Fulton44*
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Blue have been eliminated. Tampa bay loss in game 6 or 7 and the Flyers will be picking 7 and 21 in round one.
If the Wings knock out the Lightning, the pick will fall anywhere from the 22nd to 24th overall spot based on the outcome of the series involving the remaining teams with better regular season records than Tampa.
The St. Louis Blues trail the Minnesota Wild by a three games to two margin. The Flyers would get the 23rd pick if both the Lightning and Blues (or Montreal) lose. Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens lead the Ottawa Senators three games to two after holding a 3-0 lead in the series at one point. In order to get the 22nd pick, the Flyers would need for Montreal, St. Louis and Tampa all to lose.
Meltzer says
So we need Ottawa and Detroit to win to get 22nd overall.
The pick should be 21 if Detroit finishes off Tampa. Like I said, 8 teams lose in the first round and they pick 15-22 with the lowest point total teams picking 15, 16, etc through the team with the most points losing in round one picking 22. That of course would make sense and how other leagues do things but the NHL doesn't do much of anything that makes sense so.....
The remaining order is determined by the Stanley Cup playoff results.[7] Whichever team wins the Stanley Cup is awarded the 30th and last pick, while the runner-up is given the 29th pick. The teams eliminated in the conference finals are awarded the 28th and 27th picks, with the 28th pick going to the team with the better regular season record. Remaining division winners are then sorted by points, then the rest of the field are ranked next, filling in the 26th through 15th picks. In both cases, better records result in later picks.[6]
The pick should be 21 if Detroit finishes off Tampa. Like I said, 8 teams lose in the first round and they pick 15-22 with the lowest point total teams picking 15, 16, etc through the team with the most points losing in round one picking 22. That of course would make sense and how other leagues do things but the NHL doesn't do much of anything that makes sense so.....
I just think it's so silly how they lump the first and second round losers together in terms of draft order.That's not how it works. The first 2 rounds get lumped together with the division winners having the highest pick(s) and the non division winners filling in the rest. The last 4 teams then make up 27-30.
I just think it's so silly how they lump the first and second round losers together in terms of draft order.
So then if Detroit finishes off Tampa the pick is 25 (Since St. Louis had more points and lost in the first round) and then if any of Montreal, NYR, and Anaheim loses in round 2 that would knock down the Tampa pick below 25?
I agree I think it's dumb that it doesn't go by order of points in the round you are eliminated.
And yes that's correct.
Say goodbye to anything good with that pick...
Say goodbye to anything good with that pick...
Say goodbye to anything good with that pick...