The Bombers' likeliest playoff path may run through the East crossover

Montreal and Toronto are locked into East seeds and Hamilton and Ottawa are eliminated, which leaves the crossover berth live for the West bubble — meaning Winnipeg could draw an Eastern road opponent instead of a West rival. That flips scouting, travel, and prep, and it makes the remaining Calgary and Saskatchewan games effectively double-headers for tiebreak purposes in a cluster where any of the three can host or miss entirely.