Western Conference Race Off to Crazy Start

by Susan Slusser

Filed under: Blackhawks, Sharks, Red Wings, Western

Things are starting to sort out a tiny bit in the Western Conference, but the left side of the country is still largely clumped. No one is entirely out of it. No one is ready to start unloading major parts.

"This conference is notoriously tight every year," said longtime Dallas and now Chicago goaltender Marty Turco. "This year, it's gone crazy. No one in is having a bad year, because there's no separation."

In the East, there is a division -- the Atlantic -- where the top team is 32 points ahead of the bottom. In the West, one division going into Thursday had a top-to-bottom difference of four points, the ultra-tight Pacific. The biggest cushion is in the Northwest division, where Vancouver enjoys an 11-point spread over last-place Edmonton. Considering that Vancouver is tied with Colorado at 38 points, the edge over the fifth-place team might not be quite so significant.

 

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