I did it!!! I made a goal at the start of the year to have home advantage in the playoffs and I clinched the 4th seed with a convincing 4-2 win against Calgary in game 82.
It wasn't easy and I will be hobbling into the playoffs but that might have been a foregone conclusion. I went 7-10-2 without Pavel Bure in my last 19 games so I'm not too optimistic going into the playoffs.
I play the 5th seed Edmonton Oilers who have had a good second half climbing the standings to make the playoffs.
The good news is that I won the season series with Edmonton at 3-2-1 but unfortunately, the one game against them I played without Bure was a back and fourth game which I ended up losing 5-4.
Both teams had plus 19 goal differential this year but Vancouver scored 285 goals and gave up 266 while Edmonton played a more defensive game by scoring 238 goals and gave up 219.
Other notes from the league.
Detroit won the Presidents Trophy by going 65-15-2 and scoring 330 goals. In their first year in Denver, the Colorado Avalanche went 52-20-10 to cruise to a Pacific Division Title. The Tampa Bay Lightning qualified for the playoffs for the first time in there franchise's history.
My prediction: I don't have much confidence in my team right now, Goaltending has been a problem the last half of the year and without the presence of Pavel Bure there will be not much margin for error.
WCQ predictions:
1 Detroit vs 8 St. Louis - DET 4-0
2. Colorado vs 7 Calgary COL 4-1
3. Toronto vs 6 Dallas DAL 4-3
4. Vancouver vs 5 Edmonton EDM 4-2
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