Wild Card Race (Western Conference)

[Gaudfather]

Fan survey on NBC says Kings most likely to miss playoffs, followed by Jets. Flames given 83% chance of making playoffs.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

That's not an 83% chance, it's 83% of people voting for someone besides the Flames.

[Perogy Man]

Is Douglas Murray still in the picture or is he no longer part of the Flames depth picture?

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by SHOGUN

Is there a possibility that Gio might be healthy come playoff time?

Originally Posted by Gaskal

Unless he injects himself with Bouma's blood, not happening

Or if he gets bitten by a radioactive Scorch.

[Gaudfather]

Originally Posted by Perogy Man

Is Douglas Murray still in the picture or is he no longer part of the Flames depth picture?

He was released from his PTO by the Flames about a week ago.

[atb]

So the Kings get to play 4 teams in a row who are playing the 2nd game of a back to back.

Wild
Blackhawks
Oilers
Avalanche

All these teams play the night before they play the Kings. That's some pretty favourable scheduling.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by atb

So the Kings get to play 4 teams in a row who are playing the 2nd game of a back to back.

Wild
Blackhawks
Oilers
Avalanche

All these teams play the night before they play the Kings. That's some pretty favourable scheduling.

Yeah, but they've already lost the first two of those games.

[Jets4Life]

If I were a betting man, I would have to say the Jets are most likely to miss the playoffs. The Jets have the toughest schedule:

vs Vancouver
at Minnesota
at St.Louis
at Colorado
vs. Calgary

We also do not have the tiebreaker advantage against any team. Our only hope is to keep pace against the Flames, and hope the last game of the season is for all the chips, or hope LA chokes during their last 5 games.

[Mattman]

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

If I were a betting man, I would have to say the Jets are most likely to miss the playoffs. The Jets have the toughest schedule:

vs Vancouver
at Minnesota
at St.Louis
at Colorado
vs. Calgary

We also do not have the tiebreaker advantage against any team. Our only hope is to keep pace against the Flames, and hope the last game of the season is for all the chips, or hope LA chokes during their last 5 games.

^^The thought of every Western Conference team with a chance of playing them^^

[Tsawwassen]

After Wednesday's games:


St. Louis (46-23-7) 37 ROW, 99 pts--second in the Central Division
Chicago (46-24-6) 37 ROW, 98 pts--third in the Central Divsion
1. Minnesota (44-25-7) 40 ROW, 95 pts--fourth in the Central Division

Vancouver (45-27-5) 40 ROW, 95 pts--second in the Pacific Division
Calgary (42-28-7) 38 ROW, 91 pts--third in the Pacific Division
2. Winnipeg (39-26-12) 32 ROW, 90 pts--fifth in the Central Division

3. Los Angeles (37-25-14) 35 ROW, 88 pts--and fourth in the Pacific Division
4. San Jose (38-30-9) 34 ROW, 85 pts--and fifth in the Pacific Division
5. Dallas (37-30-10) 33 ROW, 84 pts
6. Colorado (35-30-12) 26 ROW, 82 pts

Sharks won in regulation
Avalanche lost in regulation

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Eastern conference playoff race


Islanders (45-27-5) 38 ROW, 95 pts
Pittsburgh (42-24-11) 38 ROW, 95 pts
1. Washington (42-25-10) 38 ROW, 94 pts
Detroit (40-23-13) 37 ROW, 93 pts--third in the Atlantic Division
2. Boston (39-25-13) 36 ROW, 91 pts--and fourth in the Atlantic Division

3. Ottawa (38-26-12) 32 ROW, 88 pts--and fifth in the Atlantic Division
4. Florida (35-27-15) 27 ROW, 85 pts--and sixth in the Atlantic Divsion

Penguins lost in regulation

[heep223]

Grantland's top 10 possible matchups for Round 1 this year. If you want to troll yourself, watch the video "ridiculous final seconds of regulation". All of the anger came flooding back, oh the memories.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pr...playoff-round/

2. Canucks vs. Flames: 50.3 percent

The Flames are still in tough to make the playoffs, but if they do, it’s probably going to be against the Canucks. And that’s good news for the rest of us, because this is a fun rivalry with plenty of history. These teams have met in the playoffs six times, and the last three have been decided in overtime of the seventh game.

More recently, these teams have some history, including the time then-Canucks coach John Tortorella tried to storm the Calgary dressing room. We’re not likely to get quite that level of bad blood in this one, but the odds are good that there will be some sort of blowup somewhere. And it goes without saying: These are two Canadian teams, which means every minor incident will get blown up into a full-scale Big Important Controversy.

This year’s Canucks have been an under-the-radar feel-good story, an aging core making the most of one last run even though we all agreed that their window had slammed shut years ago. Add in the fact that this year’s Flames are quite possibly the most likable team in the league, which will drive Vancouver’s notoriously thin-skinned fan base insane, and you’ve got a recipe for some great drama here.

Random old YouTube clips to get you fired up: I couldn’t pick just one for these two teams, so let’s go with the a trio of Game 7 OT winners: Joel Otto’s maybe-kind-of-kicked-in winner in 1989, Pavel Bure’s sure-thing breakaway in 1994, and Martin Gelinas’s 2004 winner (made possible by the ridiculous final seconds of regulation).

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

That game 7 tying goal makes you angry? It's quintessential Canucks - do something outstanding to give the fans hope, then destroy those hopes utterly shortly thereafter. It makes the loss hurt so much more.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

That game 7 tying goal makes you angry? It's quintessential Canucks - do something outstanding to give the fans hope, then destroy those hopes utterly shortly thereafter. It makes the loss hurt so much more.

Yes, at the time, it was devastating. The Flames were 6 or whatever seconds away from winning their first playoff series in I don't know how long, and the Canucks tie it on a play that Iggy had his stick slashed out of his hands and then tripped over it.

Obviously it played out the right way, thank you Mr. Eliminator.

[KipperFaNaTic]

Originally Posted by heep223

Yes, at the time, it was devastating. The Flames were 6 or whatever seconds away from winning their first playoff series in I don't know how long, and the Canucks tie it on a play that Iggy had his stick slashed out of his hands and then tripped over it.

Obviously it played out the right way, thank you Mr. Eliminator.

Don't forget the jersey that was thrown onto the ice on iggys empty net attempt!

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by KipperFaNaTic

Don't forget the jersey that was thrown onto the ice on iggys empty net attempt!

That was b.s., as soon as the Canucks got the puck the whistle should have been blown.

[KipperFaNaTic]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

That was b.s., as soon as the Canucks got the puck the whistle should have been blown.

It's all good. Karma got the Canucks in OT.

[terminator]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=240419022

[dash_pinched]

Jovanovski hopping up and down in the penalty box after Cooke tied the game only to remain in the box as Gelinas scored the series winner. Sweet, sweet justice.

[saillias]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

That was b.s., as soon as the Canucks got the puck the whistle should have been blown.

I remember a goal Jovanovski scored by basically bowling over Kipper in the crease... No call. I think it was a game-tying or game winning goal, game 3? Man I hate officiating in the playoffs.

Not a fan of the "put the whistles away" tradition. To me it takes away from the integrity of the game. It's a professional league, big money involved. Make the right calls.

[Meers]

Speaking of blood boiling, I'm surprised they didn't post a clip of "The Save" from '94.