The eight and final installment looking at the "Circle The Date" landmarks laid out in my NHL Predictions.
The regular season is over. season is coming to a close but there are still a couple playoff spots at stake and several seedings to be decided.
San Jose - Apr 5/7 vs Los Angeles - Home and home series against LA to finish the season. This could determine division winner, playoff seeding or playoff preview. Stay up late to catch these tilts.
Pretty spot on about the importance of this series. Turns out Phoenix spoiled the party by winning the division. The games were very entertaining and certainly set the tone for the playoffs ahead. These two teams have had a difficult time this year maintaining any consistency for different reasons. Both will hope to turn it around in the coming weeks. I cannot remember a time where the 7 & 8 seeds were as dangerous as this year.
Buffalo - Apr 7 at Boston - Schedule ends with a tough 7 of 11 on the road and a finale against division rival Boston. It isn't far-fetched to think this game sets the tone for a Sabres playoff run.
The challenge became too much for Buffalo to overcome. If nothing else it served notice to the Sabres that games in the first half of the season are just as important as those in the second. For all the effort the Sabres put forth in the second half, they still came up short.
Edmonton - Apr 7 at Vancouver - last game of the season. Have the Oilers finally escaped the bottom? How much farther to go?
Edmonton did improve quite a bit this year and probably could have taken greater strides if they hadn't suffered so many injuries. There is still a lot of work to do on the defensive side and a more reliable goalie will have to be found. It won't be an easy task getting free agents to come to Edmonton.
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