REALLY WANT the Canucks in the playoffs.
It will be a tough go, too many teams have games in hand and I wish they had better goaltending, because I think they can pull it off if they did and of course they need Pettersson back ASAP.
Their odds are improbable, but not impossible. Main competition will be Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Edmonton, Arizona and John Gibson.
Colorado has done nothing but lose lately, so maybe they're due for a few wins to stay afloat. Dallas has the opposite problem of years past. It used to be no goaltending and all offense. Now they have no problems keeping the puck out of the net, just problems putting the puck in the net. I have no desire for another one and done playoff round for Minny, Arizona has terrible coaches that don't know what they're doing, Edmonton is Edmonton and lacks depth and then the one man band in John Gibson with Randy the Retread still back there. I'd imagine the worst thing for Anaheim would be to make the playoffs, go out in round one and for all their trouble retain Carlyle anyway.