Nashville Has It Easy

by Joe Dunman on Mar 18, 2008 12:16 PM MDT in NHL News

The Avalanche are now in eighth place in the West, clinging desperately to the final playoff spot. The team closest to stealing it from them is the Nashville Predators.

Starting Friday, all but one of the 113 remaining games for every team in the NHL is against division rivals. James Mirtle says this is bad for Colorado, but very good for Nashville:

In the west, for example, this is bad news for the Northwest Division teams, four of which are currently in playoff position. There are going to be fewer points to be had here, for instance, than in the Central Division, where as of now only Detroit is on pace to make the playoffs.
As Minnesota, Calgary, Vancouver and Colorado slug it out with each other to close the season, Nashville should have the relatively easy task of taking a few points from their division's bottom feeders.

Let's hope St. Louis and Columbus remember how to play hockey, if only for the last few games of the season. The Avs will need all the help they can get.

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Not everything is good for Nashville

Since they are going to have to try to jump on a northwest teams playoff spot, 3 point games could make that pretty hard. If the Avs and other northwest teams keep dragging games into OT, Nashville will have a difficult time trying to catch up to that with 3 points being rewarded.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Mar 18, 2008 1:58 PM MDT reply actions

easy

we have just 2 games left against teams that aren't in the top 8.

they have just 2 games left against teams that are - and that's against a team that's in full coast mode.

still, no excuses. we have to win hockey games.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Mar 18, 2008 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions

good news

I just saved a bundle on my car insurance.

Also, the Flames are about to lose to the Blue Jackets. By a shutout, it seems.

And, perhaps more importantly, the Predators are down 3-1 to the Capitals in the 2nd

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Mar 18, 2008 7:26 PM MDT reply actions

fisticuffs

Regehr took a cheap shot at Boll with a minute left, leading to a bunch of fights between the two teams.

While the refs were sorting all the penalty minutes out, the Columbus PBP said that one of the Flames on the bench had his stick on the ice making a golfing motion. The cameras didn't catch it, unfortunately, although when they cut to the bench a few seconds later it looked like it may have been Marcus Nilsson. The Flames are a class act all the way.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Mar 18, 2008 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions

Re: fisticuffs

They're just getting ready for the playoffs, where their true class always shows.

by Joe Dunman on Mar 18, 2008 9:35 PM MDT up reply actions

How many coaches have been fined the $10k?

Looks like that Gretzky rule is just an unwritten rule now with all these fights in the last five minutes of the game now.

by Dario on Mar 19, 2008 7:52 AM MDT up reply actions

Re: How many coaches...

It seems like most of the rules in the NHL have become unwritten this season.

by Joe Dunman on Mar 19, 2008 8:02 AM MDT up reply actions

Lets have a round of applause

For the .... ... Caps and Bluejackets baby!!!! Big help last night. Now Nashville is still down 4 pts but played the same amount of games. It's sad but we need to silently root for the horrid redwings. They need to stomp Nashville out for good. I want to see the Avs play Detroit in the first round. The rivalry needs to be reborn.

Lisserman

by lissd02 on Mar 19, 2008 7:34 AM MDT reply actions