2011-2012 Season

[Pete Nice]

So the Pens are set at #4, Philly is set at #5.
Is it safe to say anyone with the slightest injury will be sitting this one out?
And I'll put money on it being a boring game.

So here is what I was thinking last night.

It was obvious shortly into the 3rd period that the Penguins were going to beat the Rangers.
The time on the Pens/Rangers and Flyers/Sabres games were almost identical.
The Devils were 3 points behind the Flyers with two games to go and up 1 on Detroit. Devils ended up winning.
The Flyers should have seen that and "allowed" Buffalo to win last night, and then threw the game Saturday, hoping the Devils would win and beat Ottawa Saturday and get the 5 seed.
Then the Flyers would have gotten the 6 seed and played Florida first round and the Pens would have gotten New Jersey. This would have almost ensured both of them a trip to the second round. Where this matchup belongs, or even for the conference championship.

In the East, the top 4 points totals will be from the Atlantic, yet 3 of them will be hte 4, 5 and 6 seeds and two will have to go on the road.
That is bullshit and they need to change seeding to stop rewarding mediocrity, Florida should be the 8 seed.