No Beer, I didn't know that Danny was playing with the Wings. But you are correct Cleary


that who plays whom will still be calculated by the seeding they came into the playoffs with. Can anyone clarify?

Below are the rankings at the end of the season. It means as long as Ottawa stays in they will play the team left with the lowest regular season rankings. The second best remaining team will play the second worst. The higher ranking team will retain home ice advantage. If Montreal wins, Ottawa will play them. If Carolina wins, Ottawa will play the winner of Buffalo/Philly

Eastern Conference
RK GP W L   OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY L10
1 z - OTTAWA* 82 52 21   9 113 314 211 29-9-3 23-12-6 3-5-2
2 y - CAROLINA* 82 52 22   8 112 294 260 31-8-2 21-14-6 5-3-2
3 y - NEW JERSEY* 82 46 27   9 101 242 229 27-11-3 19-16-6 10-0-0
4 x - BUFFALO 82 52 24   6 110 281 239 27-11-3 25-13-3 7-3-0
5 x - PHILADELPHIA 82 45 26   11 101 267 259 22-13-6 23-13-5 5-4-1
6 x - NY RANGERS 82 44 26   12 100 257 215 25-10-6 19-16-6 4-6-0
7 x - MONTREAL 82 42 31   9 93 243 247 24-13-4 18-18-5 6-4-0
8 x - TAMPA BAY 82 43 33   6 92 252 260 25-14-2 18-19-4 5-4-1


Western Conference
RK GP W L   OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY L10
1 p - DETROIT* 82 58 16   8 124 305 209 27-9-5 31-7-3 8-1-1
2 y - DALLAS* 82 53 23   6 112 265 218 28-11-2 25-12-4 4-3-3
3 y - CALGARY* 82 46 25   11 103 218 200 30-7-4 16-18-7 6-1-3
4 x - NASHVILLE 82 49 25   8 106 259 227 32-8-1 17-17-7 7-3-0
5 x - SAN JOSE 82 44 27   11 99 266 242 25-9-7 19-18-4 8-1-1
6 x - ANAHEIM 82 43 27   12 98 254 229 26-10-5 17-17-7 6-4-0
7 x - COLORADO 82 43 30   9 95 283 257 25-10-6 18-20-3 4-5-1
8 x - EDMONTON 82 41 28   13 95 256 251 20-15-6 21-13-7 5-4-1