As the NHL hits the home stretch, expect a wild ride as teams jockey for position with only three weeks remaining on the 2017-18 regular-season slate.
The Winnipeg Jets likely won’t be involved in the shuffling of positions; in fact, projecting the Jets as Central Division runners-up is a cinch.
The Jets are boxed in, staring at the hindquarters of the division-leading Nashville Predators while galloping well ahead of the Minnesota Wild. It would take an epic collapse either by Nashville or Winnipeg to alter the top-two spots in the division.
The streaking Predators, 12-0-1 in their last 13, will stride to the division title.