Marty’s Better

The Caps trail the Rangers, Flyers, and Bruins by three points with three games to play for the eighth and final playoff spot.  However, they trail the Hurricanes in their division by two points.  This race couldn’t be any tighter.  Take a look at how this is going to shape up.  The Capitals and Hurricanes play Tuesday night.  Then, they both play Tampa, then Florida to close out their seasons.  Carolina will play Tampa the night after they play Washington.  Then, on Thursday, the Caps will get their shot at Tampa as Tampa plays their second game in two nights.  The Caps will then play their second game in two nights on Friday as they get the Panthers.  Finally, the Canes, after a day off, will get the Panthers on Saturday as the Panthers play two in two days.  Incredible drama if you ask me.  One final note of interest: The Rangers, Bruins, and Flyers are still very much in danger of missing the playoffs.  If the Caps and Canes play a three point game on Tuesday, they could very well knock one of those three teams out.  Should be a great last week.

Time to play the game everyone plays this time of year.  That’s right, it’s trade deadline winners and losers.  It’s pretty simple, after the jump, we’ll assess most of the contenders and any team we felt won or lost on this, the day of the NHL’s trade deadline.  More after the leap. Continue Reading »

Obviously, the playoffs are broken down by conference record, with only the division winners guaranteed a spot.  However, we here at MartysBetter.com have decided to break things down by division, analyzing each team with a prediction as to what they’ll do down the final stretch, and whether or not they’ll make the playoffs.  Finally, I’ll give my prediction as to how far each team can go in the playoffs.  Today, we head for warmer climes to the Southleasteast Division.

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