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Breaking down the best and the worst of the 17 nights left on the schedule

OK,u200b hockey fans, huddleu200b up.

We’reu200b downu200b tou200b 17u200b nightsu200b left onu200b the regular seasonu200b schedule. That’s notu200b muchu200b and there’s stillu200bu200b plenty left to be decided. Most teams still have eight or nine games left, so just about everyone is going to be busy and the stakes are high. It’s tempting to just get comfortable and lock in for the rest of the homestretch.

But that’s not healthy. We have to pace ourselves. Three weeks from now we’re going to be into the first round of the playoffs, which is the absolute craziest time of the year to be a hockey fan.