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From: ins_alhg@jhunix.UUCP (Louis H Griffel)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: 2nd best team in NHL
Message-ID: <1832@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 16:25:57 EST
Article-I.D.: jhunix.1832
Posted: Tue Feb 11 16:25:57 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 05:46:09 EST
References: <1755@dciem.UUCP> <95500002@siemens.UUCP> <1887@rayssd.UUCP> <707@laidbak.UUCP> <8656@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Reply-To: ins_alhg@jhunix.ARPA (Louis H Griffel)
Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. Computing Ctr.
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In article <8656@ucla-cs.ARPA> lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Edward Lor) writes:

>	If the Penguins are locked up with 3rd place and the Islanders 
>4th in the Patrick Division (this is not impossible, as of 2/1,
>Pittsburgh is only 4 points out of 3rd place,) will the Capitals
>have incentives to fight for 1st place? We all know they always 
>lose to the Isles in the playoffs, while they haven't
>lost to the Penguins for a couple years.
>

Why does everyone write off the Islanders?  As of now THEY are only six points 
behind the Capitals.  Maybe the Capitals should have to worry about fighting 
they Penguins for third instead of the Flyers!!  Maybe the @#$% Penguins 
won't even make the playoffs.  Are you guys just jealou of the four 
Stanley Cups ???