TODAY'S COYOTES MAGIC NUMBER IS...

What's a magic number you might be wondering? Well the magic number is how many wins it will take for a given team to make it into the playoffs regardless of how many games any other teams win. So today's number of 8.5 means that the Coyotes need 8 wins and can get one other point via an overtime loss and absolutely make the playoffs no matter what. Now does that mean that that's all we want to win in order to get the best possible playoff seeding? Surely not, but considering how long it's been since we tasted postseason glory a countdown seemed like a great idea. 

Now while opposing wins may not effect our number, the losses of teams clamoring for the spots below us will. For example every time the Flames, Red Wings and teams right on the cusp of getting in lose a game the threshold to get in goes down and so will our magic number. We're less effected by teams such as the Kings who are practically on pace with us. 

Going forward I'll drop in the games that bring our number down in the Daily Links, or If there's enough to write about all on it's own on a busy day I might break it out again. Here's to seeing the countdown hit a nice zero!

For those of you that don't know, Greg Wyshynski's Puck Daddy blog over at Yahoo is having a contest. Not just a contest, but a Photoshop contest. Now, I may be fairly amateur at using it, but I style myself somewhat good at it. It's a great program that gives me hours of fun. Now I submitted an early entry into the contest with this fantasy art picture orginally created by Frank Frazetta called "Moon Men" That I inserted The yelling Sid into. It was good enough to get me into round one of the entries that the guys over there put up...

While I liked my work on that one, once I saw that that entry was in I knew I was going to have to do better. Then yesterday afternoon the creative side of me kicked into high gear and there was mass hysteria combined with awesome results. Here's a look at some bigger, better and badder submissions I made to the contest yesterday. (I REALLY want to win...)

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Sources at the league office have confirmed that due to a drop in the value of the Canadian Dollar, franchises north of the border have been hard hit and are facing tough times. Even with Arenas selling out on a nightly basis, teams have struggled to cut costs. That being the case, several teams have looked at either relocating, or playing in other areas for at least some games in order to increase revenue. Montreal is one of those teams that is seriously looking into such an arrangement. While not necessarily a traditional hockey market, one of the places they are looking at is the third largest city in the world with lots of untapped hockey potential... The new look jerseys have already been designed and are ready to launch as soon as the terms of any split time or relocation deal has been reached. More after the jump...

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