commentary...

for the San Jose Sharks' fan in my family,they are 2-3-1,in the month of March,3-4-3,in the last ten games,fourth place in the Pacific Division,and thirteen points behind the Anaheim Ducks,and besides the Ducks,the other four teams in that division are within four points of each other,so it will be a dogfight,in that division... before you think that i am beating up on the Sharks,the Central Division is basically identical to what is happening to the Pacific Division:Chicago has a fifteen point lead on everybody in the Central Division,and the other four teams are in a group who are five points between all the teams(St. Louis:30 points,Detroit:29 points,Nashville:28 points,and even Columbus,who beat Detroit four games to one(an overtime loss)getting nine points of a possible ten points,against the Red Wings,with 25 points),so both divisions are a dogfight... history:when the Red Wings won Stanley Cup,in 2008,they had trouble with only one team in their division,and that was the Chicago Blackhawks,who won five crazy games(out of eight games)that year,so having trouble beating one team in a division is not uncommon,but it may come back to really bite the Red Wings,pending on how they finish the season...