With the Olympic break over, Boomer, Pinder, and Rhett take a deep dive into the Western Conference as the NHL regular season enters the home stretch. The guys break down the standings, debate which team is best positioned to come out of the West, and discuss whether any contenders could flip a switch and make a surprise run. They also take a closer look at the powerhouse Central Division featuring the Wild, Avalanche, and Stars, and what it will take for teams to separate themselves before the playoffs.
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18 Comments
Avs win it all
Hope to see Nuge, McJesus, Bouchard, Draisietal win a cup
Honestly, I think the winner of Dallas vs Minnesota comes out of the West, but maybe Utah can make a surprise run too. Something about Colorado feels off, and especially seeing their top players underperform at the Olympics raises questions.
Makar Is like Al Mcinnis and Orr
You can lie all you want up north we all know you true favorite is the oilers. Its obvious how much you obsess over us. 🎉🎉
Oilers should trade Nurse for Makar. Same cost but Makar is far better in all categories
I just want Vegas to fall on there faces, my opinion this unprotected first-round draft pick Calgary has of Vegas is more valuable then Vegas winning the cup and turning that second to a first.
I am a Vegas fan and we are NOT good. I hate Edmonton, but they are NOT good either. Seattle, they stink too. Who cares who wins the West, none of these 3 are getting very far. Minnesota is REALLY GOOD, Dallas if they get Mikko back will be really good. Colorado if McKinnon and Makar get over losing are REALLY good. It will b one of those 3 out of the West.
Oilers lost grit, depth defense and pressure tested goaltending… better chance of missing the playoffs than getting past the first round. Enjoy, yah Flamer loving bastids
Minny, Colorado, Dallas or Vegas, in that order. The rest are pretenders
Flames should trade Kadri for a Joe Neuindyk type guy
Edmonton… lol
Coilers have no chance McLoser folds when it counts
McDavid will miss sometime !
Calgary is going to beat off all the teams
Vegas has the ability to flip the switch come playoff time. 🏁
Colorado has never won a game 7 in the MacKinnon era. Their game 7 losses are almost Toronto level but are excused by that stacked team that did win a cup. Still I'm just not picking Colorado in any tight series. They have to go 16-4 to win the cup and stay away from game 7 like the plague.
Is MacKinnon injured?…How much gas is left in McDavids tank?…How much does the Fiala injury affect the Kings?….Are even HALF the trade rumours from around the NHL even remotely true?….Some interesting questions coming out of the Olympics.
I think Dallas is in a weird spot in terms of trading for assets for the remainder of the season. They will have LTIR money due to Seguin being injured, but when you look at their cap situation for next season, and with the contract situation with Jason Robertson. Are you going to trade for assets that have expiring deals, or trade for assets that have more than this year on their contract?
I also highly doubt that Dallas will catch Colorado in the Central, and that’s with Rantanen being sidelined for possibly a week or two. Dallas still has 3 games against Colorado to finish the year. So they could gain some ground, maybe. They also have 2 games against Minnesota as well to close the year. I will say, I think this year out of all years needs to show that the NHL needs to go back to the 1 vs 8 playoff format. When you have the Top 3 teams out of one division at the top of the Conference.