We’re coming down to the wire.
With Wednesday night’s games in the books, the only NHL club with more than eight games remaining on its schedule is the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have nine contests left to play in pursuit of a wild-card berth.
If you’re looking back at the Jackets’ entire season, there’s not a huge variance in where the team was at the halfway point of the campaign versus where it sits now.
The official midway point of the 2024-25 NHL calendar was Jan. 9 and Columbus woke up that morning in the second wild-card spot — the same place it’s currently just two points removed from with two weeks to go in the season.
Of course, the other Eastern Conference wild-card team at the halfway mark, the…