Amy Johnson

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for the playoffs and in the playoffs at the end of all of it so maybe it's been a couple of weeks since you've looked at the standings um so we'll we'll just briefly set the scene for you remind you of where the canadians stand now um they've completed 57 games um

Record of 32, 17, and 8.

72 points.

That places them second in the Atlantic, sixth in the NHL.

They have a winning percentage of 632.

They're on pace for a 103-point season.

Third in the NHL in goals for 24th in the NHL in goals against.

And as far as the goal differential, there are plus 12.

That's 10th in the NHL.

And right now they have about an 82.7% chance of making the playoffs.

Pick up where they left off, which was very good.

And the Canadians heading into the Olympic break were 4-0-1-1 in their last five games, and they need to continue that pace because they have to consider that other teams like...

the position the Canadians were in last year, that playing desperate, that other teams are going to be desperate to get into the playoffs and they're going to ramp up their competitive level.

And they have to expect that.

They have to expect that they're going to be one of those teams that's targeted when players see that opportunity.

All right.

It's tough.