We've not quite reached the end of the season and there are still playoff spots up for grabs, but whether some teams in the hunt or not, many of them have had seriously disappointing seasons.
For some teams that are all but eliminated, the disappointment has been building all season long and now that the schedule is running out of games, reality is hitting them in the face. For other teams that are still sniffing around at a wild card spot, there's some angst that they're fighting for a spot to begin with and that will only get much, much worse if the wind up on the outside of the Stanley Cup Playoffs looking in.