#Western Conference Wild Card

Thanksgiving is typically when we start gauging NHL postseason possibilities, given teams in late November playoff positions have wound up qualifying 77% of the time during the salary-cap era. Last season we effectively ruled out the Kraken's chances using that holiday measurement. Now the opposite is true. If the season ended today, the Kraken…

This was only a matter of time coming for the Winnipeg Jets. With the Vegas Golden Knights beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime last night, the Jets have been eliminated from contention for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Jets sit ten points behind the Dallas Stars who are in the second Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot with…

The Stars open the season in Nashville on Thursday, Oct. 13 before returning to American Airlines Center on Saturday, Oct. 15 to host the Predators. Dallas is coming off another playoff appearance season, but it was a busy off-season of change for the Stars. For starters, the Stars head into their first year under new head coach Pete DeBoer, who…

Going into the last five games of the regular season, I've identified five pressing questions for the Nashville Predators: What will Filip Forsberg's goal total be at the end of the regular season? Will Roman Josi score 100 points? Will secondary scorers step up? Does Juuse Saros get a break? How will Nashville fare in the first round (assuming…

What happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas on Sunday night. The aftershocks of the Golden Knights blowing a 4-2 lead and losing 5-4 to the San Jose Sharks in a shootout were felt in Vancouver for all the right reasons. Timo Meier scored with 0.9 seconds remaining in regulation to draw the visitors even to force the extra session before the Sharks…