GDT: Canadiens @ San Jose Sharks - Mon Feb 29, 2016 - 10:30 pm ET

[JustinSnow]

Games like last nights' game are fantastic if you want this team to actually take a step in the right direction.

 

[BKerr]

Hope is not a strategy, planning is. As in planning to ensure a bottom-3 finish. The entire mandate for the remainder of the season should be focus on losing as many games as possible in regulation. I would bench Plekanec, Markov, and Emelin for the remainder of the season. It's a win-win, they will want out post-season for the humiliation.

A bottom 1 finish... Dead last... has a 55% chance of drafting outside the top 3.

Planning for a top 3 pick, without putting your hope in the lottery, is impossible.

 

[Rolex]

55% chance of drafting outside the top 3 ? How is that possible ? Finishing in bottom 2 spots ensures you get to draft in the top 3.....

 

[BKerr]

55% chance of drafting outside the top 3 ? How is that possible ? Finishing in bottom 2 spots ensures you get to draft in the top 3.....

Not anymore.

New Lottery Rules.

Top 3 picks are all up for grabs.