LouJersey
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The Atlantic division isn't great teams 3-8. There is a chance to finish 3rd and be locked in, and also a WC where you can pick up points vs inferior division teams.
Amazing what a successful week can do . Most of us were feeling pretty bleak after that Anaheim loss. I think Dobby is going to push Rask to be better this year and when the Bruins get healthy , there will be less pressure on the kids to perform consistently well all the time . The Bruins should make the playoffs.The so called Thanksgiving benchmark - with the games in hand our boys are right where they need to be
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Kinda where I thought we'd be:
Neither firmly in or out of the playoffs...even the "Thanksgiving metric" could go either way. If you go by PTS%, we're 3A to Ottawa's 3B in the Atlantic, placing us in the playoffs, but barely. However, we still have at least 2 games to make up on almost everyone else who counts...that means more B2Bs and 3-in-4s in the future. (Of course, we fortunately have found a good weapon for B2Bs...a backup goalie who's suddenly become more than merely competent.)
If you go just by points, Detroit leapfrogs us and Ottawa for the third slot, and PIT and WSH take the wildcards. While PIT and WSH have objectively better records than we do, I'd probably take our record over Detroit's....I think we should get at least 1 point out of the next 2 games.
Either way, if we make the playoffs or we don't, we can find some justification in today's standings for how we should have seen it coming.
It means nothing but as of this morning the Bruins have a 91.6% shot at the playoffs
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Money Puck likes the B's as well - but not Toronto
NHL Playoff Odds -MoneyPuck Analytics Based Playoff & Cup Odds
The shocker is Vegas
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Games remaining against teams currently in playoff position | |
Bruins | 126 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 10 |
Lightning | 127 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Maple Leafs | 119 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Remaining opponents' winning % | |
Bruins | 126 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .510 |
Lightning | 127 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .503 |
Maple Leafs | 119 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .476 |
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Remaining opponents' winning % | |
Bruins | 126 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | .515 |
Lightning | 127 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .473 |
Maple Leafs | 117 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .465 |
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Remaining opponents' winning % | |
Bruins | 124 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .549 |
Lightning | 126 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .490 |
Maple Leafs | 113 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .463 |
Tough indeed, but don't forget the Bs tend to bring it harder against good teams and play down to the level of crap teams. Their road record isn't too shabby. TB has to come back down to earth at some point and the Bs will be getting their studs back. I still think the Bs have a decent shot catching TB.Update through 3/11:
It's looking more and more likely that the Bruins aren't going to catch the Lightning. The Bruins definitely have the toughest remaining schedule of these three teams. 10 road games and a combined opponents' winning percentage of .549. Very, very tough.[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Maximum potential points Current ROW Total remaining games Home games Away games Sets of back-to-backs Remaining opponents' winning % Bruins 124 40 15 5 10 2 .549 Lightning 126 42 13 8 5 3 .490 Maple Leafs 113 34 13 8 5 2 .463
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Remaining opponents' winning % | |
Bruins | 122 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .542 |
Lightning | 122 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .494 |
Maple Leafs | 113 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .475 |
Maximum potential points | Current ROW | Total remaining games | Home games | Away games | Sets of back-to-backs | Remaining opponents' winning % | |
Bruins | 120 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .546 |
Lightning | 122 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .513 |
Maple Leafs | 111 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .423 |