Conference/Division Champs Watch

[Drury_Sakic]

So, tonight we are all LA Kings fans. If LA beats the Ducks tonight in regulation the Avs are still in their own control of winning both the Division and Conference Sunday. Only bad thing here for the Avs is that LA is unlikely to dress a full roster, as they have nothing to play for in this game other than pride, they cannot move up or down in the bracket. Avs would need to follow up a Ducks loss in regulation today with a regulation win tomorrow.

As for the Division watch, it does not matter what St. Louis does tomorrow if the Avs handle their own end of it Sunday with a win of any kind, though a St. Louis regulation loss in the morning gives the Avs the Division via a tiebreaker no matter what. St. Louis plays Detroit. Detroit and Columbus are fighting for the right to play either Boston or Pit. Personally if I am either team, I would much rather play the Pens than Bruins, so maybe that means Detroit ices a full lineup and goes hard?

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[Nzap]

So, tonight we are all LA Kings fans.

Nope.
If Ducks win and Blues lose before our game we have clinched the division and can rest key players (that still are healthy) so that Lovejoy can't bust them up before the playoffs.

I am a Kings fan by the way tonight, but that is a valid argument I've heard around these boards after the Sharks game.

 

[Steerpike]

While it's really good that the wings have a strong incentive to win, the benefit of playing the stars over the wild is not all that apparent and many here even think it would be better to play the wild. Interestingly the Ducks played better against the wild during the season so perhaps the Ducks will tank their last two games hard to get the Wild

 

[The Shermanator]

Yeah I prefer the wild. I just too afraid of the chances of Seguin and Benn just going off against us.

 

[tigervixxxen]

The Wings have no incentive to win. Unless Columbus somehow loses to Florida tonight, which considering Florida completely packed it in at least a month ago, its not looking likely.

I agree, just let Anaheim get the win. The Conference is a nice accolade but a better chance at winning the division is much more important. I fully expect the Blues to win tomorrow, I mean come on they are not going to lost 6 in a row going into the playoffs, they are going to pull it together. So it going to be up to us to earn it.

 

[Drury_Sakic]

The Wings have no incentive to win. Unless Columbus somehow loses to Florida tonight, which considering Florida completely packed it in at least a month ago, its not looking likely.

Playing a banged up Pens and fold like paper Fleury vs Boston is not incentive? Not saying it is a huge incentive, but it is at least a small one.

 

[tigervixxxen]

That's not what I meant. The second thing I said was Columbus clinches tonight if they beat Florida. Meaning, the wings winning tomorrow becomes irrelevant.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I prefer LA win, that would mean Anaheim is not going to try 100% tomorrow..

 

[tigervixxxen]

Then again supposedly the Pens were not trying, the Sharks were not trying and we see how that worked out.

 

[Drury_Sakic]

It sounds stupid, but I really want the Conference Champs to be the Avs.

Would be impossible for the rest of the NHL/Fans/Press to ignore what the Avs have done this year. I guess the bigger way to do that would be to win a round or two...but I don't know if that is a sure bet in any way, even if the Avs don't have to play Chicago or St. Louis.