On the Wings

Playoff picture: Western Conference
#1 Dallas 44W-17L-15T-4OTL 107Pts, Games remaining: 2 (vs. Anaheim,vs. Nashville)
#2 Detroit 47-20-9-3 106, Games remaining: 3 (vs. NYI, @ Columbus, @ Chicago)
#3 Vancouver 45-22-12-1 103, Games remaining: 2 (@ Phoenix, vs. LA)
#4 Colorado 40-18-13-8 101, Games remaining: 3 (@ LA, @ Anaheim, vs. St. Louis)
#5 St. Louis 41-22-10-6 98, Games remaining: 3 (vs. Chicago, @ Chicago, @ Colorado)
#6 Minnesota 41-27-10-1 93, Games remaining: 3 (@ Columbus, @ Toronto, vs. Columbus)
#7 Anaheim 39-26-9-5-92, Games remaining: 3 (@ Nashville, @ Dallas, vs. Colorado)
#8 Edmonton 36-25-10-9 91, Games remaining: 2 (vs. San Jose, vs. Calgary)

East and league: #1 Ottawa 49-21-8-1 107 Games remaining: 3 (vs. Boston, @ Washington, @ Toronto)

My hope is that the Wings win out so they get the #1 seed in the West and that the Ducks lose to the Stars and Colorado so they can fall to 8th when Edmonton (hopefully) wins their last two games (I don’t want them to play Minnesota because I want the Wild to advance and I’d rather the Wings not play Edmonton). The Wings can also pass Ottawa because the Sens have a tough 3 games and might lose a couple. The Stars have an on-paper easy 2 games left but hopefull that will work against them (maybe they’ll float through them and get shocked ). If the Avs win their last 3 and the Canucks win their last 2, they’ll be tied with 107 points (both teams will likely win out). The Canucks will break any such tie because they’ll have more wins than Colorado no matter what happens. St. Louis will likely finish #5.Minnesota has an easy 3 games and should win 2 of 3. Anaheim has a really tough last 3 games. Edmonton has it easy. It’s going to be interesting to see how this all actually ends up.