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[Stimpythecat]

Karlsson, wife Melinda mourning family loss

The Ottawa Senators announced that defenceman Erik Karlsson will miss Tuesday's game against the Florida Panthers following the death of his son.

Karlsson, wife Melinda mourning family loss - Article - TSN

Condolences to the Karlsson family.

Hopefully they can find some comfort during this incredibly difficult time.

Oh no. My condolences to EK and his wife.

 

[SFKingshomer]

Stars with 2 out of a possible 12 pts. on the road trip.

 

[Reaper45]

Stars with 2 out of a possible 12 pts. on the road trip.

Really? f*** that sucks for them.

 

[Bandit]

Sharks crushing NJ. What a concept.

 

[Winger23]

Sharks crushing NJ. What a concept.

Regular season champs doing what they do...

 

[Herby]

Time to be huge Bruins fans for the next few days as they play St. Louis and Dallas.

Luckily they still have a ton to play for in their own race.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The Ducks play the Flames tonight. I want the Flames to lose because their fanbase is largely composed of arrogant a-holes, but keeping the Ducks behind may be more beneficial.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, in this case.

 

[Reaper45]

The Ducks play the Flames tonight. I want the Flames to lose because their fanbase is largely composed of arrogant a-holes, but keeping the Ducks behind may be more beneficial.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, in this case.

Aye but a Flames win gives them false hope and hurts the Ducks. Go Flames I guess.

 

[Little Psycho]

C'mon Tkatchuk! Rile up those Ducks with your stupidity!

 

[Fishhead]

Aye but a Flames win gives them false hope and hurts the Ducks. Go Flames I guess.

At least it's one of those games where a 3 point game doesn't really hurt us. Even losing a single point now makes it more difficult on both these teams. Leaning towards Calgary since they have to win out to have a shot. I want the Kings to be the one to smash their hopes next Monday

 

[HowDareYou]

Tkatchuks hurt right now i believe

 

[Fishhead]

Playoff view.

In the East, it looks pretty decided on who makes it in, with the exception of Florida/NJ battling for the last spot. I fully expect Florida to leapfrog NJ soon with their games in hand, and they have the inside track on the 8th seed. Neither Florida or NJ has a particularly difficult schedule down the stretch, with Florida having a slightly easier path.


In the west, there are 10 teams still in it. Looking at the 2 teams out of it right now..

StL. plays:

BOS
VAN
CBJ
SJS
VGK
ARI
WAS
CHI
CHI
COL

Not an easy run by any means, they are getting Arizona and Columbus at a bad time as both have played very well down the stretch. Bolded are games that will be difficult, I think. But compared to Dallas..

Dallas plays:

BOS
VAN
PHI
MIN
MIN
SJS
ANA
LAK

No Bishop, no Methot, and now Spezza and Ritchie are nursing injuries and are missing games. That schedule is nasty.

Dallas is really going to have a tough time of it, I think, but St. Louis is in better shape. The Blues hold the tiebreaker on the Ducks, while the Kings hold it on both of the others. If Boston beats the Blues tonight, things will be looking really good for the Kings. Making up points this year is going to be extremely difficult for chasing teams.

 

[KingTrouty]

I really hope we finish third.

Ducks remaining schedule:

at Flames
at Jets
at Oilers
at VAN
Kings
Avs
Wild
DAL
at ARI

Similar schedule to ourselves. The four game road trip is gonna be huge for them.

 

[LAKings88]

I really hope we finish third.

Ducks remaining schedule:

at Flames
at Jets
at Oilers
at VAN
Kings
Avs
Wild
DAL
at ARI

Similar schedule to ourselves. The four game road trip is gonna be huge for them.

I can see the Ducks going 7-2 or 6-3 if you give LA the win in the head to head.

 

[KingTrouty]

I can see the Ducks going 7-2 or 6-3 if you give LA the win in the head to head.

If they split the road trip and lose to us, that's three right there. Maybe they lose to the Avs and ARI, too? 5-5 isn't a stretch going on the low side. Probably more of a stretch to count our game a win

 

[Fishhead]

I'd rather play Vegas than the Sharks. SJ has proven they can win series, Vegas not so much.

