mk80
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Here's hoping.Sitting in the 16 spot at the end of the day. Ten games left for that to get better.
Edit: Cheering for OT in the Caps and Wings game tomorrow night
Here's hoping.Sitting in the 16 spot at the end of the day. Ten games left for that to get better.
Got your wish!Here's hoping.
Edit: Cheering for OT in the Caps and Wings game tomorrow night
still hoping for 17. or later!Looking like 16 unfortunately
It would be a late-season miracle at this point. LA lost so we’re 5 points behind. I think they have a game in hand.still hoping for 17. or later!
i didn't mean to suggest it was likely!It would be a late-season miracle at this point. LA lost so we’re 5 points behind. I think they have a game in hand.
I mean, they already got hot a couple weeks ago. They are 7-1-1 in the last 9 games. A decent chunk of mediocre-to-bad teams in that stretch, but you can't be much hotter than 15 of a possible 18 points. Pretty much need to do that again in the next 9 to have any hope of the playoffs though.We'd have to win out and someone go on a losing streak to get a shot. Could happen but it's not realistic. If these boys are going to get hot, now's the time. Even then, well... crazier s*it has happened so all I'm gunna say is: I Believe. Because, well... why the hell not?
For the playoff race, I think that tonight has become must win in regulation. That would get us within 4 points of Nashville. We kept some hope alive by beating Edmonton, but that SJ loss really left no margin for error. Not only do we need the 2 points, but we also need to seize the opportunity to prevent Nashville from getting anything. All 3 of us, Nashville, and LA have easy schedules remaining. Saturday showed us that surprises will happen, but we absolutely can't be part of Nashville banking any points.
If you're going to stay in the race, you have to kick them while they are in the middle of a losing streak. After our game, Nashville goes on the road to play a desperate Isles team Saturday then a probably-done NJ team on Sunday. Have to send them on their trip with a 4 game losing streak instead of any type of victory (moral or otherwise).
Obviously San Jose beating LA would be helpful.
Here are the tank outcomes to cheer for tonight:
Isles over Columbus
Overtime between Pittsburgh and Washington
Minnesota over Colorado
And I guess root for LA and Nashville if you prefer a moving up a handful of spots over playoffs.
If they open up a 7 point gap on us tonight, they wouldn't even need to go .500 in those last 6 if we finish the year 6-0-0. They have 4 more regulation wins than us at the moment. If we lose tonight, their 'magic number' to clinch the RW tiebreak falls to just 3. Any combo of 3 regulation wins for them (including tonight's game against SJ) or games where we don't win in regulation clinches that tiebreak. If they open up a 7 point gap on us tonight, there are a lot of scenarios where we go 6-0-0, they go 2-3-1, and they still finish ahead of us in the standings.I concur. A regulation loss and an LA win takes it out if our hands. LA would be able to eliminate us by going .500 in their last 6 even if we won our last 6.
Pretty much every possible playoff scenario at this point requires us to damn near win out. With the current WC2 team sitting at 89 points through 75 games, it is a pretty safe bet that we're going to need 95+ points to get in. Have to go 5-1-1 or 4-0-3 to hit 95 points and I think that 95 likely won't be enough.Leapfrogging Nashville requires us to make up 7 points in 7 games, because Nashville almost owns the 1st tiebreak (35 regulation wins to 29) outright.
That's us going 4-3-0 vs. their 0-6-1.
Or, us 5-2-0 vs. their 1-5-1.
Or, us 7-0-0 vs. their 3-3-1.
Possible? Sure, but there's a very small margin of error and it requires a regulation win over Nashville tonight, in Nashville. No regulation win, the chances of catching Nashville get smaller. A loss in any form, and you can kiss it good-bye.
The rabbit would’ve worked if Kyrou hadn’t forgotten to put people inside of it!Maybe if we build a large wooden badger, ...