It’s the most wonderful time of the year for hockey fans — the end of the seven month marathon known as the NHL regular season finally has the finish line in sight. Playoffs are right around the corner as teams buckle down to compete for Lord Stanley’s Cup and to etch their names into hockey immortality.
For the Eastern Conference, it’s a welcome sight as teams make one last gasp chance to improve their playoff positioning in the remaining few games left. Here are the standings as of this morning.
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Let’s check out the week that was for the playoff-bound teams:
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#1 Carolina (3-0-0, Games Remaining: @NYI, @NYR, NJ): The Hurricanes bounced back from some sloppy weeks to get back on track this week.