The KHL regular season wrapped up on Saturday with a full slate of games, most of them nothing but exercise for teams who already had clinched either a playoff spot or an early vacation.
There are two Leafs draft picks on clubs that are in the playoffs: Yegor Korshkov with Lokomotiv and Nikolai Chebykin with Dynamo Moscow. Korshkov will be in for sure, Chebykin making the KHL team playoff roster is a your guess is as good as mine scenario. In addition, person of interest, Vladimir Tkachyov will be front and centre for Ak Bars.
The matchups are as follows:
PLAYOFF MATCHUPS:
West
1-CSKA v 8-Jokerit
2-SKA v 7-Vityaz
3-Dynamo v 6-Torpedo
4-Lokomotiv v 5-Minsk— KHL News - English (@KHLNewsEN) February 18, 2017East
1-Magnitka v 8-Kunlun
2-Avangard v 7-Admiral
3-Ak Bars v 6-Salavat Yulaev
4-Traktor v 5-Barys— KHL News - English (@KHLNewsEN) February 18, 2017Ak Bars dodged a travel bullet by drawing next-door neighbour Salavat Yulaev in the first round.