Even if the MapleLeafs lose their qualifying-round matchup against the BlueJacketsNHL, their consolation prize might be a better shot at a player like Alexis Lafreniere or Quinton Byfield. (lukefoxjukebox)
The eight teams who fail to win their best-of-five playoff qualification series will all be granted equal odds — 12.5 per cent — of securing the No. 1, 2 or 3 choice in the 2020 draft.
This is possible only because GM Kyle Dubas made his first-overall pick top-10 protected when he traded it to Carolina last summer as part of the Patrick Marleau salary-dump deal. Sure, a Sweet 16 spot is no longer guaranteed, but we see this as a win-win for Toronto — which voted in favour of the format.
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