When I was a kid, my friends and I would sometimes play a game in my living room called “the floor is lava,” where we would jump around on various pieces of furniture trying to avoid getting “burned” by the hardwood.
Things look a little different at this point in the 2020-21 AHL season. At 4-8-0, the Belleville Senators represent the floor of the Canadian Division. From the perspective of the second-place Stockton Heat, the ceiling is Laval—and they want to reach it.
After defeating Stockton in two consecutive games, the Laval Rocket now own a 10-4-1 record and have four more points than the 8-4-1 Heat.