Bonus Saturday Blog: Vulnerable Teams?

While I was walking the dog this morning, I had this idea to look at which teams, currently in a playoff spot, are most vulnerable to being knocked out by the Ducks.  Since the standings change from hour to hour in the West these days, I decided not to wait until Monday.  Hopefully by Monday this post will make no sense, because the Ducks will have beaten Phoenix and moved into the top eight on their own. 

Here are the standings of the teams that I consider still in contention after Friday’s games.

	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	ROW
1	Vancouver	NW	69	44	16	9	97	40
2	Detroit	CEN	68	40	20	8	88	36
3	San Jose	PAC	68	39	22	7	85	34
4	Dallas	PAC	68	37	23	8	82	32
5	Chicago	CEN	68	37	24	7	81	32
6	Los Angeles	PAC	68	38	25	5	81	31
7	Phoenix	PAC	69	35	23	11	81	31
8	Calgary	NW	70	36	25	9	81	28
9	Anaheim	PAC	68	37	26	5	79	33
10	Nashville	CEN	68	34	24	10	78	28
11	Minnesota	NW	69	35	27	7	77	33

 

So now let’s go through the teams in a playoff spot and see who is, in my estimation the most likely for the Ducks to knock out.