TheGoldSeat

The Wild have 7 games left in their regular season and things are looking interesting. The Wild with 95 pts are only 1 pt out of first place in the Division behind the Canucks. San Jose is up 1 pt and Dallas is down 1 pt, both are in mix for seeds. If the playoffs started today the Wild would hold the #6 seed and take on the #3 Vancouver Canucks. The #1, #2, and #4 seeds look to be unattainable because those teams have 100+ pts. The ideal situation would be the Wild winning the Division, taking the #3 seed and getting home ice. Considering the #7 seed would play the Ducks and the #5 the Red Wings. The obvious option is to stay in the #6 slot to play the Canucks or move up to the #3 and play the Canucks, Sharks or Stars. I like my chances against those teams on home ice.

Should make for an interesting final two weeks to the season.

In other hockey news…the mighty #1 seeded Golden Gopher hockey teams makes it Frozen Four tournament bracket debut today against a scrappy crew cut Air Force team. Potential opponents along the way Michigan or North Dakota, New Hampshire or Boston College and Maine or Notre Dame. Only 4 wins away from another title.

Could this be the start of a magical year? Frozen Four, Rose Bowl, Final Four?