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| 2018–19 CSC Season | |
|---|---|
| League | The Conn Smythe Corner |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 3rd, 2018 – March 24th, 2019 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | St. Louis Eagles |
| Top scorer | Nikita Kucherov (LA Sharks) |
| Playoffs | |
| CSC1 champions | Cleveland Barons |
| CSC1 runners-up | St. Louis Eagles |
| CSC2 champions | Colorado Rockies |
| CSC2 runners-up | Philadephia Phantoms |
| Cam Ward Cup | |
| Champions | Colorado Rockies |
| Runners-up | Cleveland Barons |
The 2018–19 CSC season was the seventh season of operation of the Conn Smythe Corner (CSC). The regular season began on October 3, 2018 and ended on March 3, 2019, with the playoffs to follow until March 24.
League business[edit | edit source]
Team Movement[edit | edit source]
One franchise was moved following the end of the 2017-18 CSC season.
Quakers GM Simon ST stepped down from his position following the end of the regular season, leaving the position open for several promising candidates. On April 21, Mike Clement was named GM, and the team was rebranded as the Philadelphia Phantoms.
The Prospect Draft[edit | edit source]
Immediately after the 2018 CSC draft, the second Prospect Draft was held. Players selected must not have been drafted by a CSC team, and players must have been drafted into the NHL in the 2016 draft or later.
| # | Team | Selection | Team | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| 1 | PHI
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D Quinn Hughes | SPR
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W Kristian Vesalainen |
| 2 | TOR
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C Jesperi Kotkaniemi | MTL-W
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W Jesse Ylonen |
| 3 | ATL-F
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W Vitaly Kravtsov | LA
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D Henri Jokiharju |
| 4 | SEA
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D Evan Bouchard | QC
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C Joe Veleno |
| 5 | KC
|
no pick | COL
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D Dante Fabbro |
| 6 | ATL-T
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W Jordan Kyrou | CLE
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D Filip Hronek |
| 7 | COL
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W Oliver Wahlstrom | STL
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W Martin Kaut |
| 8 | VAN-B
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D Adam Boqvist | MTL-M
|
no pick |
| 9 | MTL-M
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W Brady Tkachuk | VAN-B
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D Olli Juolevi |
| 10 | STL
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W Blake McLaughlin | VAN-M
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C Michael Rasmussen |
| 11 | CLE
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D Erik Brannstrom | ATL-T
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C Ryan Poehling |
| 12 | VAN-M
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D Noah Dobson | KC
|
no pick |
| 13 | QC
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D Ryan Merkley | SEA
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C Barrett Hayton |
| 14 | LA
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C Rasmus Kupari | ATL-F
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D Alexander Alexeyev |
| 15 | MTL-W
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W Dominik Bokk | TOR
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D Jake Bean |
| 16 | SPR
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W Kieffer Bellows | PHI
|
W Jonathan Dahlen |
The PTO Draft[edit | edit source]
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 2018 PTO Draft were:
| # | Team | Selection |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QC
|
C Travis Zajac |
| 2 | ATL-F
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W Joel Ward |
| 3 | SEA
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D Philippe Myers |
| 4 | ATL-T
|
none |
| 5 | VAN-M
|
none |
| 6 | COL
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W Tage Thompson |
| 7 | LA
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W Dylan Sikura |
| 8 | KC
|
none |
| 9 | PHI
|
C Adam Gaudette |
| 10 | SPR
|
C Dillon Dube |
| 11 | MTL-W
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G Cam Ward |
| 12 | VAN-B
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C Victor Rask |
| 13 | STL
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C Jan Kovar |
| 14 | CLE
|
G Thatcher Demko |
| 15 | MTL-M
|
none |
| 16 | TOR
|
G Jon Gillies |
League Structure[edit | edit source]
The CSC maintained a conference structure during the 2018-19 season.
The Draft[edit | edit source]
The seventh CSC Draft was held on September 22nd, 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. Matthew Taddeo, GM of the champion Cleveland Barons, would select Connor McDavid first overall.
