Langway
In den Wolken
- Jul 7, 2006
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Nine points is a lot of ground for teams to make up down the stretch on the Caps. The 10th pick seems like the best case pre-lottery. Hard to see the Caps posting more long losing streaks. They'll struggle against teams that bring it but there's ample room to skim points otherwise. And there's more downward pressure than up, chiefly from DET & CGY. WPG also seems like they may tumble right out of it altogether.
MTL seems like the floor for Michkov given that they've got another mid-first via FLA to add perhaps a more immediate talent. More likely than trading up I guess would be them moving the pick for immediate help, though I don't know if there's an ideal fit out there that would single-handedly do enough to quell concerns about the fitness of 19/92 up the middle on a team that wants to win anything.
MTL seems like the floor for Michkov given that they've got another mid-first via FLA to add perhaps a more immediate talent. More likely than trading up I guess would be them moving the pick for immediate help, though I don't know if there's an ideal fit out there that would single-handedly do enough to quell concerns about the fitness of 19/92 up the middle on a team that wants to win anything.