as for the NHL,the biggest disappointment of the entire season has been:in the Eastern Conference,the Washington Capitals... they stocked up in the off-season,on free agents,and won their first seven games,including a 7-1 stomping of the Detroit Red Wings,but since then,they have gone 32-31-8,and are in ninth place(tied with Buffalo Sabres,for eighth),and four points,behind Florida Panthers,for Southeast Division lead,but they have first tiebreaker(regulation/overtime wins),if they catch the Panthers,so they have a good chance to be in the Stanley Cup playoffs,but their overall team(goaltending,and defense)has been shaky,at times...
in the Western Conference:the San Jose Sharks.... they have stocked up with players that seem to be individual stars,and a goaltender,who has won a Stanley Cup,and yet,they have been a dilemma,wrapped in an enigma,most of the year,because they have given some bad,soft,and,at times,very critical goals late in games,and have only 31 regulation/overtime wins... every team ahead of them have,at least,32 regulation/overtime wins(they are also ninth),but only one point,behind the Dallas Stars,in the very tight Pacific Division... they play Dallas,in a home and home series,and then they play Los Angeles Kings,who is eighth(and tied with the Sharks),but have a game in hand,on the Sharks,in a home,and home series to end season... magic number right now,for the Sharks,is the number 31(number of regulation/overtime wins),because at end of the season,if they are tied with any team(right now),in top eight,they lose out of the higher seeding,and if they are tied for sixth,seventh,or eighth,they get the lower seed,which means if they are tied for eighth,at end of season,they will not be in the Stanley Cup playoffs... those are the facts,and nothing,but the facts...
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