GDT: Flames @ Preds | 4/26/2022 | Get Your S**t together Edition

[Scoresberg]

Get it together, for God's sake. Don't want to go backing into the playoffs with our backs against the wall.

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[Legionnaire11]

Bare bones this week, on vacation.

 

[hockey diva]

Can we limit the dumb penalties to one a period, pretty please

 

[101st_fan]

Can we limit the dumb penalties to one a period, pretty please

why start something so sensible 80 games in?

 

[101st_fan]

Olivier recalled.

 

[101st_fan]

 

[Legionnaire11]

Someone (Scoresberg?) was talking yesterday about the Herd losing steam and effect as the season has worn on. I was going to suggest an Olivier call-up to change it up and spark them again. Looks like I got my wish!!

And allows Jeannot to go to the 2nd line where he's had a little chemistry with Johansen at times. Could be a great little move.

 

[hockey diva]

I would rather see Kunin or Cousins scratched than Tolvanen

 

[hockey diva]

why start something so sensible 80 games in?

One should always have goals.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Magic number is 2. Any combo of Preds pts wins and/or Vegas points losses.

 

[drwpreds]

Magic number is 2. Any combo of Preds pts wins and/or Vegas points losses.

Not exactly- we can get two points and still not make it.

Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but:

If Vegas wins out and all 3 wins are in regulation

And the Preds get 2 points the rest of the way, WITHOUT a regulation win

If that happens, we finish tied with Vegas and they win the tie breaker (regulation wins)

One regulation win removes all doubt- please lets get that done tonight......

 

[Legionnaire11]

If Dallas beats Vegas tonight, that does it too.

 

[drwpreds]

If Dallas beats Vegas tonight, that does it too.

I may be crazy but I think I’m actually pulling for a regulation Vegas win tonight. Greatly increases our chances at WC1

 

[ILikeItILoveIt]

Well, tonight is THE Night. If we win in regulation, WE'RE IN.

Gotta be honest. The NHL must have tweaked the tiebreakers when I wasn't looking. I thought ROW was the first one, but it's RW, followed by ROW. Makes tonight not as cut and dry as Win-and-we're-in. If we win in Overtime or the SO, and Vegas wins in regulation, even though the MAGIC NUMBER is 0, it's actually 0.5. Vegas could win their last 2 in regulation and we lose our last 2 in regulation, leaving us tied at 96 points, but Vegas would have one more RW than us.

Makes our rooting interest in the Stars-Knights game complicated. We start 30 minutes before their game. If we're winning, you could make the case we want Vegas to beat the Stars, allowing us to open a 3 point lead on them and dropping our MAGIC NUMBER with them to 1. However, a Vegas RW, even if we win but not in regulation, leaves them alive, forcing us to either find another point in the last 2 games or needing Vegas to not win the last 2 in regulation.

Keeping it simple and rooting for the Stars eliminates Vegas but makes it less likely we get WC1.

Here's the schedules and predictions for the teams in the hunt against us. 1 of the 4 will not make it.

I'm predicting P3 = Kings, WC1 = Stars, and WC2 = Preds. Vegas goes to the Craps Table.

STARS: 44 – 30 – 5 93 Games Left - 3 RW-30 ROW - 40

Vegas - home. Win.
Yotes - home. Win
Ducks - home. Win

3 - 0 - 0 6 points. 99 points overall.


PREDS: 44 – 29 – 6 94 Games Left – 3 RW-35 ROW - 41

Flames – home. Loss
Avs - away - Loss
Yotes - away - Win

1 - 2 - 0 2 points. 96 points overall.


KNIGHTS: 42 – 31 – 6 90 Games Left – 3 RW-33 ROW - 38

Stars - away. Loss
Hawks - away. Win
Blues - away. Loss

1 - 2 - 0 2 points. 92 points overall.



KINGS: 43 – 27 – 10 96 Games Left – 2 RW-34 ROW – 39

Kracken – away. Win
Canucks – away. Loss

1 – 1 – 0 2 points. 98 points overall.

 

[Armourboy]

Pretty easy for me, root for the scenario that gets you in asap. Gives you a chance to rest a guy or two if need be and let the rest figure itself out.

 

[drwpreds]

Well, tonight is THE Night. If we win in regulation, WE'RE IN.

