- Tampa Bay faces Carolina and Florida
- Calgary faces all contenders besides Nashville
- Nashville has points up on Calgary already... but their only winnable game is against Calgary
- Florida plays the Rangers twice, so depending on which Rangers team shows up for those games... they could conceivably pull points out of those games. They also face Tampa, so there could be points on the board there
- Carolina sees the Rangers, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay
So you could consider Calgary to be coming into this with the toughest schedule. They will need these bottom-feeder vs. bottom-feeder games to go their way (overtimes would be nice). They'll also need the youth to not catch fire.
Not saying this is my hope, I think it's better for Calgary's future that the kids get into a groove and end this season feeling good, and drafting in the top 5 is definitely still going to return us a possible franchise center. Nevertheless... it is probable that we still draft in the top 3.
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