There's just one little impediment to forming lots of new ice in Hudson's bay and the Labrador sea under the conditions we'll see over the next 10 days.
this is not a no-but reply but i would like to add something to consider:
this map shows the anomalies and many recent statements like yours were underlined (based upon) anomaly maps because many of us including myself regularly have an look at anomalies because they stick out clearly and are easy to interpret.
as it happens, and i'm on purpose using an example that is a bit wider based than necessary, an anomaly of zero degrees celsius at the end of march can be warmer (probably is) than a huge positive (bad) anomaly at the end of february because temperatures are raising significantly around equinox.
further, the graphs clearly show that around this time the upward trend is starting to struggle to go further up, sometimes still does and in other years did not climb further.
in short, i do not believe, mostly due to water temps, albedo in southerly regions (peripheral) and not to forget the warmer air building up in mid latitues (generally speaking, regionally different) in further significant gains in sea-ice extent.
this does not mean it can't happen, it's just not as clear as it sounds at times here due to anomalies the will perhaps/probably be a bit closer to the norm than they were during most of the winter.
i hope i was able to make my point in a comprehensive manner that wouldn't raise blood pressure of some LOL
nice weekend @all