Around the League 2018-19 - Part VI

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Continued from: Around the League 2018-19: Part V

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[Jets 31]

So Dallas beat Calgary and the Avalanche beat Vegas , guess fighting for your playoffs lives does matter . Nice shoot-out attempt by Tavares last night , Hendricks would have gotten closer to the goalie before he lost control of the puck .

 

[Duke749]

BOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[Neuf]

Habs play the Jackets tonight

Habs hold final wild card in the East, up by 2 points on the Jackets
Jackets have a game in hand and more wins

This could be a good game .

 

[jefferoni]

Interesting development last night, especially if we end up facing the Stars in the POs...

 

[LucianoBorsato]

Interesting development last night, especially if we end up facing the Stars in the POs...

He was out a few games recently also, seems to have been battling something and he re-injured it again? I doubt the Stars would be in a playoff spot without him this season, his numbers have been great.

 

[Fastfrde]

Interesting development last night, especially if we end up facing the Stars in the POs...

I am no doctor or physical therapist, but from that angle, it certainly looks like a groin injury. Those are not easy ones for goalies, hopefully it's not a major injury for him.

 

[ps241]

I am no doctor or physical therapist, but from that angle, it certainly looks like a groin injury. Those are not easy ones for goalies, hopefully it's not a major injury for him.

If I remember correctly a groin injury took him gmdiwn late last season and the stars went in the tank. They have a much better back up this year though.

 

[jefferoni]

Nice shoot-out attempt by Tavares last night , Hendricks would have gotten closer to the goalie before he lost control of the puck .

Attaboy JT!

 

[JetsFan815]

So Dallas beat Calgary and the Avalanche beat Vegas , guess fighting for your playoffs lives does matter . Nice shoot-out attempt by Tavares last night , Hendricks would have gotten closer to the goalie before he lost control of the puck .

The difference is that both Calgary and Vegas dominated the flow of play in their games, I'd been ecstatic if the Jets lost to the Stars the way Vegas lost to the Avs.

 

[mzappa]

Big big game! Not quite for "all the marbles", but its pretty much a deciding game.

Habs play the Jackets tonight

Habs hold final wild card in the East, up by 2 points on the Jackets
Jackets have a game in hand and more wins

This could be a good game .

 

[bustamente]

Seems like some of the contenders in the West are waiting to flip the switch for the playoffs, lets see how it works out.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Big big game! Not quite for "all the marbles", but its pretty much a deciding game.

It's 50/50 between the two, with the result of tonight's game boosting the winner up 20%.

That's a pretty big swing for how many games are left.

 

[Whileee]

The difference is that both Calgary and Vegas dominated the flow of play in their games, I'd been ecstatic if the Jets lost to the Stars the way Vegas lost to the Avs.

Which Jets' team do you think was a better bet for the playoffs, the 2014/15 team (#8 in CF%, #6 in HDCF%) or the 2018/19 team (#20 CF%, #23 HDCF%)?

 

[JetsFan815]

Which Jets' team do you think was a better bet for the playoffs, the 2014/15 team (#8 in CF%, #6 in HDCF%) or the 2018/19 team (#20 CF%, #23 HDCF%)?

14-15 Jets were playing in front of Pavelec, any team playing in front of that kind of goaltending is a always going to be a hair trigger away from losing out. If the 14-15 Jets were playing against the 18-19 Jets in a 7 game series and had the same goaltending as the 18-19 Jets would you can 18-19 Jets clear favorites in such a series?

 

[Whileee]

14-15 Jets were playing in front of Pavelec, any team playing in front of that kind of goaltending is a always going to be a hair trigger away from losing out. If the 14-15 Jets were playing against the 18-19 Jets in a 7 game series and had the same goaltending as the 18-19 Jets would you can 18-19 Jets clear favorites in such a series?

Yes. I'll take this Jets' line-up over that line-up any day and twice on the weekend.

 

[JetsFan815]

Yes. I'll take this Jets' line-up over that line-up any day and twice on the weekend.

On paper they are a better team but the way they have played this season I would not be as confident in facing the 14-15 version of the Jets in a playoff series.

 

[kanadalainen]

habs up 1 - 0 early on

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

habs up 1 - 0 early on

On the one hand, I want Columbus to be rewarded for going all in.


On the other hand LOL MEMES

 

[snowkiddin]

Attaboy JT!

11 million dollar man!

 

[Gm0ney]

Yes. I'll take this Jets' line-up over that line-up any day and twice on the weekend.

Current team is more talented. 2014-15 team was playing better. If this year's team was playing like that team, I'd be happy as a clam.

 

[Gm0ney]

Current team is more talented. 2014-15 team was playing better. If this year's team was playing like that team, I'd be happy as a clam.

Unfortunately, this year's team is playing like the Claude Noel/Charlie Huddy coached 2011-12 GST line most nights.

 

[ps241]

Starting to think St Louis may win our division.

 

[jetsfan15]

Starting to think St Louis may win our division.

I agree. Given the 2 pts we coughed up tonight, and considering the remaining schedule for the Jets, Preds, and Blues: the Blues have the best odds of winning the division. I actually think that the Preds have a better chance than the jets as well, given the remaining schedule for each of those 3 teams. Kinda crazy to see where we’re at just a few days after that big win vs. Nashville... that win doesn’t mean much when you follow it up with 2 losses like that.

Nashville’s only two tough games remaining are Pittsburgh and Columbus. Their other 3 remaining games are against bad non-playoff teams.

Jets’ remaining schedule is very tough: playing against teams fighting for a playoff spot the rest of the way, except for the game vs. Chicago.

Blues schedule is very easy, not playing against any team realistically fighting for a playoff spot except for the game vs. Colorado.

 

[ps241]

I agree. Given the 2 pts we coughed up tonight, and considering the remaining schedule for the Jets, Preds, and Blues: the Blues have the best odds of winning the division. I actually think that the Preds have a better chance than the jets as well, given the remaining schedule for each of those 3 teams. Kinda crazy to see where we’re at just a few days after that big win vs. Nashville... that win doesn’t mean much when you follow it up with 2 losses like that.

Nashville’s only two tough games remaining are Pittsburgh and Columbus. Their other 3 remaining games are against bad non-playoff teams.

Jets’ remaining schedule is very tough: playing against teams fighting for a playoff spot the rest of the way, except for the game vs. Chicago.

Blues schedule is very easy, not playing against any team realistically fighting for a playoff spot except for the game vs. Colorado.

Tonight’s loss opened the door.

I don’t have much faith in Nashville

Blue’s are playing better but they already have 4 in a row so they might normalize.

Who knows.