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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
They're all reasonable targets too which is great:
1) Sharks have a reasonably tough schedule coming up and we play them 3 more times so our destiny against them is in our hands. Eight of their next 11 are against playoff teams. Add in that the Sharks are a bit older these years and may not have the youthful exuberance to keep it going through these dog days. Their goal differential of - 1 suggests they're probably not as good as their record, though who knows.
2) Canucks will be without their heartbeat - Bieksa - for a while. Their record without him over three seasons is horrid. They've scored 12 goals in their last 7 games and just have no offense going. Outside of the Sedins, I'm not sure there's much there to change things. Mirror of last year???
3) Los Angeles has mostly away games left, and their road record is 15-6-6 at home with a lowly 5-9-6 on the road. They're going to be in real tough to make the dance with what they've shown so far and what they've got left in the tank after years of needing to win and deep playoff runs. They've played a lot of hockey. They need to knock things out of the park on the road against good teams to make the playoffs this year.
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Crap now you're getting me excited