We have already proved we can battle with the top teams in the west with wins against Anaheim, Chicago and Nashville at this point. What we have to keep doing is beating the teams that are outside the playoff spots. We can't afford to slip up to these teams because the teams around us in the league won't.
Also makes the losses to Columbus and Carolina look like bad ones because I feel like those were easy 4 points. If we won those we are sitting top of the west
It would also be nice if teams Lower than us could take a point or 2 against the top teams in the west.... That includes the oilers