All right, Lou, I'm going to start you off with this question.

Bottom of the Western Conference playoff picture.

Who do you think wants it?

That's a real good question.

On a nightly basis, I'm confused, Louie.

I know Dallas wants it, and I don't think they're even in jeopardy anymore.

Dallas and St. Louis, as far as I'm concerned, are in.

I'd be very surprised if Dallas fell off, especially now they got their goaltender, Bishop came back from an injury

because Kadobin actually blew one game for them.

They could have won.

And at least one position open,

and Arizona is doing what I thought they might do, Judge,

because they'd been on such a hot street.

They won like 9 of 11 games or something, and to expect them to continue to be at a winning pace,

you know, it's almost not just a lot of averages, but are they a good enough team to continue

to pace like that?

And I didn't think they would be, so I thought they'd slide back, and they have lost two

in a row

that doesn't surprise me.

So I was really worried about Colorado, and thinking that the Wilde was going to win at least

one or two of those games against easier teams at home.

Yep.

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