Alea iacta est!
we know our PO match ups and we know our PD series. I'll break em down later on. First a quick word about tonights results.
On the Ocean side
Some very surprising results here. CST taking a win over BP and burning some enthusiasm to do it. They must have wanted to get the HCA in the series against BBB and i guess they were concerned that BBB would win their series. It does mean that BP has lost it's 1st spot and that the HCA for the blue side goes to MDM! Congratulations for that!
Other than that, most results went the way you'd expect them to go. I feel sorry for the Sabres though. they are getting direct demotion despite a good showing, but in the end the 4 wins CKC got in the start of the season will net them the 7th spot.
On the blood side
Talk about a surprise here: The Ducks have upset Kriflonius which means that Kriflonius no longer has HCA through the entire PO's. To add to it, Kriflonius burned enthusiasm to get there, knowing that the ducks had nothing to play for and were just going through the motions. it's a bitt of a headscratcher what manager krifl was thinking here, but if it's a mistake, it's a costly one. It's means that the Ducks will face Kriflonius for the 3rd time this season in the PO's, knowing that they are going to the Kriflonia with more fighting spirit.
HR did what it needed to do (getting some scary ratings in the process) and thus seem to be showing that they are ready for promotion. It's somewhat surprising not to see VV drop a CT on the last day, since they should be able to beat CKC with half enthusiam. They had 2 ways to stay in II and decided to play it safe, but who could blame them. Maybe Krifl was counting on VV to beat HR and figured that his match would have been made redundant.
TC once again showed that they had the best offense in the league and having made certain that each game they dropped 100 points in EVERY SINGLE GAME this season. Considering that there are some beastlike defensive teams in our conference, that is an impressive record to hold. They got the best offence in the conference!
And the grannies won a nailbaiter of a game, but in the end it changes little for them. direct demotion is their fate
Which leaves us with the following matches:
YOL @ MDM
TMS @ BP
TC @ HR
D² @KRI
and for the play downs:
STA @ PS
BBB @ CST
CKC @ VV
commiserations to the teams that got demoted, congratulations to all the teams who are in the post season. May the best team win the series! good luck!