Friday, 4 April 2014

Race to the Bottom - Silly Leafs

Per the Globe and Mail today the Leafs have a 10% chance of making the play-offs after last night's overtime win against the Bruins.  If they did make the play-offs they would face the Boston Bruins who have clinched their division.  So, a repeat of last year and the Leafs would likely be massacred this time.  The Bruins have been on a tear since the Olympic break.

The other day I advocated the Leafs, lose baby lose in my blog and of course they are doing themselves no favors in the race for the bottom.  The Leafs would likely pick 12th and have a 1 in a 125 chance of winning the draft lottery.  Hopefully, Capitals, Canucks, Senators or Hurricanes will win some games and catch up to the Leafs.


DRAFT ORDER - Based on April 3rd NHL Standings
Rank
Team
% of Winning
Points
Games Remaining
Wins (incl. Overtime)
1
Buffalo Sabres
25.0
51
6
14
2
Edmonton Oilers
18.8
61
5
23
3
Florida Panthers
14.2
62
5
19
4
Calgary Flames
10.7
71
5
26
5
New York Islandersa
8.1
72
6
24
6
Nashville Predators
6.2
77
6
31
7
Winnipeg Jets
4.7
78
4
27
8
Ottawa Senatorsb
3.6
78
6
27
9
Vancouver Canucks
2.7
79
5
29
10
Carolina Hurricanes
2.1
79
5
33
11
Washington Capitals
1.1
81
6
25
12
Toronto Maple Leafs
0.8
84
4
28
13
Phoenix Coyotes
0.5
85
5
30
30
New Jersey Devilsc
1.5
80
6
32

% of Winning - Is the odds of a team winning the draft lottery. 

a - The New York Islanders must give either their 2014 or 2015 first round pick to the Buffalo Sabers as part of the Thomas Vanek trade.  


b - The Senators' first-round pick was traded to the Anaheim Ducks as part of the Bobby Ryan trade.a - The New York Islanders have the option to give either their 2014 or 2015 first-round draft pick to the Buffalo Sabres as part of the trade that sent Thomas Vanek to New York. The Islanders have to notify the Buffalo Sabers prior to the 2014 NHL Draft. 
c- The New Jersey Devils regardless of standings will receive the 30th overall pick as cap circumvention penalty for signing Ilya Kovalchuk.


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