Pension Plan Puppets, a Toronto Maple Leafs community

Come on now, James. It's time to drop your East-Coast bias, media-centric, Toronto (and allegedly Nick Kypreos) love and admit what you need to admit: These Blues are a real threat at this point. Despite his declaration it's 'unlikely' (read: Impossible! No way! Bite me!) that the Note can go even 8-5 over the last 13 to make the playoffs, he has to begrudgingly admit that he has to take the second hottest team since Jan. 1 'seriously.' Mirtle, you middle management pig (read: cool guy, thanks for the help and opportunity, look us up when you're in town), why not get on the bandwagon while there are still good seats available? The Blues have beaten Boston, San Jose, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other top teams in that time. Come on, James, I'll even let you wear my horrid 90's era Brett Hull jersey when you come to the first playoff game here in Gateway City. All you have to do is admit that you believe.

When middle management speaks, we listen. Most of the time. Some of the time we just nod and stare at their mouth and wonder why we can't hear the actual words that are coming out. But in this case, we were listening. James Mirtle has updated his list of what teams will need to do to get to 90 points before the end of the season. The theory of course is that 90 points will get your team into the second season. His current estimate is that the Blues will need to go 12-7 in their last 19 games in order to get there. Wanna know what their record has been over the last 19 games? 11-8.