Playoffs? .... Nah

[CanadianJacketsFan]

Coming into this season I was expecting great things from the Jackets but they just can win consistently. Even with Pascal Leclaire having a breakout year (of sorts) the Jackets scoring has even further decreased. WTF! As of this point only 3 jackets have scored more than 10 goals, you guessed it, an NHL worst.

Maybe this year isn't over yet, maybe theres still hope.

What do you guys think?  ???

And just a suggestion.. The jackets are looking for a top line center... Olli Jokinen (HE'S AMAZING)

[Nate]

There is still hope but they have to start scoring more as you indicated.  The dispatch was writing about how concerned Hitch was about the lack of scoring.

We have a chance for the playoffs but we have to get much more consistent.

[Nate]

Here's the standings....

Western Conference
		GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	HOME	AWAY	L10
1	Detroit	59	41	13	5	87	194	130	21.0	84.2	21-6-2	20-7-3	6-3-1
2	Dallas	61	35	21	5	75	178	153	18.7	87.3	18-9-2	17-12-3	7-3-0
3	Minnesota	57	32	21	4	68	157	152	18.3	84.9	17-9-2	15-12-2	6-3-1
4	Anaheim	61	32	22	7	71	150	151	16.3	82.3	16-7-4	16-15-3	5-4-1
5	San Jose	56	31	17	8	70	149	137	18.3	86.3	14-12-5	17-5-3	6-3-1
6	Calgary	57	29	20	8	66	165	164	16.4	81.0	15-10-7	14-10-1	7-3-0
7	Nashville	59	30	23	6	66	170	162	15.0	84.8	18-9-3	12-14-3	5-3-2
8	Colorado	58	30	23	5	65	164	160	14.3	80.7	18-10-2	12-13-3	4-5-1
9	Vancouver	57	28	22	7	63	149	145	18.2	82.5	15-11-2	13-11-5	3-5-2
10	Phoenix	58	29	25	4	62	160	161	18.1	81.1	12-13-2	17-12-2	4-4-2
11	Columbus	59	26	24	9	61	143	155	16.7	85.9	16-9-6	10-15-3	3-4-3
	St. Louis	56	26	22	8	60	146	160	12.7	83.6	16-10-5	10-12-3	4-4-2
	Chicago	57	26	25	6	58	163	163	15.3	81.2	13-13-1	13-12-5	4-4-2
	Edmonton	58	26	27	5	57	155	172	15.7	84.9	15-14-1	11-13-4	5-5-0
	Los Angeles	59	24	32	3	51	167	194	18.5	78.7	12-16-1	12-16-2	5-4-1

We have 23 games left.  Mathmatically we're in decent shape to move up 3 or 4 spots.  Especially only being 4 points back.

[CanadianJacketsFan]

Yeah I guess I shouldn't call it quits yet. That win vs Detroit was big (5-1) too bad they followed it up with a 5-1 loss vs St. Louis. I think the upcoming games vs Ottawa and Montreal will test Columbus' strength. The problem i foresee is having to face the best team in the NHL 5 times before the playoffs.

I Wish/Hope/Pray that they can make it. Hitchcock has NEVER coached a team for all 82 games and not made it to the playoffs, hopefully this doesnt change.

[Nate]

Let's hope that streak doesn't change.   Be nice to actually make the playoffs this year.

[Buzz]

This has been such an up and down year.  We go in and spank the best team in the league (detroit) and then we lay down to teams like st louis and toronto.   i believe that there are guys on this team who do not understand how close this team is to making the playoffs.  i need to see a little more out of this team but i am affraid that our chance is slipping away this year.

[Nate]

Not including tonights results, here are the playoff standings.

	Teams	GP	PTS
1.	*Detroit	62	89
2.	* Dallas	64	79
3.	* Minnesota	61	73
4.	Anaheim	64	75
5.	Nashville	62	71
6.	San Jose	60	70
7.	Calgary	61	70
8.	Vancouver	60	68
9.	Phoenix	61	66
10.	Colorado	61	66
11.	St. Louis	59	65
12.	Columbus	62	63
13.	Chicago	60	62
14.	Edmonton	61	59
15.	Los Angeles	62	53

Isn't looking to good right now.