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Rangers Analysis: Three Keys for the Weekend
Any coach in any sport will tell the media and their players in tight playoff races something to the effect of "we can only control how we play." Well, after 80 games on this god-forsaken roller-coaster that is an NHL season the Rangers have the opportunity to make this season...
Canucks' First Round Opponent Not Even Close To Being Decided
Are these good times or what? There are no guarantees on who the Canucks will play in round 1 of the playoffs until perhaps the last day of the regular season. It's about fair to assume the Canucks will finish in 3rd. With only 4 games left, and the maximum points that can be attained at 8, it's...
Those Numbers aren't Magic (but mine are)
Helene Elliott confused the masses with this, in today's LA Times: For a change, Kings have magic number for clinching playoff spot - latimes.com Any combination of 19 points earned by the Kings or NOT earned by the ninth-place Calgary Flames will assure the Kings their first playoff berth since...
Tuesday/Wednesday: The Points You Blew, the Record You Need
The Good: Wings lose, Wild half-lose, Avs lose, Ducks lose, Stars lose, Canucks half-lose. The Bad: Flames win, Preds win, Canucks win, Kings half-lose, Yotes win (3pt all-rival game grrrrr). And as a result... Three points separate 3 from 6. Six points separate 7 from 10. Here are the...
Down but not out: Lightning host Thrashers (preview)
WHERE: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN: 7:30 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT BLOG: Bird Watchers Anonymous <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Southeast Standings GP W L OTL PT Washington 50 32 12 6 70 Atlanta 50 22 21 7 51 Florida 51 21 21 9 51 Tampa...
Canucks @ Wild: A chance to take top spot in the Northwest
4:05 PM ET Update: As warned earlier, Rypien returns to the ice tonight. How long he stays healthy is another matter, but we have the defacto energy guy back for a big game. In his paltry five games this year, Rypien had two goals and seven PIMs. (g/t Beantown Canuck for the heads...
March 19th West Playoff Race Update
Well, Dallas is in 10th as I write this. By the time they take the opening faceoff in San Jose on Saturday afternoon, they could be as low as 12th in the standings. We know that Dallas didn't do itself any favors by dropping the first two games of this crucial road trip in Vancouver and Edmonton....
A Look At the Playoff Race in the West
First, the up to date standings in the West Playoff Race with explanations for some of the columns on the spreadsheet: Pos Team W L OTL GP ...
Tight Like A Tiger
This post is cross-posted from The Battle of Ontario.David Johnson at Hockey Analysis has updated his predicted standings. His first installment had the Leafs missing the playoffs by a point and they are still in the same position! The predicted standings have managed to get even tighter.SS =...
Friday Night in the Playoff Race
I am a glass half full kind of guy so I will say that the single point last night will end up being the one that puts the Leafs into the playoffs. But to achieve that they will need some regulation help tonight. There are three huge games in the Eastern Conference and while two are easy picks the...
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