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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Yea, with the way the Flames are playing now, our first pick could be a 17 or 18th overall. Someone mentioned Duchene the other day, he has 1 goal in 7 games and Columbus has 4 wins in their last 10 games. Is it possible that they could fire the GM?
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In order for the pick to be 17th or 18th, the following would have to happen
1) The 7th and 8th place teams in each conference play in the conference finals.
2) The Sharks would have to pass them for 1st in the division
3) Have 5 or 6 of the other playoff teams finish higher than them in the regular season. Tampa, Bruins, Toronto, Caps are likely in this scenario. The Jets, Islanders or Preds would have to really turn it on to make teams five and six.
Needless to say, hard to see a scenario where the 7th and 8th place teams in each conference make the conference finals. That alone makes it impossible for the Flames to pick 17th or 18th, unless they drop to the 2nd or 3rd worst team to make the playoffs. They currently have a 10 point lead on the 2nd worst team in the playoffs as of today and a 14 point lead on the 3rd worst team. I will confidently say there is virtually no chance the Flames pick 17th or 18th this year.