 

[KingTrouty]

I'd rather play Vegas than the Sharks. SJ has proven they can win series, Vegas not so much.

I would, too. But WC2 is playing Nash if the playoffs started today. WC1 has 1 more pt and one game in hand (Avs).

 

[kilowatt]

I'd rather play Vegas than the Sharks. SJ has proven they can win series, Vegas not so much.

Not to mention, Vegas has cooled considerably.

 

[Brodeur]

Playoff view.

In the East, it looks pretty decided on who makes it in, with the exception of Florida/NJ battling for the last spot. I fully expect Florida to leapfrog NJ soon with their games in hand, and they have the inside track on the 8th seed. Neither Florida or NJ has a particularly difficult schedule down the stretch, with Florida having a slightly easier path.

Hopefully the Devils can squeeze in, but the recent "get outshot 35-25" strategy is gonna be tough. The kids definitely seem like they've hit a wall which is understandable. Florida had three games against Boston in the final week. One game is a makeup game which'll be played after everybody wraps up the regular season. So there's an uneasy case where Boston might be locked into a playoff spot and would rather dress a B squad for that last game.

I wouldn't hate seeing a Tampa/Florida series. That might help jumpstart that rivalry. When I went to the 2015 Draft in Florida, I had a good chat with some Tampa fans who made the trip. One lamented how there wasn't much of a rivalry since they were never simultaneously good.

 

[Brodeur]

Craig Custance reporting that 2016 2nd round pick Adam Mascherin informed the Panthers that he won't be signing with them. Florida holds his rights until June 1st and will likely be looking to trade him (he'd re-enter the draft otherwise). Might be a decent buy low option for some teams. From the sounds of it, there wasn't a ton of communication between the two parties going from last year.

Haven't followed him too closely, but I vaguely recall him being a smaller but stoutly built one dimensional scoring winger. Best case poor man's Cammalleri, but maybe more likely a Reid Boucher-esque tweener.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Craig Custance reporting that 2016 2nd round pick Adam Mascherin informed the Panthers that he won't be signing with them. Florida holds his rights until June 1st and will likely be looking to trade him (he'd re-enter the draft otherwise). Might be a decent buy low option for some teams. From the sounds of it, there wasn't a ton of communication between the two parties going from last year.

Haven't followed him too closely, but I vaguely recall him being a smaller but stoutly built one dimensional scoring winger. Best case poor man's Cammalleri, but maybe more likely a Reid Boucher-esque tweener.

Well he is a trending topic already with hockeydb.com.

Lol

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Anyone else think the Flames are in a tough spot? Arguably a worse one than the Kings...

Maybe not because they have a whole lot of players trending up, but I'm not seeing a top-end 1C in their system and I don't think Monahan is that guy, and by the time they're ready to really compete, Giordano is going to be put out to pasture. Behind that, they're unimpressive.

Theoretically it's time for a shakeup, likely one that involves moving Giordano for a younger comparable/assets, but then they're kind of screwed on that front too.

Don't get me wrong I love them circling the drain after the last couple of years of chest thumping, but they're another team whose rebuild has stalled out because they still have holes on the current team yet worse upcoming holes in Giordano's decline and the ongoing goaltending issues (how long is Mike Smith viable?).

 

[Stimpythecat]

Flames also don't have their 1st or 2nd round picks this year and the 1st may be a lottery pick. Had to give those up for Hamonic. Also probably don't have their 2nd rounder next year.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Sam Bennett may or may not be a bust. If he doesn't put it together, then they missed on a #4 pick, and they have to make up for that somewhere. The Kings got Martinez in the same draft as Hickey, and then got Doughty and Voynov a year later. The Flames have yet to do the same. And they went Sekera/Lucic with their 1st this year, but did so without the Cups in their back pocket.

If it was easy to build a contender, and you were guaranteed success if you try, more teams would do it more often.

 

[King'sPawn]

A few Flames fans are oddly obsessed with the Kings downfall the past few seasons. I wouldn't mind them losing out.