Our best advantage is the fact that we play in the worst division. The Flames can make the playoffs, but I wouldn't bet on destroying the Pacific in head to head match-ups like that again. We can trade that off by being much better against the East.
When I look at our division, I see Anaheim as clearly in, and Edmonton and Phoenix as clearly out. That puts us in a four-way battle for two guaranteed spots, and a six or seven way battle for a wildcard spot.
The question, to me, is how all the players on career years will follow-up. That is what will probably largely determine if we finish 2nd in the Pacific, or 5th.
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