The Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off the stunner of the hockey year last night, completing the sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning. It wasn’t so much that Columbus pulled the upset on the 62-win Lightning, it’s that they utterly dominated the series and it was never even close. Tampa Bay got run out of the playoffs.
The obvious impact here is with the conditional pick to complete the Ryan McDonagh trade. The pick, which was to be a 1st rounder – 31st overall – if the Bolts won the Cup, will now be the 58th pick in the draft.