Gotta be honest. The NHL must have tweaked the tiebreakers when I wasn't looking. I thought ROW was the first one, but it's RW, followed by ROW. Makes tonight not as cut and dry as Win-and-we're-in. If we win in Overtime or the SO, and Vegas wins in regulation, even though the MAGIC NUMBER is 0, it's actually 0.5. Vegas could win their last 2 in regulation and we lose our last 2 in regulation, leaving us tied at 96 points, but Vegas would have one more RW than us.

Makes our rooting interest in the Stars-Knights game complicated. We start 30 minutes before their game. If we're winning, you could make the case we want Vegas to beat the Stars, allowing us to open a 3 point lead on them and dropping our MAGIC NUMBER with them to 1. However, a Vegas RW, even if we win but not in regulation, leaves them alive, forcing us to either find another point in the last 2 games or needing Vegas to not win the last 2 in regulation.

Keeping it simple and rooting for the Stars eliminates Vegas but makes it less likely we get WC1.

Here's the schedules and predictions for the teams in the hunt against us. 1 of the 4 will not make it.

I'm predicting P3 = Kings, WC1 = Stars, and WC2 = Preds. Vegas goes to the Craps Table.

STARS: 44 – 30 – 5 93 Games Left - 3 RW-30 ROW - 40

Vegas - home. Win.
Yotes - home. Win
Ducks - home. Win

3 - 0 - 0 6 points. 99 points overall.


PREDS: 44 – 29 – 6 94 Games Left – 3 RW-35 ROW - 41

Flames – home. Loss
Avs - away - Loss
Yotes - away - Win

1 - 2 - 0 2 points. 96 points overall.


KNIGHTS: 42 – 31 – 6 90 Games Left – 3 RW-33 ROW - 38

Stars - away. Loss
Hawks - away. Win
Blues - away. Loss

1 - 2 - 0 2 points. 92 points overall.



KINGS: 43 – 27 – 10 96 Games Left – 2 RW-34 ROW – 39

Kracken – away. Win
Canucks – away. Loss

1 – 1 – 0 2 points. 98 points overall.

As you predicted, if the Stars win tonight they are almost certainly going to finish 3-0 (I know, I know, nothing is certain). Meaning for us to get WC1 we would have to go at least 2-0-1

Perfect night for me is a regulation Preds win tonight and a Stars regulation loss

 

[smithformeragent]

Bruins fan on spring break. I’ll be in attendance.

Looking forward to it!

 

[herzausstein]

As you predicted, if the Stars win tonight they are almost certainly going to finish 3-0 (I know, I know, nothing is certain). Meaning for us to get WC1 we would have to go at least 2-0-1

Perfect night for me is a regulation Preds win tonight and a Stars regulation loss

As long as Vegas misses playoffs, Dallas can lose tonight

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Someone (Scoresberg?) was talking yesterday about the Herd losing steam and effect as the season has worn on. I was going to suggest an Olivier call-up to change it up and spark them again. Looks like I got my wish!!

And allows Jeannot to go to the 2nd line where he's had a little chemistry with Johansen at times. Could be a great little move.

It's not quite "losing steam" from the Herd Line... they are still hitting like crazy. Statistically. But it seems like they have lost something. Like the hitting started becoming hitting-for-hittings-sake and distracting from playing good aggressive hockey and having the hitting just be a natural byproduct of that.

It seemed like there was something "off" with Olivier for much of the year. Maybe he has gotten his mojo back too and has been playing a little better in Milwaukee lately? He may just have been a little down-in-the-dumps from not being on the big team. But for sure he was the first spark to the Original Herd, so it's worth a try to see if he can rekindle that while Jeannot gets a bigger role. I just hope he doesn't get lassoed instead into the whole hitting-for-hitting and toughness-for-toughness-sake mentality that seems to have distracted the others. He might be susceptible to that a bit?

 

[Marty Party]

Too much man.

Love that box.

 

[Marty Party]

Costs us a goal against.

 

[LCPreds]

Death
Taxes
Preds down 0-1

 

[hockey diva]

Jarnkrok with the screen

 

[Marty Party]

Back to the box.

 

[hockey diva]

Okay so maybe taking only 1 stupid penalty per period was asking too much.