prediction time: who are the two wildcard teams in the eastern conference come playoffs?

[leafsfan5]

Detroit and NYR

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

As a Leaf fan I would like to play Detroit first round. Simply because I find it boring seeing the same teams over and over again, I like the O6 angle and frankly I miss the old Norris division sometimes.

 

[MikeFolignosHelmet]

Canes and Sens

 

[saska sault]

Bruins and Red Wings.

 

[Viqsi]

Canes and Sens

Um. Then who's going to be in the Metro top-3?

 

[Nut Upstrom]

Pains me to say it, but I feel that Ottawa and CBJ get the two wild card spots and my Wings end up drafting in the mid teens.
Meanwhile, the NYR win the lottery.

 

[Czechboy]

Detroit in the spot now and appears to have freed up cap space. Feel they are in a good spot. I will say Boston till they are eliminated. Amazing battle to be honest. After tdl it may be the best end of season story.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Ottawa and Toronto.

 

[BB79]

Detroit and Columbus

Ottawa will barely miss.

Bruins are cooked, especially with McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm out. Defense is weakened and goaltending has been shakey all season. Pasta is the one bright spot, but they shouldn't even be part of the conversation anymore. And I say that as a Bruins fan. Over the next month I expect them to fall further out of the picture

 

[Hotpot]

Columbus and Detroit.

Ottawa has an outside chance depending on when Brady comes back. Definitely see Ottawa making it next year though.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Ullmark and Shesterkin.

 

[WF19]

Wings looking like the 2019 Blues after the coaching change and a ton of cap space at the deadline then going into next year. Might actually be the year Yzerman goes big game hunting.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Can I have 2 guesses? Pre-deadline and post-deadline?

My first guess is Ottawa and Columbus. Ottawa (according to Tankathon) has the easiest remaining schedule of the season. Detroit, New York, and Columbus all have the 5 toughest remaining schedules. I think Detroit hits a rough patch and the Rangers have just had bad vibes all season. With CBJ being able to stay above water, I think the returns of Jenner and some others (and hopefully Marchenko down the stretch) will be enough to boost them into a miracle WC2 finish. That's as long as they don't sell at the deadline. If Provorov and Kuraly and some others get traded then I take back my prediction on them.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'm not even factoring Boston into this race. They're cooked.

 

[bov]

Hard for me to see the Rangers missing playoffs. I'll go with them and Detroit.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

Can I have 2 guesses? Pre-deadline and post-deadline?

My first guess is Ottawa and Columbus. Ottawa (according to Tankathon) has the easiest remaining schedule of the season. Detroit, New York, and Columbus all have the 5 toughest remaining schedules. I think Detroit hits a rough patch and the Rangers have just had bad vibes all season. With CBJ being able to stay above water, I think the returns of Jenner and some others (and hopefully Marchenko down the stretch) will be enough to boost them into a miracle WC2 finish. That's as long as they don't sell at the deadline. If Provorov and Kuraly and some others get traded then I take back my prediction on them.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'm not even factoring Boston into this race. They're cooked.

Marchenko had two goals and an assist yesterday. He's very back.

They're still playing well without Monahan, Chinakhov, and Guddy. If they keep it up and get those guys back in late March I think we're getting in.

I'll take the Wings for the other spot, but honestly who knows.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Marchenko had two goals and an assist yesterday. He's very back.

They're still playing well without Monahan, Chinakhov, and Guddy. If they keep it up and get those guys back in late March I think we're getting in.

I'll take the Wings for the other spot, but honestly who knows.

I swear I thought I read Marchenko being out for 6-8 weeks like 2 weeks ago. I must be mixing him up with somebody or he went hard on the PT.

 

[Bobcat110]

NJD will drop out. CBJ take M3 with NYR and DET in Wildcards. Jackets are 6 points behind Carolina and New Jersey, but have two games in hand over NJ. The two teams meet up March 11th and 17th.

 

[SteelCityCannon]

I swear I thought I read Marchenko being out for 6-8 weeks like 2 weeks ago. I must be mixing him up with somebody or he went hard on the PT.

It's way above my head but they put a metal plate in which apparently drastically cuts down the rehab on a broken jaw.