NHL draft lottery odds: Maple Leafs move in wrong direction
In this week’s edition of our NHL draft lottery odds watch, we look at teams moving in the standings, highlighted by the Toronto Maple Leafs jumping three spots and having their odds decrease by three percent.
NHL draft lottery odds: Maple Leafs move in wrong direction originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The wave of teams beginning to fall out of playoff contention has begun.
The Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers were the first two NHL teams to be eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoff hunt. It will take some time before any other team is officially eliminated, given how close many teams are to a playoff spot. But it’s clearer than ever who the top two organizations are in terms of the race for the draft lottery.
Here are the top 10 teams in the current draft lottery ranking, as of March 27. 1. Vancouver Canucks, 18.
5 Percent The Canucks are sticking to the script, suffering a 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings , who dominated the contest. The Kings haven’t pulled out many convincing wins like that one for most of the season, which is a testament to how bad the Canucks have been this season. No team in the NHL comes close to what Vancouver has registered this year in terms of the club’s record this regular season, points, and goal differential.
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