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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Flames need to take advantage of how tight the Eastern Conference is this year.
Only Buffalo is below .500 and that's mostly because they've been ravaged by injury.
Leafs are right at .500 but will be desperate to get back into the playoff picture.
And then you have the other 14 teams in the conference all at a .531 points percentage or better, and it's like 5 points separating 2nd and 14th in the conference.
Unless the pick is the 2029 1st it's going to be convoluted.
The 2028 1st is already tied into the conditions on the 2026 (top 5 protected) and 2027 (top 10 protected) they've traded away.
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The Leafs can still trade the 1st in 28, those 2 1sts would just become unprotected 1sts.