We are in 6th place w/ San Jose only one point behind us and only 7 points ahead of Minnesota and Colorado and yet we have a commanding lead? All it takes is loses some games and them winning games for us to be back in the last place to get a playoff spot. For me that isn't much security. Yes we more than likely make the playoffs w/ Arizona being way behind us in points but my point is it wouldn't take much for us to drop back to last place in the playoff running.
Umm- yes. With this little time left that most definitely is a commanding lead- and we also have a game in hand on the Avs. (And the Sharks are irrelevant- they are in the top 3 in the Pacific).
It would take a monumental collapse by us to fall behind both the Avs and Wild.
We have about a 96% statistical chance to make playoffs at this point.
Again, some of you need to get a grip....