Read this to learn more about how these projections work and this to understand the uncertainty each projection carries.



Once viewed as the class of the NHL, it’s been a precipitous decline for the Detroit Red Wings, falling from the league’s perch all the way to the basement. After back-to-back bottom five-ish finishes, things only look worse from here on out into the immediate future – good news for a team in desperate need of a proper rebuild. Another poor season could see Detroit rewarded with a foundational piece at the end of it, a key stepping stone towards the next competitive era of the franchise.



Lucky for them, the odds are in their favour to do just that as the Red Wings enter 2018-19 with the lowest projected point total (by nearly three points, though that can change if the next worst team trades the significant piece of their roster they’ve been rumoured to), and thus the best chance of securing a top pick in next year’s...