prediction time: who are the two wildcard teams in the eastern conference come playoffs?
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Rants Mulliniks
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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.
saska sault
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Viqsi
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Um. Then who's going to be in the Metro top-3?
Nut Upstrom
You dirty dog!
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.
Meanwhile, the NYR win the lottery.
BB79
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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
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
Columbus and Detroit.
Ottawa has an outside chance depending on when Brady comes back. Definitely see Ottawa making it next year though.
Ottawa has an outside chance depending on when Brady comes back. Definitely see Ottawa making it next year though.
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
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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.
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.
SteelCityCannon
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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
Eff the Habs
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
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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.
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SteelCityCannon
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It's way above my head but they put a metal plate in which apparently drastically cuts down the rehab on a broken jaw.
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Gonna stick to my guns and say Ottawa and NYR make it, but it’s hard not to be impressed with what Detroit is doing.
It’s worth noting that at this time last year the wings had a 9 and 10 point lead on eventual WC teams Wash and NYI.
Will be interesting to see if they learned from last year’s collapse (4 regulation wins in the last 23 games, just missed the playoffs)
It’s worth noting that at this time last year the wings had a 9 and 10 point lead on eventual WC teams Wash and NYI.
Will be interesting to see if they learned from last year’s collapse (4 regulation wins in the last 23 games, just missed the playoffs)
