With six games to go for most teams, the battle for the final playoff positions is getting tighter. In the East, Montreal is clinging to the eighth position while the Rangers are struggling again and are within range of missing out. Florida is hanging in there, and no position up to fourth is truly safe [...]
With Toronto and Ottawa several points back, and Montreal barely clinging to the final playoff position, it’s entirely possible that there will be no Canadian teams represented in the playoffs. Granted, Ottawa’s on a tear, Montreal’s far from done, and Toronto is…well…Toronto, but it’s not looking especially good. Since Bob Gainey fired Guy Carbonneau and [...]
The Ottawa Senators are red hot right now. Over their past ten games, they’re 9-1-0. With ten games remaining, they’re currently 7 points out of the final playoff spot. The three teams they’re chasing (Montreal, Florida and Buffalo) all are playing some of their worst hockey of the season. It’s a tough road to the [...]