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Me too! Saw my first in person home playoff victory in 31 years on Sunday, hoping to make it back-to-back wins!

BOOORRRRING!!!!! OK, great energy on the building, Jets got through the fire wagon period, now need to settle down and play their way. Colorado winning the board battles.

Number of points required (combination of Jets points gained and other teams' points lost) to clinch (Jets hold the tiebreaker against every other team): April 18: last day of the regular season. Jets can still earn 2 points (110 total)- Jets have guaranteed no worse than a 7th place finish (ahead of Colorado and Edmonton) and have clinched no worse than 2nd in the Central Division. Magic number of 1 to clinch 6th in the league (ahead of Boston) Magic number of 2 to clinch 5th in the league (ahead of Florida) Magic number of 3 to clinch 4th in the league (ahead of Vancouver) Jets eliminated from President’s Trophy, Western Conference top spot, and Central Division title contention. Can finish no better than 4th in the NHL (behind NYR, Dal, Car) Based on current points percentage, projected final points for each team - teams in bold have completed their season (Jets current total of 108 points has them already securing 2nd in the Central, 3rd in the West, 7th in the league, and projected to finish 2nd in the Central, 3rd in the West, and 6th in the NHL) z - Dal - 113 (1st) x - Wpg - 109 (2nd, vs Col) x - Col - 106 (3rd, at Wpg) y - Van - 110 (1st, vs Nas) x - Edm - 105 (2nd) x - Veg - 99 x - Nas - 99 (WC1, at Van) x - LA - 98 —————- Eliminated from playoff contention: St.L, Min, Sea, Cal, Ari, Ana, Chi, SJ y - Fla - 110 (1st, vs TB) x - Bos - 109 (2nd, vs Tor) x - Tor - 102 (3rd, at Bos) p - NYR - 114 (1st, vs Was) x - Car - 111 (2nd, vs NYI) x - NYI - 94 (3rd, at Car) x - TB - 98 (WC1, at Fla) x- Was - 91 (WC2, at NYR) —————- Eliminated from playoff contention: Det, Pit, Phi, Buf, NJ, CBJ, Mon, Ott x - clinched playoff spot y - clinched division z - clinched conference p - President’s Trophy April 17 story: In the Central, Dallas locks up the #1 seed in the West with their win, and Arizona goes quietly into that good night, completing their desert odyssey before hundreds of adoring fans. In the Pacific, nothing but the McDavid watch as he stalls on 100 assists with Edmonton’s loss. In the Atlantic, Kucherov hits his milestone number but Matthews falls short of his at the Bolts top the Buds. In the Metro, the Isles beat the Pens as Crosby winds up a pretty impressive year that just wasn’t enough, and Jeff Carter calls it a career. The East playoff picture is complete. April 18 key match-ups: An all-West final night, with a few things left to decide: Van @ Wpg - #2 seed and potential home ice in the 3rd round goes to the winner, as well as “best team in Canada” bragging rights. Jets also in the running to win the Jennings Trophy if they can hold the Canucks to 2 or less goals. Ana @ Veg - a win clinches 3rd in the Pacific for the Knights, and the task of facing the Oilers in Round 1. If they fall to the wildcard spot, they face the Stars. Chi @ LA - if the Knights lose, the Kings have a chance to capture 3rd (if the teams end up tied, LA had the tiebreaker). A Vegas OT loss and the Kings need the win, if Vegas loses in regulation then the Kings only need to get the game to extra time to take 3rd place.

April 17 update above.

Fixed it for you, always love a good Hemingway reference!

Boy, I wish someone had posted this information somewhere, like maybe in this thread last Sunday at 9:40 pm. 😉

Game time - 7:00 pm on TSN 3 The story - Jets would clinch 2nd place with anything other than a regulation loss

Playoff positions and potential match-ups entering April 16 (all match-ups could be settled as early as end of night tonight) Dal could play LA, Nas, or Veg with home ice Wpg plays Col, home ice to be determined Van could play LA, Nas, or Veg with home ice Edm could play LA, Nas, or Veg with home ice LA could play Dal, Van, or Edm Nas could play Dal, Van, or Edm Veg could play Dal, Van, or Edm NYR could play Was, Det, Pit, or Phi with home ice Carolina will play NYI with home ice Bos could play Tor or TB with home ice Fla could play Tor or TB with home ice Tor could play Bos or Fla TB could play Bos or Fla Was, Det, Pit or Phi will play NYR To get in: Was needs a win, OR an OT/SO loss and an OT/SO loss by Det and Pit, OR regulation losses by Det, Pit, and Phi Det needs a win and a loss in any fashion by Was, OR an OT/SO loss and a regulation loss by Was and a loss in any fashion by Pit Pit needs a win and losses by Was and Det in any fashion, OR an OT/SO loss and regulation losses by Was and Det and a loss by Phi in any fashion Phi needs a win and regulation losses by Was, Det, and Pit

Final update below.

Tweet of the day:

April 16 update below.

My understanding of the draft rules is that as a US college eligible player aged 18, the team holds his draft rights until August 15 after he graduates from college, provided he does not leave school early. If he does, then they hold his rights until June 1, 4 years after his draft year. So the Jets should have his rights until 2026. Different rules than for CHL players (two years) and college players drafted at age 20 (two years).

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