Now that the NHL regular season is over, we can start focusing on all the important things yet to come. Playoffs are set to begin...
April 15: Toronto Marlies host Belleville Senators on the last day of the AHL regular season. The playoffs begin shortly after the NHL playoffs do, and often last just beyond the NHL final in mid-June.
April 19 - April 29: The IIHF U18 Men’s World Championships in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. Rasmus Dahlin won’t be there, but many other prospects will.
April 28 (unconfirmed): The NHL draft lottery.