Flames or Panthers 1st Round Pick 2025: Part II

[26Mats]

Utah loses 4-2 to Seattle. Kakko scores the winning goal off a horrendous play by Sergachev. He has all the time in the world to do a hard shoot around the boards from the RW side; instead he shoots it at the net & hits the outside post.

Velmalka panicks & pushes the puck behind the net right to Kakko, who wraps it into an empty net. Lol

Tolvanen gets an empty net goal to seal it.

Huge loss for Utah. They actually drop to 11th, with Blues moving to 10th due to RWs.

We need Calgary to stay ahead of 10 teams. I guess it's good Seattle beat Anaheim, to keep Anaheim behind Calgary.

But Calgary is only 3 points ahead of Boston and Detroit who are tied for 10th last. Calgary has to do ok down the stretch to not fall into the top 10. We'll see what happens... At this point I'd take them making the playoffs and getting the 17th pick over the risk of them falling into the bottom 10 and we have to get Florida's pick again.

 

[Rob Sense]

for fun, I asked ChatGPT 4.5 to project the final standing and teams that make the playoffs based on remaining schedule, current streaks and strength of opponents and here is the results:

Playoff Seeding (Based on Projected Standings)​

Eastern Conference Playoff Teams:
Washington Capitals (M1)
Florida Panthers (A1)
Carolina Hurricanes (M2)
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2)
Tampa Bay Lightning (A3)
New Jersey Devils (M3)
New York Rangers (WC1)
Ottawa Senators (WC2)


Western Conference Playoff Teams:
Winnipeg Jets (C1)
Vegas Golden Knights (P1)
Dallas Stars (C2)
Edmonton Oilers (P2)
Colorado Avalanche (C3)
Los Angeles Kings (P3)
Calgary Flames (WC1)
Minnesota Wild (WC2)

 

[salbutera]

I keep reading about how Logan Cooley is this amazing player & should've been the Habs pick at 1OA - no pts in last 7GP minus 6 on a team supposedly competing for a wildcard spot. He went cold post New Year last season as well….

 

[MarkovsKnee]

for fun, I asked ChatGPT 4.5 to project the final standing and teams that make the playoffs based on remaining schedule, current streaks and strength of opponents and here is the results:

Playoff Seeding (Based on Projected Standings)​

Eastern Conference Playoff Teams:
Washington Capitals (M1)
Florida Panthers (A1)
Carolina Hurricanes (M2)
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2)
Tampa Bay Lightning (A3)
New Jersey Devils (M3)
New York Rangers (WC1)
Ottawa Senators (WC2)


Western Conference Playoff Teams:
Winnipeg Jets (C1)
Vegas Golden Knights (P1)
Dallas Stars (C2)
Edmonton Oilers (P2)
Colorado Avalanche (C3)
Los Angeles Kings (P3)
Calgary Flames (WC1)
Minnesota Wild (WC2)

8 pts is a big lead for Calgary to overcome to grab WC1 from Minnesota. I can see all those teams making it, though.

 

[CharleyHorse]

8 pts is a big lead for Calgary to overcome to grab WC1 from Minnesota. I can see all those teams making it, though.

Now, do lottery numbers

Opps - not meant for you, but Rob Sense

 

[austin316]

We need Calgary to stay ahead of 10 teams. I guess it's good Seattle beat Anaheim, to keep Anaheim behind Calgary.

But Calgary is only 3 points ahead of Boston and Detroit who are tied for 10th last. Calgary has to do ok down the stretch to not fall into the top 10. We'll see what happens... At this point I'd take them making the playoffs and getting the 17th pick over the risk of them falling into the bottom 10 and we have to get Florida's pick again.

Going to come right down to the wire. Calgary has a rough schedule the remainder of the month. Still think it’s more than likely they slip into the top 10.

We need to start hoping FLA doesn’t win the division!