With the Oilers playing at home, and still ( The Ducks won in O/T, so it’ll be the Oil vs Sharks in opening round ) having a little something to play for at the start of this one, the prospect of completing the “tanking” was good. With the Coyotes and Devils both finishing with 70 points, the Canucks, sitting at 69 points, they actually had something riding on this one, in reverse. MOAR PING PONG BALLS!!!
- Regardless of this result, and what happens in this offseason, thank you Willie Desjardins. With a lineup that was more malleable than Silly Putty, with constantly shifting lines and players in and out in various stages of healthy, he had his team playing hard, in close games, all season long.