadcast to those who were watching the live draw. The three General Managers involved in the lottery were participating in a Skype conference with the QMJHL Director of Communications in order to get instant reactions and analysis. However, we faced technical issues that forced us to abandon the production. Thereafter, we issued a press release that contained the results, and we shared it on our website and social channels a few minutes later.
The league has deleted the attempted live video from its YouTube channel but has posted the below recap.
While it's easy to rip on the league for this performance, it's better this happened today than a month from now when a lot more eyes will be watching. Hopefully the issues get resolved.
Props do need to be given to the league for trying to give us some entertainment when we could all use some. Bringing on the general mangers of the teams involved was a great idea and the broadcast would have been quite good if it had worked.
Fingers crossed things go much better the next time around.
The Gatineau Olympiques, as expected, won the first overall pick in June's QMJHL Entry Draft. The Saint John Sea Dogs moved up one spot to No. 3.
The QMJHL Entry Draft will take place June 5-6 online.
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