You have to be on a whole different level of bad to be out of a realistic chance out of a playoff spot at this point in the season.
The Torts disaster season team was still in a playoff spot in either February or March that season.
The same people who feel it's realistic that the canucks will win the division as they are only 7 points back of the Oilers with a game in hand seem to ignore that the Kings are 6 points back of the canucks with a game in hand...
Edmonton, Arizona and San Jose are increasingly putting distance between them and the canucks so it's rapidly getting to the point where you are watching the wild card spots...and in particular the last wild card spot as the Stars and the top 3 in the Central also are putting distance between them and the canucks. Vancouver, Vegas, Calgary with 30 points. Nashville, Minnesota with 28. Anaheim with 26. It's becoming more and more likely that only one of those teams is going to make the playoffs.
I'm going with Vegas who have managed to stay in the race despite some poor goaltending. I think Fleury will get it together once he returns to the team and has time to get his head right after his father's death.
It will come down to which team catches fire over the next 15 games (like Dallas, San Jose and Arizona did) because one of them likely will.
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