Race for the last playoff spot in the SHL Western Conference:

If I had to pick the team that is going to win that last playoff spot I would have to go with my very own Calgary Dragons. While many may think this is a biased pick they have one of the highest tpe teams in the league and have a veteran well experienced core. The Dragons have a super star goalie with Kata Vilde and have all of their defenseman over one thousand tpe. In addition they have pretty much all their forwards at nine hundred tpe or more and a couple who are also over the one thousand five hundred tpe mark. On paper this team should definitely be a playoff team however so far in the season the Dragons are currently sitting in fifth place looking in from the outside of the playoff spot one point back of Texas with one more game played. While many would think Calgary is in a tough spot and may not make the playoffs, I think they still got a great chance as they have been on fire with their scoring having one hundred and thirty two goals so far which ranks second best in the western conference.

However where they have been lacking is in the defensive end letting in way to many goals with one hundred and twenty seven which ranks third worst in the western conference. The Dragons are going to need to tighten up defensively and pay more attention to their play in their own end if they are going to make the playoffs. Never the less, I believe that they can do this and that their veteran experienced group will find a way to make it into the playoffs. I also see the Texas Renegade’s inexperienced young core not being able to pull through in these critical games against more experienced opponents and do not think that the San Francisco Pride have enough depth or fire power to make it into the playoffs in comparison to the Calgary Dragons. All of these points makes me believe that the Dragons should be the favorites to take that last playoff spot but then again I could be wrong.

Finally here are my predictions for the end of season western conference standings based on the final total points:
1: Los Angeles
2: New Orleans
3: Edmonton
4: Calgary


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