Eight games left in the regular season and the Vancouver Canucks, my Canucks, have virtually locked up the number-1 seed in the West. They're now 10 points clear of Detroit and 11 clear of San Jose to lead the conference. So we'll have to play whatever 8th seed there is.
Even Daniel Sedin's brand-new baby girl wants him to win the Art Ross. She cooperated and was born on Monday night. Daniel flew out by himself to Detroit on Tuesday night. He participated in the game-day skate on Wednesday and played. And boy, did he ever. He got the Canucks' only 2 goals and almost got a third, ringing one off the iron in the third period.
Daniel continues to lead the league in scoring with 95 points now. He's 7 clear of Henrik (who is now 2nd in league scoring) and 9 clear of Stamkos, who's hit a bit of a dry spell here at the best time (for Henrik and Daniel). I don't think it can be understated how amazing of a story this will be. I mean, I dreamt about this happening at the beginning of the season, but you're just thinking, "What if?" Now it's actually, truly going to happen, barring a huge cold spell for Danny and a red-hot spell for Stamkos. But seeing as Daniel's longest point drought of the season was only 3 games, I think it's a foregone conclusion that he's pretty much a lock for the Art Ross as of now.
And yes, he also has a VERY good chance for the Hart trophy. He has 40 goals now on the season, only 3 behind Stamkos, so he could conceivably pass Stamkos and win the Rocket Richard! Now, with 8 games left (I don't know how many for Stamkos) it's highly unlikely that will happen. But, it's not impossible. And if you'd asked anyone 4-5, even 3 years ago about the possibility of either Sedin winning the Art Ross or the Hart, they'd look at you like, "Are you crazy?" Anything's possible, never underestimate the skills of the Sedins.
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