Wild Card Race (Western Conference)

[YogiBerra]

"You can have brain damage worrying about all the different gyrations of who beats who and looking out of town," Flames general manager Brad Treliving said. "(I) broke my TV a couple nights ago, so there's no more scoreboard watching. At the end of the day, you have to win your games. You have to get your points.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...d=nhl:topheads

Well we aren't the only ones frustrated by the OOT scoreboard I bet it was the game against the Rangers god knows I felt like it.

[vicarious]

I'm really starting to dislike the Jets. A lot

[polak]

Flames need to step it up on this trip. Playing well isn't going to cut it. We need to be lights out just like all of the other teams in the race have been.

We have to stop hoping other teams start to play worse than us and instead hope that the Flames can play better than them.

[Otto29]

Just enjoy the ride people....that's all we can do!

[Tsawwassen]

After Friday's games:


Chicago (44-24-6) 35 ROW, 94 pts--third in the Central Divsion
1. Minnesota (43-25-7) 39 ROW, 93 pts--fourth in the Central Division
Vancouver (43-27-4) 39 ROW, 90 pts--second in the Pacific Division
2. Winnipeg (39-24-12) 32 ROW, 90 pts--fifth in the Central Division
Los Angeles (37-23-14) 35 ROW, 88 pts--third in the Pacific Division
3. Calgary (40-27-7) 36 ROW, 87 pts--and fourth in the Pacific Division
4. Dallas (36-29-10) 32 ROW, 82 pts
5. San Jose (36-30-8) 33 ROW, 80 pts--and fifth in the Pacific Division
6. Colorado (34-27-12) 25 ROW, 80 pts

Wild won in regulation
Flames, Stars, and Blackhawks lost in regulation

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Eastern conference playoff race


Islanders (44-26-5) 37 ROW, 93 pts
Pittsburgh (40-23-11) 37 ROW, 91 pts
Detroit (39-22-12) 36 ROW, 90 pts--third in the Atlantic Division
1. Washington (40-24-10) 36 ROW, 90 pts
2. Ottawa (37-25-11) 32 ROW, 85 pts--and fourth in the Atlantic Division
3. Boston (36-25-13) 33 ROW, 85 pts--and fifth in the Atlantic Division
4. Florida (34-26-14) 26 ROW, 82 pts

None of the above teams played on Friday

[Tsawwassen]

Okay, the Bhawks have decided to get involved in this messy wild card race. The Islanders are doing the same thing in the east. Fasten your seatbelts and let the insanity continue.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

It's weird to think that my Panthers might have a better chance at the playoffs than my Flames. They play Boston twice and Ottawa once in the next 2 weeks.

Unfortunately, they just lost Nick Bjugstad for the season.

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by YogiBerra

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...d=nhl:topheads

Well we aren't the only ones frustrated by the OOT scoreboard I bet it was the game against the Rangers god knows I felt like it.

I dunno the Islanders one was pretty painful

[sureLoss]

perhaps a break for the Flames tomorrow:

Stephen Whyno @SWhyno
Per #Preds broadcast, captain Shea Weber is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Not playing vs. #Caps. Nashville hosts #Flames tomorrow.

[killer_carlson]

maybe they'll pull a Montreal and give the Vezina/Hart candidate a rest as well.

[thymebalm]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

perhaps a break for the Flames tomorrow:

Stephen Whyno @SWhyno
Per #Preds broadcast, captain Shea Weber is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Not playing vs. #Caps. Nashville hosts #Flames tomorrow.

Just like Jamie Benn...oh wait...

If I've learned one thing as a Flames fan, it's never count on the other team, the refs, or the OOT scoreboard.

Always earned, never given.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by thymebalm

Just like Jamie Benn...oh wait...

If I've learned one thing as a Flames fan, it's never count on the other team, the refs, or the OOT scoreboard.

Always earned, never given.

Funny, for a guy that was supposed to be banged up Jamie Benn sure flopped hard that game multiple times. I lost all respect for that guy as a player.

[MotoRacer]

46.5% playoff chances... The graph is sad

[hockey.modern]

If we didn't have that 8 game losing streak, we would still be fighting with Anaheim for first in the pacific and maybe even the presidents trophy. With the assets we have next year, we are becoming a real good contender soon!

[malcolmk14]

If we won 4 of those 8 games, we are 1 point ahead of Chicago and basically locked up 2nd in the Pacific! Crazy.

[fire_starter]

Chicago is gonna be our team these next few days...they play the Jets tmrw and then the Kings on Monday. Back to back wins would be HUGE.

[Roof-Daddy]

That Central division is ridiculous.

The Wild are 4th in their division.......and 8th in the LEAGUE.

That division occupies 4 of the top 8 spots in league standings right now.

[hockey.modern]

Wow, just noticed this.

If Minnesota wins tonight, not only will that help us but, this puts them ahead of Chicago which means they drop down to the Wild Card Spot.

[White Out 403]

The central is definitely the best division in the NHL

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Resurrection

The central is definitely the best division in the NHL

No kidding. Will likely be the 2nd year in a row where they occupy both Wild Card spots......and then the two teams over there that will miss the playoffs this season (if WIN makes it) both made the post season last year, and have young cores to build around and should be on the up swing.