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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I'm not sure what you mean here. In what sense would Ottawa pass Florida?
If you mean in draft position, sure they can. If Ottawa wins two rounds in the playoffs, then their first-round pick drops to 29th or worse, and Florida's actually moves up from 22nd because a team behind them dropped.
If Washington is a paper tiger, it's not likely to make it out of the Met bracket. At the moment, Carolina is only three points behind Tampa (each with one game remaining), and Florida is a point behind Carolina. It's not a foregone conclusion that a Stanley Cup finalist will come out of the Atlantic.
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Ottawa has to forfeit their first round pick from the Davidov fiasco. So right now they're a void pick before the Panthers pick which does the Flames a favor and moves it up a spot. But if they move to say 29...it doesn't change that since Minnesota and St.Louis are the only teams between Ottawa and Florida. I had that mixed up, so yeah Ottawa can whack the Leafs and that's fine.
I'm not too high on Carolina, they could make the final 4 since it could be an easier path there. But I think any of Florida, Tampa, or even Toronto would handle them.