Regular season[edit | edit source]
Beginning on October 3rd, all teams would play 20 matches. Each team would play each other at least once, with twelve matches within a team's conference.
Postponed Game[edit | edit source]
No games were postponed this season.
Standings[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Team | W-L-T | Pct | Div | Pts | Waiver Bdgt | Waiver | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taddeo Conference[edit | edit source] | ||||||||
| *2 | Cleveland Barons | 13-7-0 | .650 | 7-5-0 | 7731.00 | $0 | 8 | 58 |
| *3 | St. Louis Eagles | 17-3-0 | .850 | 11-1-0 | 8473.50 | $200000 | 14 | 37 |
| *4 | Philly Phantoms | 14-6-0 | .700 | 8-4-0 | 8297.50 | $16649500 | 16 | 12 |
| *6 | Springfield Indians | 12-8-0 | .600 | 7-5-0 | 8104.50 | $8400000 | 13 | 22 |
| 9 | Atlanta Flames | 12-8-0 | .600 | 8-4-0 | 8100.50 | $19200000 | 9 | 43 |
| 11 | Kansas City Scouts | 8-12-0 | .400 | 4-8-0 | 7145.25 | $7475000 | 11 | 38 |
| 12 | Toronto Arenas | 6-14-0 | .300 | 3-9-0 | 6928.50 | $21150000 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | Montreal Maroons | 3-17-0 | .150 | 0-12-0 | 5646.50 | $12000000 | 6 | 18 |
Scanlan Conference[edit | edit source] | ||||||||
| *1 | Colorado Rockies | 13-7-0 | .650 | 8-4-0 | 7846.75 | $6500000 | 10 | 16 |
| *5 | Los Angeles Sharks | 13-7-0 | .650 | 9-3-0 | 7913.25 | $8100000 | 7 | 21 |
| *7 | Seattle Metros | 15-5-0 | .750 | 11-1-0 | 7918.75 | $13900000 | 12 | 23 |
| *8 | Montreal Wanderers | 16-4-0 | .800 | 10-2-0 | 8440.50 | $9700000 | 5 | 41 |
| 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | 10-10-0 | .500 | 5-7-0 | 6684.50 | $3000000 | 15 | 37 |
| 13 | VAN Millionaires | 4-16-0 | .200 | 2-10-0 | 5743.75 | $23300000 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | QC Athletic Club | 2-18-0 | .100 | 1-11-0 | 5967.00 | $12300000 | 4 | 31 |
| 16 | Vancouver Blazers | 2-18-0 | .100 | 2-10-0 | 5233.25 | $24700000 | 1 | 14 |
Milestones[edit | edit source]
The Colorado Rockies won the second Cam Ward Cup in franchise history, overthrowing the defending champion Cleveland Barons. Cleveland's appearance in the final match marked the second time in CSC history a team reached the finals in back-to-back seasons (ATLT, 2013 and 2014).
With their victory, the Rockies tied the Atlanta Thrashers and Montreal Wanderers for the most Cam Ward Cups won in League history, with 2. Following their three playoff wins, the Rockies lead the League in most all-time CSC playoffs wins with 11, passing the Wanderers (10).
Colorado (6) and Cleveland (7) were the combined lowest-seeded teams to face off in the final round in CSC history.
The Vancouver Blazers finished last, scoring 5233.25 points. The total marked the lowest over a full season since 2014, when QC Athletic Club scored a mere 5051.50. Notably, QC played 21 games to Vancouver's 20.
Parity existed only among the top teams this season, as the bottom four teams recorded less than 6000 points all season (VANB, QC, MTLM, VANM). This was the first time multiple teams have "achieved" this feat in a non-lockout season since 2014. Only two teams have managed to do this multiple times: QC Athletic Club (2) and the Montreal Maroons (4).
Nikita Kucherov led the CSC in scoring after a historically good season, scoring 867.25 points.
Mikael Alexander became the first rookie GM to win a playoff game since the inaugural CSC season, where all GMs were rookies.
