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Originally Posted by nik-
Isn't it now 21 with the Caps out?
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No, the Caps won their division so they were already drafting after the Blues were because the Blues bowed out in the first two rounds (round 1)
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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
The Caps were already below the Blues in the standings so it didn't matter who won between the Rangers and the Caps.
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See above. Division winners are placed ahead of non-division winners regardless of point totals. Now what we want is for teams below the Blues in the standing to make the Conference finals, each team that does knocks the Blues pick down a notch.
In this case that includes the Rangers, Wings, Senators, Sharks and Kings. Now, since the Sharks and Kings are playing each other that means one of them is guaranteed to advance to the Conference finals, so the when we say the Blues pick is 22nd it means we've already accounted for one of the Sharks or Kings getting to round #3.
Again....Blues pick is currently #22.
Sens beat Pens, Blues pick improves one spot.
Rangers beat Bruins, Blues pick improves one spot.
Wings beat Hawks, Blues pick improves one spot.
Sharks/Kings series has already resulted in Blues pick moving from #23 to #22.