Our friends over at Pension Plan Puppets have started a fan poll to decide which Western Conference team to root for in the playoffs. So far, Columbus is winning.

We can't have that. Here's a call to all Game Timers to visit PPP and hijack the poll. Pick the Blues as the team behind which they will put all of their fan energy.

Here's what their poll says: (follow the link to the actual poll)

With 2 points last night the Columbus Blue Jackets locked up the sixth playoff spot in the West, and we're coming down to the wire. Here are the current Western Conference standings:

	DIV	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	L10	Streak
1	y -  San Jose Sharks	PAC	80	53	16	11	117	253	196	32-4-4	21-12-7	7-2-1	Won 2
2	y -  Detroit Red Wings	CEN	79	51	19	9	111	290	233	27-8-4	24-11-5	6-4-0	Won 2
3	x -  Calgary Flames	NW	80	45	29	6	96	249	242	26-10-4	19-19-2	4-6-0	Lost 1
4	x -  Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	80	44	24	12	100	257	214	23-9-8	21-15-4	7-2-1	Lost 1
5	x -  Vancouver Canucks	NW	80	43	27	10	96	244	220	23-12-5	20-15-5	5-4-1	Won 1
6	x -  Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	80	41	29	10	92	222	221	25-12-3	16-17-7	5-1-4	Won 1
7	Anaheim Ducks	PAC	80	41	33	6	88	237	230	19-18-3	22-15-3	8-2-0	Lost 1
8	St Louis Blues	CEN	80	39	31	10	88	229	232	22-13-5	17-18-5	7-2-1	Won 1
9	Nashville Predators	CEN	80	39	33	8	86	205	222	24-13-4	15-20-4	4-3-3	Lost 1
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	80	38	33	9	85	205	193	22-11-7	16-22-2	5-4-1	Won 1

 

So, PPPers, who should we root for in the West? San Jose because of their handsome teal jerseys and warm weather? Columbus on their first trip to the postseason (yes)? Anaheim because we all love Pronger and Bobby Ryan?

If anybody selects Vancouver or Detroit (besides SkinnyFish), I'm going to let Moose start blogging full time about how great the Oilers are.

Here's the link: Go there now.