STILL A LONG WAY TO GO

There is no sense in re-stating how important tonight’s game is. I think we all know as hockey junkies, this is the biggest high we’ve had all year (and it will only get better).

There is however a loooong way to go before the regular season is over. With most teams having no more than ten games left to play in the regular season, not a single team has clinched a playoff spot. The standings are tighter than my junk when I get out of a freezing pool, and the drag race will undoubtedly go until the last day for many teams.

So tonight’s game is important because it’s a race for the Division top seat, because it’s a four point game, because we want to keep pushing for the top seat in the conference, because we want better odds of facing an easier opponent for the playoffs. But most importantly, tonight’s game is important because we need the two points to get closer to making the playoffs. The regular season goes on, and we should not get head of our selves. Objective and goal #1 is always, has been, and should be to make the playoffs.

The Senators will be looking to rectify the discrepancy in the standings as they see it, and we have to let them know that the standings in the Division are here to stay. Let’s keep getting the wins, let’s keep racking the two points, and everything else will fall into place.