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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
Are the Heat in a playoff spot right now? What place are they in?
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The Heat's playoff chances are very much up in the air. However, they are hot right now, and if they keep playing the way they have, they'll make it.
Here's how the AHL playoff format works:
http://www.letsgoamerks.com/2010/07/...0-2011-season/
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The Eastern Division will have eight teams and the Atlantic will only have seven this coming season. What the cross over rule means is that the fifth place team in the East would make the playoffs if it has more points than the fourth place team in the Atlantic. That means that five teams could make the playoffs in the East and only three in the Atlantic.
The same thing applies for the West and North Divisions. If the fifth place team in the North has more points than the fourth place team in the West Division the fifth place team will make the playoffs.
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Currently (March 7, 2011), the Heat are in 5th place. They must get into 4th place in the North division to make it. Here's the link:
http://theahl.com/stats/statdisplay....s&season_id=34
The Heat are 1 point out of 4th, and only 3 points out of 1st place in the North.
However, if the Heat do finish 5th, they will not make the playoffs due to their lack of points in relation to the West division.