Week 22 of NHL 2005-6

he Flyers finally ended their losing skid last night and once again, I missed this game thanks to the OLN v. Dish snit. The aging Petr Nedved pulled through on the shoot out, at least that’s what the highlights from my ESPN widget stated. 
 
I can take some solace that the NY Rangers are struggling too so my Flyers are within 2 points of first place in the Atlantic but the Devils are within 9 points of first place with 21 games remaining. Too early for me to really bother with the math to say the Blues and Penguins are completely eliminated from the playoffs. 
 
Thursday afternoon will be the trade deadline. The Flyers have already made their move (I think) with Cap’n Keith Primeau being out for the remainder of the season. I actually agree with Scott Burnside of ESPN over this tread deadline being interesting this time. With the new salary cap, there won’t be the annual dumping from Washington, NY Rangers, Phoenix and other perenniel losers for Philly, Detroit and Toronto to pick up. 
 
Still nothing new on the Penguins moving but my fingers are crossed because I would like to see Portland pick them up and see how close I am on the re-alignment.