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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Neither?
There's 5 important games for teams near us.
FLA vs NYI
NYR vs PHI
TB vs WPG
MIN vs EDM
CAR vs OTT
So you're saying its a safe bet that all those 5 teams will lose? Could happen but its far from a safe bet.
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Bleh.
Only one of those games went our way and it was probably the least important one. It looks like the Flyers have won their way out of the race (for now). At least Tampa took their game to OT and even though the 'Canes lost, the Sens are now tied with the Blues in points.
Tonight is a bit of a double whammy for the Flames. We want Detroit (or Columbus) to catch the Blues in order to push the Blues into 8th place and a first round against the Hawks. It'll be a tall order though because both the Wings and BJs need to make up 3 points while the Blues seem to have the easiest closing schedule in the league.
Tomorrow's OOT board is back to having a lot of implications for the Flames:
NYI vs TOR
Fla vs NYR
TBL vs Mon
WAS vs
OTT (Doesn't matter who wins but we want it to go to OT)
NJD vs
Phi
CAR vs Win
Pho vs StL
Min vs SJS
The only games that really have no implications for us are the VAN-DAL and CBJ-LAK.
We want FLA, CAR, PHI, TBL to win for obvious reasons.
We want the Islanders, Capitals and Senators to gain points and jump over the Blues in the overall standings.
We want the Blues to lose and the Wild to win in order to keep the Blues in the 7-8 seed.