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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Wild in the 1st
Sharks in the 2nd
Chicago in the 3rd
And Pitt in the Finals

Originally Posted by Duffalufagus

I can't think of any scenario where the Flames would play the Wild in the first round. Even if they drop to the second wild card, they cross over and play Chicago.

Originally Posted by jayswin

The only way would be if the Wild jumped over the Hawks and won the division and Calgary dropped to the last wildcard. The free falling Wild would have to make up 7 points in 7 games on the Hawks, so not really much of a possibility there.

There is another way for a Wild-Flames 1st round series. The Flames come 1st in the Pacific Division for the #2 seed and the Wild drop to 7th place in the conference (4th in their division).