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Originally Posted by puckluck
Yeah, but who is going to take their place? The only teams really fighting for 2 spots right now are Ottawa, Toronto, and Washington.
So I think either one of Toronto or ottawa are guaranteed a spot with Washington taking the other.
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I wouldn't count out Tampa Bay. They are 7-1-2 in the last 10, and while they are 8 points out of 8th, they have 2 games in hand on Toronto and 4 on Ottawa.
I would hate to be the team in first who is forced to play a streaking Lightning team. That and like Captain, both Toronto and Ottawa missing the playoffs would make my day. If I had to choose between the two obviously Toronto finishing outside the top 8 is the preferable option.