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Season 72 playoff race is getting intense over in the European division, Prague, Moscow, and Davos are fighting for the last two spots. Moscow and Davos have 71 points, Prague is at 70, who is not going to make it? An interesting twist on it all is the fact that Prague and Davos have four games left in the season, meanwhile Moscow has six games left. Technically speaking Helsinki is not guaranteed to make it either, but when the Titans have 77 points it's looking almost certain that the Finnish team makes the playoffs after missing the fun last year.

 

Last night was a night that could potentially even decide the playoff spots, Moscow and Helsinki played against each other in Moscow. It was a close game, Calia made it 1-0 for Moscow in the first period, in the second period Helsinki tied the game when rookie Vaakanainen made it 1-1. The third period was a poor one for Moscow, Bob put Helsinki ahead on the powerplay and around 15 minutes into the third period Rodriguez hammered a final nail to the coffin with a 3-1 goal. Helsinki won the game 3-1 and took the valuable points.

 

After the game Helsinki winger Jim Bob shared our view on the importance of the game and what it could mean on the playoff race:

 

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Absolutely, Moscow needed these points slightly more than we did, so it feels great to win and take these points with us. Johnson in net was a beast today and scoring got it done, from our perspective this game was a huge confidence booster. I can only imagine what this means for Moscow, the pressure must be getting to them. Fans in Moscow are perhaps the most demanding in Europe, they want playoff action, but I´m happy and the fans in Helsinki are happy to spoil our friendly rivals day.

 

As mentioned earlier Moscow indeed has two more games than their closest playoff spot rivals Prague and Davos,  however three of those six games Moscow has left are against Seattle, a team that has won a lot lately and they are once again making a run for it, Seattle has won 44 games out of 67 games so far this year. Moscow also plays two games against New York, they have 35 wins this year so far and have secured a playoff spot, icing on the cake is the last game against Vancouver who is still in the playoff race, so not going to be easy games for Moscow.

 

Prague and Davos have a lot of firepower in their roster, in fact, Prague has scored the most goals in the European division this year, Davos can be found third on the same list. Moscow's offense has been struggling a little bit, they share the same goals scored total as Malmo who is going to miss the playoffs.

 

When you take the tough schedule into consideration with the fact that the loss against a rival team Helsinki last night was a monumental hit on their confidence, and despite the two extra games in hand, I have a feeling Moscow is the one who is not going to make the playoffs out of the Davos, Moscow and Prague trio.

 

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Moskau?? @Mr_Hatter

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4 hours ago, Victor said:

Moskau?? @Mr_Hatter

MOSKAU

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Mockba

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1 hour ago, diamond_ace said:

Mockba

MOCKBA*

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I kid you not Moskau is referenced in my Press Conference answer this week for the Aces lmao

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