- illegalcurve.com
Winnipeg Jets will have a Top 10 draft pick in 2020
You’ll remember at the end of June the NHL held the first phase of the draft lotto where Team E won the chance to select 1st overall. While the Jets are dealing with the reality that their play-in loss cost them a chance at the Stanley Cup it also provided them with a one in eight shot at the 1st overall pick. Of course if they don’t end up with the first overall selection then they could would be assigned a spot between 9 and 15 as follows according to the NHL: The seven teams not selected in P...
- Winnipeg Free Press
A few bright spots amid gloom after Jets' quick exit
Based on the underlying numbers coming into the series, this result for the Winnipeg Jets was likely inevitable. It was only Connor Hellebuyck, some talented scorers, and elbow grease throughout the lineup that kept the Jets punching above expectations all season long despite coming into the season with Josh Morrissey and a bunch of question marks on defence. Viewed from a wide angle in retrospect, bowing out in four games to the Calgary Flames isn’t a bad result.
- Mile High Hockey
Morning Flurries: Calgary moves on to the Western Conference playoffs
So on Thursday night, in the final game of that day’s play-in slate, Calgary stormed to a 4-0 shutout win in their fourth game against Winnipeg to clinch their series. They’ll move on to face either St. Louis or Dallas next week, becoming the first Western Conference team to punch their playoff ticket from the play-in bracket. In the East, no teams managed to earn their berth on Thursday — but the Toronto Maple Leafs were met with a pretty chaotic (and traumatic, if you’re a Leafs fan) upset at ...
NHL Central Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 94 | |
| 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 92 | |
| 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 82 | |
| 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 80 | |
| 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 78 | |
| 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 77 | |
| 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 72 |
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- - Clinched Playoff Spot