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Originally Posted by Gaskal
If Nashville wins in regulation, they do jump us to the WC1 spot, but we're still in WC2. We would also be 6 pts behind the Oilers, but they no longer hold a game in hand. It also means that the Preds probably worked the Oilers over and made them tired for tomorrow. Hopefully.
Now if the Oilers win, that pads their cushion on us (their division rivals) who are also essentially the ones directly behind them for that 3rd Pacific spot. 8 pts up is pretty hard to make up when you only have 1 more game against them. Nashville merely loses one of their games in hand, but even then they would only need to go 1-0-1 in order to jump us.
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This, exactly. The #3 pacific spot is guaranteed to be there and is very attainable if the team can start winning the games that they are supposed to.
Besides, Nashville is a team that should be ahead of the Flames. They are deeper at forward, more talented and deeper on defense, and they have better goalies. They are a good team and they shouldn't be doing as bad as they are.
The grease, otoh, despite winning most of their games (for the first time in 25 years) are actually not good. Their forward depth is not good, their d depth is actually pretty good, but Talbot has been incredible. He's stolen more games for the grease this year than non-Kipper goalies have stolen for the Flames since 04. If he falls apart they can be caught and passed easily. If he doesn't, (likely) they can still be caught and passed by playing the same good hockey that got the Flames within 2 points of them less than 2 weeks ago.