The flames will finish 5th or 6 th. I would love the flames to face Casucks. Its pretty much a guarantee that they will win the round.
be worried casuck fans. be worried. Doesn't matter who you face. Flames and chicago would be my last picks if i was a desperate casuck fan.
GO LEAFS! 3-1 win over carolina.
GO FLAMES!
Wow, really grasping at straws, aren't we? I mean, anything can happen in the playoffs, when you are playing 4 rounds with 4 of the top 16 teams in the league. Given that 4 points separate the 8th and 4th team in the west, it is going to be a great play off season. However, the playoff season is at most 28 games (that's only if every round goes to 7 games), and in the first 71 games of the regular season, the Canucks have only lost 16 games. That's right 16. Even if we count every overtime point as a loss (there is no single point in the playoffs) that is still only 25 losses. That is still better than Calgary's 27 outright losses. The Canucks have also only allowed 167 goals against in those 71 games. Only Boston has allowed fewer (166), and with a League leading 233 goals for (that's better than Chicago's 232) they are an incredible +66. Their worse streak of the season (Jan-Feb) when their defense was decimated by injury, when they could have easily rolled over and had an excuse to do so, they were still playing .600 hockey. There was no panic when they fell behind 0-2 against Calgary the other night or tonight against Colorado. This is a team with confidence. While there may be a psychological factor in a first round match up against Chicago, there would be no worries drawing Calgary in the first round. Furthermore, I am not sure these Canucks would not like anything more than to draw Chicago in the first round to proven themselves once and for all. I can tell you that if the Canucks drew Chicago in the first round and won, there would be little stopping them from there.