Really, if you get right down to it, it is our play at home this year that really cost us a playoff spot. We have been pretty darn good on the road all season- we have some very impressive wins (2 x over Chicago, Anaheim, LA, San Jose, etc)
It wasn't just the 1-5 homestand after the Olympics- 17-17-5 overall. If we had had anything close to our normal home record, we would easily be in the playoffs..
Also, how about this- if the Preds win this game tonight without going to shootout, we will have the same number of ROW wins as Minnesota.
Not saying we don't have a bunch of issues, but we really weren't that far away from having a pretty good season....