The most unique thing about this year? It is the first year where the playoff picture isn’t in flux daily. Maybe the 9th or 10th seed can sneak in, but it isn’t nearly as close as last year. Keep an eye on Jesse Loves Paymon, Flowers in the Cage and Me So Vyborny, as they will be fighting over the last two playoff spots. Lets look at who is looking good heading into the playoffs and who might potentially be making trades prior to the deadline to give themselves a better chance at immortality.
1. Kanucks (3) – Team continues to role benefiting from the trade rape mentioned last week. Has to be the frontrunner come playoff time.
2. Bizzarohawks (9) – Huge week last week to vault into the top four in the standings. I said I liked the direction of this team a few weeks ago, and I for one would not want to seem them in the first round.
3. Everett Silvertips (2) – This team seems to meander along without any dominating performances, and lost a key part of this team in Tuukka Rask to injury for all the playoffs. I fully expect to see this all but certain President’s Trophy winner making a first round exit in the tradition we have become accustomed to.
4. Clarence Swampton (7) – Big win when it was needed. Other teams should be worried about seeing this team in the playoffs if the goalies are hot.
5. Anzoolander (12) – Got screwed out of a win last week, and is holding on for dear life. With Toews and Downie banged up and Ryan Miller a mental liability, I don’t know if this team will get past their franchise best first round of the playoffs. GM Jesse Cook is managing like rookie using the active roster for players on IR.
6. Pistol’s Hellcats (1) – Anyone else watching Howard getting hurt every few weeks and wondering if this team has any resiliency whatsoever? Heaven help this team in the first round if Carey Price has a good week.
7. Flowers in the Cage (4) – Bad loss this past week after Cole Ballard touted himself as a Jack Adams candidate for his comeback, lets see if he jinxed himself enough to get knocked out of the playoffs completely.
8. Me So Vyborny (5) – Impressive last week. Can’t recall seeing that much offense being offset so well by that bad of goaltending to lose.
9. Jesse Loves Paymon (6) – Not only did this team lose when it needed to win, it lose with awful numbers. If this team sneaks into the playoffs, it may be like a bye round for its opponent.
10. Not Poodle (8) – Making a last ditch run at making the playoffs, but it may be to little to late. What surprised me most about this team is that it had made the playoffs before.
11. Captain Chinese (10) – How has this team ever made the playoffs?
12. Texans (11) – I guess it really doesn’t make sense for a bunch of Texans to be in the playoffs. They can’t even skate.
13. Crosby’s Concussions (13) – For anyone who forgot about this, www.kateuptondancing.com cures all fantasy blues, even being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with the regular season still in process.
14. Super Sperm (14) – Also mathematically eliminated, and overall, a depressing year for this defending President’s Trophy team. Everett Silvertips GM Court Watson hopes this isn’t the start of a new tradition, but then starts laughing and realizes it is because Super Sperm GM Ryan Schauble is awful at Fantasy Hockey.
Playoff predictions next week. Good luck gentlemen.
JM
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