Matt Ress
Don't sleep on me
Unless the Islanders make the conference finals and the Blues don't, the Islanders pick is before the Blues one. Still, where each pick is slotted depends on which teams make the conference finals (the cup winner picks 30th, the cup loser 29th, the two teams that lose in the conference finals 27th and 28th, then any remaining division winners by regular season finish, then all of the other playoff teams by regular season finish)
Sorry for the inconvenience but, to clarify, it doesn't matter which round a team is bumped unless it's the Conference Final or SC Final? For instance, the Islanders get outed in the 1st round (seemingly 19th) and the Wild (worse the season pt. total) knock out the Blues, the Isle' s pick wouldn't then become 18 unless the Wild (or some other team ending the reg season with less points) make the Conf. Finals?