Finish 3rd, they get the Preds. Finish 1st, they get the Wild. Either way they'd have home ice against in a series against the Wild. The ideal spot is the #2 spot vs Nashville. They pissed away one of their games in hand last night. Yup...they havent looked good at all the last 3 games, 4-0 loss to Dallas, 3-1 win over Carolina that everyone says they looked terrible in (missed that one) and 4-1 loss to Philly. 3 teams that are not going to sniff the playoffs and we looked bad in all 3. Of course they were 6-1-0 in the 7 games prior so who knows whats going on with the team. Last year they slumped a little to the finish and were a bad bounce away from likely winning the Cup.