Wild Card Race (Western Conference)

[Anduril]

Win 'till we're in. That's all we need.

[calgarywinning]

The tension is high for certain.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by CGY12

I'm not worried one bit about the oilers, whether they want to put a hurt on us or not. These are in fact the Oilers we are talking about, the worst franchise in professional sports. If the Flames show up, play hard, play desperate, they will win. Nothing the Oilers do will change that fact, its all about how the Flames play.

Yeah for sure. I meant "hurting the Flames" as is mailing it in against the Kings, not so much our actual game against them.

It's just sad to know they would likely give such little effort in their games vs the teams we're competing with for a playoff spot. Worst franchise in professional sports indeed.

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

The Flames barring a complete melt down or the Kings and Jets running the table will make the playoffs.

The Flames have Edm and Ari left which basically should put them up on the Jets by 5 pts.

The Flames will get into the playoffs with a lot of help from their schedule.

After they beat Edmonton and Ari one last time they will have 22 out of a possible 24 pts against teams that are more interested in losing than winning Ari-Edm and buffalo

The Jets are finished playing tankers and picked up 14 out of a possible 16 pts against them. No more "free" pts for the Jets

if the games played against teams wanting to lose were not counted the standings would be:

Team GP pts

MINNESOTA 69 81
VANCOUVER 68 80
WINNIPEG 69 76
LOS ANGELES 67 74
SAN JOSE 68 74
DALLAS 69 74
CALGARY 68 73
COLORADO 69 70

^^^^^
Now I'm worried.

[Machiavelli]

“That’s what we’re playing for now, to spoil hopes, as bad as it sounds,” said Eberle. “You have to find something that really gets you up for games. And that’s it.

“It’s not the ideal situation. It’s not where you want to be. You want to be fighting for a playoff spot. But at least you get a chance to take other teams down with you, as bad as that sounds.

“These are huge games. They bring you into a playoff atmosphere and it’s great.”

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/04/0...-playoff-hopes

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/04/0...-playoff-hopes

That does sound pretty lame Eberle but in saying that the Flames have to dominate and dominate early, this is the Oilers cup tonight and they are gonna give it everything they got.

[Tsawwassen]

After Friday's games:


Nashville (47-22-9) 41 ROW, 103 pts--first in the Central Divsion MADE PLAYOFFS
St. Louis (48-23-7) 39 ROW, 103 pts--second in the Central Division MADE PLAYOFFS
Chicago (48-24-6) 39 ROW, 102 pts--third in the Central Divsion MADE PLAYOFFS
1. Minnesota (44-26-7) 40 ROW, 95 pts--fourth in the Central Division

Vancouver (45-28-5) 40 ROW, 95 pts--second in the Pacific Division
Calgary (42-29-7) 38 ROW, 91 pts--third in the Pacific Division
2. Los Angeles (38-25-14) 36 ROW, 90 pts--and fourth in the Pacific Division

3. Winnipeg (39-26-12) 32 ROW, 90 pts--fifth in the Central Division
4. San Jose (39-30-9) 35 ROW, 87 pts--and fifth in the Pacific Division
5. Dallas (37-31-10) 33 ROW, 84 pts
6. Colorado (36-30-12) 27 ROW, 84 pts

Blues, Blackhawks, Sharks, and Avalanche won in regulation
Stars lost in regulation

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Eastern conference playoff race


Washington (43-25-10) 38 ROW, 96 pts--second in the Met Divison
Islanders (45-27-6) 38 ROW, 96 pts--third in the Met Division
1. Pittsburgh (42-24-11) 38 ROW, 95 pts--fourth in the Met Division

Detroit (40-24-13) 37 ROW, 93 pts--third in the Atlantic Division
2. Boston (40-25-13) 37 ROW, 93 pts--and fourth in the Atlantic Division

3. Ottawa (39-26-12) 33 ROW, 90 pts--and fifth in the Atlantic Division
4. Florida (36-27-15) 28 ROW, 87 pts--and sixth in the Atlantic Divsion

None of the above teams played

[Heavy Jack]

Wow, the eastern conference seems a lot tighter this year vs. years past. Great to see!

[Tsawwassen]

Yep, it sure did tighten up. Back in Feb, it didn't look like much of a race as the top 7 looked like locks. Now, only the top 3 are in and the rest have to fight it out.

[PeteMoss]

The Oilers are going to be up for the game? Honestly.. who cares? They are no good.

Even during this 'hot' stretch, they haven't beaten any playoff contenders. Their last win over a playoff team was in February. They haven't even been close against playoff teams since early March. Beaten fairly easily by Anaheim, LA, Jets, Pittsburgh, Detroit.

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

^^^^^
Now I'm worried.

No need to be worried. The Flames just took and are taking advantage of being the schedule.... Sort of payback for missing the playoffs in the West when they likely would have had a 1st round home series in the East.

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

The Oilers are going to be up for the game? Honestly.. who cares? They are no good.

Even during this 'hot' stretch, they haven't beaten any playoff contenders. Their last win over a playoff team was in February. They haven't even been close against playoff teams since early March. Beaten fairly easily by Anaheim, LA, Jets, Pittsburgh, Detroit.

Oilers are 8 -38 against the West this year, Of their 8 wins against the west team the Oilers 2 have been by Shoot out,

teams playing the Oilers have taken 78 out of a possible 92 possible points.

The Oilers have been as close to a default win as there can possibly be.


The biggest worry the Flames have playing the Oilers is that too many players might hit bonus levels.

[malcolmk14]

Yesterday, I was calm and excited for the game.

Today, my heart is beating a little faster, I have looked at the standings page and the schedules for the remaining week about 15 times, and I've got some butterflies in my stomach.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Yesterday, I was calm and excited for the game.

Today, my heart is beating a little faster, I have looked at the standings page and the schedules for the remaining week about 15 times, and I've got some butterflies in my stomach.

Things on paper are so stacked in the Flames favor right now that I'm nervous they are going to blow it somehow.

We play @ Oilers, Coyotes
Jets play Canucks, @ Wild, @ Blues

If we win our games, and the Jets only get a single point (or none) we clinch on Tuesday.

That would mean the Jets lose 5 straight though, and I just don't see that happening.

Ugh, this is exciting but I just want it to be over already haha

[malcolmk14]

Best case scenario is Flames clinch Tuesday.

Worst case scenario is Flames are eliminated Tuesday.

Obviously every scenario in between involves Thursdays and Saturdays games becoming important.

I just want them to play the games! It's torture waiting a couple of days between games.

[Jets4Life]

The Jets, Kings, and Flames win. The Canucks lose, and the Wild lose in OT.

The race is very tight.

[Stay Golden]

What is the Flames record vs Van this season?

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by stay golden

what is the flames record vs van this season?

2-1-1

[sureLoss]

[heep223]

Beat Arizona and then win one of the remaining 2 against LA/WPG. What a wild finish this is! Love it