Comments on: Breaking down the race for the West’s final playoff spots

By: danphipps01

danphipps01 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:42:53 +0000

Er. That’s… actually not mathematically possible at this point. If San Jose or L.A. do as well as you’re predicting (somehow), the better of the two would end up in the top three regardless. As they’re both falling short of the ridiculously successful Blues, surprising Predators and typically spectacular ‘Hawks, Wings and Canucks, what’s likely going to play out is San Jose at #3 (the gift of a weak division, as per usual) and L.A. in seventh because they can’t really do any better with all those guys piled on top of them in the standings. They might battle up to sixth, but that’s as far as they’re likely to go.

By: davebabychreturns

davebabychreturns — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:01:48 +0000

The top seven are set – maybe not in that order but none of those teams (barring a rash of injuries) is going to drop out of the playoff race, and none of them are going to be passed by the freaking Avalanche.

Basically, first seed in the West means a creampuff matchup in the first round – everyone else has a tough opponent right from the get go.

Much tougher than in the East where it’s really only the 4-5 teams with a tough first round ahead of them.

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:29:28 +0000

I predict the top 5 in the west will finish as follows:

1) Detroit
2) Chicago
3) The Sisters & Company
4) Los Angeles
5) San Jose

ps: anyone who doesn’t agree with this is an idiot !