2017–18 CSC season

The 2017–18 CSC season was the sixth season of operation of the Conn Smythe Corner (CSC). The regular season began on October 8, 2017 and ended on March 2, 2018, with the playoffs to follow until March 25.

Team Movement
Two franchises were moved following the end of the 2016-17 CSC season.

Following the surprise midseason retirement of Brahm Hurwitz, John Lenz was appointed GM of the Cornwall Aces. The team was promptly relocated in the offseason, resulting in the birth of the Toronto Arenas and marking the league's first foray into Toronto.

After an unprecedented five consecutive seasons of missing the playoffs, the Hartford Whalers were relocated, becoming the Los Angeles Sharks. Ian Gerard was appointed as GM, making him the first peon to ever ascend to a general manager position.

The Prospect Draft
Immediately after the 2018 CSC draft, the first Prospect Draft was held. Players selected nust not have been drafted by a CSC team, and players must have been drafted into the NHL in the 2015 draft or later.

The PTO Draft
Immediately after the 2017 CSC Prospect draft, the PTO Draft was held. Players selected here were NOT on an NHL team, and as a result had an "NA" designation on Yahoo!. Players also could not have been drafted as a prospect. Upon making an NHL team, the CSC franchise with a given players rights has two weeks to decide whether or not to add said player before losing the player's rights. Draft order is randomly selected.

The results of the 2017 PTO Draft were:

League Structure
The CSC maintained a conference structure during the 2017-18 season.

The Draft
The sixth CSC Draft was held on September 30th, with the draft order being determined based on the previous season's results. The higher a team's finish in the regular season, the higher the draft pick, with the two finalists picking first and second. Gerardo Discepola, GM of the champion Montreal Wanderers, would select Connor McDavid first overall.

Regular season
Beginning on October 12th, each team would play 20 matches. Each team would play each other at least once, with twelve matches within a team's conference.

Postponed Game
The Florida Panthers – Boston Bruins game scheduled for January 4, 2018, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts was postponed due to the effects of the January 2018 nor'easter. The game was rescheduled for April 8, the day after the regular season was originally scheduled to end.

Standings
{| class="wikitable" !Rank !Team !W-L-T !Pct !Div !Pts !Waiver Bdgt !Waiver !Moves
 * colspan="9" |
 * colspan="9" |

Discepola Conference

 * 1
 * Cleveland Barons
 * 14-6-0
 * .700
 * 9-3-0
 * 7947.00
 * $6350000
 * 12
 * 32
 * 2
 * Atlanta Thrashers
 * 15-5-0
 * .750
 * 9-3-0
 * 8255.25
 * $10150000
 * 5
 * 27
 * 3
 * Vancouver Blazers
 * 13-7-0
 * .650
 * 7-5-0
 * 7902.25
 * $19950000
 * 8
 * 24
 * 7
 * KC Scouts
 * 11-9-0
 * .550
 * 6-6-0
 * 7790.75
 * $12795000
 * 6
 * 50
 * 11
 * St. Louis Eagles
 * 8-12-0
 * .400
 * 7-5-0
 * 6954.25
 * $30850000
 * 7
 * 15
 * 12
 * Montreal Wanderers
 * 7-13-0
 * .350
 * 4-8-0
 * 7275.25
 * $21200000
 * 10
 * 27
 * 13
 * Colorado Rockies
 * 6-14-0
 * .300
 * 4-8-0
 * 6493.25
 * $13350000
 * 14
 * 34
 * 14
 * Atlanta Flames
 * 6-14-0
 * .300
 * 2-10-0
 * 6332.50
 * $13000000
 * 15
 * 32
 * colspan="9" |
 * 6-14-0
 * .300
 * 2-10-0
 * 6332.50
 * $13000000
 * 15
 * 32
 * colspan="9" |
 * colspan="9" |

Deneufbourg Conference

 * 4
 * Seattle Metros
 * 12-8-0
 * .600
 * 6-6-0
 * 7695.00
 * $5100000
 * 9
 * 40
 * 5
 * VAN Millionaires
 * 14-6-0
 * .700
 * 9-3-0
 * 7694.25
 * $22500000
 * 11
 * 28
 * 6
 * Montreal Maroons
 * 13-7-0
 * .650
 * 7-5-0
 * 7303.25
 * $25000000
 * 1
 * 15
 * 8
 * Toronto Arenas
 * 14-6-0
 * .700
 * 7-5-0
 * 7724.50
 * $20100000
 * 3
 * 25
 * 9
 * QC Athletic Club
 * 9-11-0
 * .450
 * 5-7-0
 * 7193.50
 * $24250000
 * 4
 * 19
 * 10
 * Philadelphia Quakers
 * 9-11-0
 * .450
 * 7-5-0
 * 6821.00
 * $33700000
 * 13
 * 13
 * 15
 * Los Angeles Sharks
 * 5-15-0
 * .250
 * 5-7-0
 * 6218.75
 * $17850000
 * 2
 * 29
 * 16
 * Springfield Indians
 * 4-16-0
 * .200
 * 2-10-0
 * 6816.00
 * $9700000
 * 16
 * 29
 * }
 * 4-16-0
 * .200
 * 2-10-0
 * 6816.00
 * $9700000
 * 16
 * 29
 * }

Milestones
The Cleveland Barons won the first Cam Ward Cup in franchise history, handing the Atlanta Thrashers their first playoff loss in franchise history along the way.

The Montreal Wanderers missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, ending their record 5 year playoff streak.

For the first time in league history, no team eclipsed 8300 points throughout a full season - a shift influenced both by the increasing parity in the league as well as the lowering of games played in a season from 21 to 20.

Claude Giroux led the CSC in scoring after an outstanding bounce-back season as expected ya fuckin' pidgeon.