I figured we could keep the misc playoff news collated in one place and why not start with the race for the last slots.
East ...
Florida in play for a wildcard slot, but only barely. They STILL have a game in had on Philly and Jersey. Has their building been tied up all bloody year? They've had games in hand for basically the entire 2nd half of the season. Their magic number is "win everything and pray for help"
Seeding battles for 1st/2nd between Tampa and Boston 5th/6th/7th between the Pens, Jackets and Devils ... heck, throw the Flyers in there too ... have yet to play out. Boston has a game in hand on Tampa for the first seed ... a game that Brad Marchant narrowly avoided being suspended for.
West ...
Anaheim and LA clinched just last night thanks to the Blues loss to Chicago. That leaves only the Avalanche and Blues slugging it out for that last spot, with the Avs a single point ahead with two games for both team remaining ... including a head to head matchup on Saturday. That might be a game to watch if the Canes weren't playing at home ... kidding, kidding. Just watch the Avs/Blues game.
Seeding ... 2nd is in play between Vegas and the Jets. There's also only 2 points between 7th and 4th, so as usual in the West ... everything is in play. Everybody in the playoff picture has two remaining games.
East ...
Florida in play for a wildcard slot, but only barely. They STILL have a game in had on Philly and Jersey. Has their building been tied up all bloody year? They've had games in hand for basically the entire 2nd half of the season. Their magic number is "win everything and pray for help"
Seeding battles for 1st/2nd between Tampa and Boston 5th/6th/7th between the Pens, Jackets and Devils ... heck, throw the Flyers in there too ... have yet to play out. Boston has a game in hand on Tampa for the first seed ... a game that Brad Marchant narrowly avoided being suspended for.
West ...
Anaheim and LA clinched just last night thanks to the Blues loss to Chicago. That leaves only the Avalanche and Blues slugging it out for that last spot, with the Avs a single point ahead with two games for both team remaining ... including a head to head matchup on Saturday. That might be a game to watch if the Canes weren't playing at home ... kidding, kidding. Just watch the Avs/Blues game.
Seeding ... 2nd is in play between Vegas and the Jets. There's also only 2 points between 7th and 4th, so as usual in the West ... everything is in play. Everybody in the playoff picture has two remaining games.