Week 26 of NHL 2005-6

Fourteen days remain in the season and now Boston and the NY Islanders are out of the running, leaving 23 teams vying for playoff spots. OK, there are over a dozen duking it out for the remaining seeds since Detroit, Dallas, Calgary, Nashville, Ottawa, Carolina, NY Rangers, Buffalo, and Philly have it locked up. 
 
My Flyers blew it against the Devils last week after giving Toronto some hope too. Oddly, they clobbered the NY Islanders on the following day which puts them back within two points of the NY Rangers for first in the Atlantic. Tonight they’re up against the Rangers but the game is blacked out thanks to the ongoing snit between OLN and Dish. I don’t know why OLN continues to cover that particular series since the Flyers and Rangers have never been rivals. Heck, I’m surprised they’d waste the energy on the Rangers since they’ve been a losing team for most of their existence. If I have the will, I may try to listen to it for free over NHL’s stream like last time. I would be awesome if the Flyers do pull it off, win the majority of their games, the Rangers lose the majority of theirs and my Flyers get first place. However, I think I will just accept their second place fate which then gives them the fifth seed and first-round elimination by the Buffalo Sabres. 
 
Meanwhile I was mistaken about Jeremy Roenick being out for the remainder of the season. His ankle was only chipped or something but not broken. The LA Kings fired their coach recently yet they’re sinking quickly and may not be in the playoffs. I can only hope next season will be better for him, if he has another season with the Kings.