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Originally Posted by Tsawwassen
A few changes after last night's games. Teams in red are from the Pacific Division, teams in black are from the Central Division. I wish the playoff race was a simple top 8 and not these silly quasi division-wildcards that Butthead allowed.
1. Winnipeg (22-14-8) 19 ROW, 52 pts
San Jose (23-16-5) 20 ROW, 51 pts (2nd in div)
Los Angeles (20-13-10) 19 ROW, 50 pts (3rd in div)
2. Vancouver (23-15-3) 21 ROW, 49 pts
3. Calgary (22-18-3) 19 ROW, 47 pts
4. Colorado (18-17-9) 13 ROW, 45 pts
5. Dallas (19-16-7) 17 ROW, 45 pts
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Games in hand always muddle things. If you remember that 95 points (the likely number now as that's LA's pace) is really just 12 games over .500, then the wildcard standings look like this:
1. Vancouver 8
2. Winnipeg 8
3. San Jose 7
4. LA 7
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5. Calgary 4
6. Dallas 3
7. Colorado
It really puts things into perspective. We had a great first half, but would now have to finish 11 games over .500 just to tie LA. We only managed 4 games over.500 to date, so it's hard to see that suddenly change, especially with the way the flames are playing right now. We're much closer to Dallas than we are Vancouver, but it's hard to see that if you only look at points. The only way for the flames to make it in is to have one of the top 4 teams on that list take a giant tumble and lower the expected points total