The problem is that outside of the "hot start", this team is in exactly the same place it was last year. We were 0.427 in 2015-16; take out our 7-1 run and this is a 0.400 team. More and more it's looking like that streak was just that. Barring major changes either to the roster or to the coaching staff, we're headed for the basement with a bullet.
Post-Game Talk: Jackets 3, Oilers 1
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The problem is that outside of the "hot start", this team is in exactly the same place it was last year. We were 0.427 in 2015-16; take out our 7-1 run and this is a 0.400 team. More and more it's looking like that streak was just that. Barring major changes either to the roster or to the coaching staff, we're headed for the basement with a bullet.
McShogun99
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Yes and the team has been competitive in almost every loss. We can't expect 3 points every night from Mcdavid and a .950 night from Talbot. We can play .500 hockey for the rest of the season and have a shot at making the playoffs.
McFlyingV
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Yet when watching the games and looking at the numbers we've been better than a .400 team. I can understand people being frustrated with some of the games we've blown, but outside of those few terrible breakdowns/bad luck the team has played like a wildcard team. There's been as many games that we've deserved to get a point or 2 out of as there has been games where we deserved to go home with no points.
If 20 games from now we're still playing at a .400 point pace then maybe I'll agree with you, but what I'm actually seeing in the games and seeing in the stats does not indicate that this pace should continue.
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um no lol lol the games are a lot closer and we got some points in overtime. Stop being overy dramatic lol we are not going to the basement lol Sure we weren't as good as our streak and we aren't as bad as these close losses . We will be competing for a playoff spot, nobody is running away with the division or a wild card spot. It is so close any one of 5 teams could finish first in the pacific or could miss the playoffs. Let us stop being overly dramatic
onetweasy
"That's just like, your opinion, man"
You remove the 7-1 start like it didn't mean anything.........pretty handy to support your agenda.
Remove that 5-6 game losing streak and this team looks great!
TheBrew
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Spot on.
oilerbear
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Pts over games played is best measure of current playoff position:
you win a game
you get 2 pts but gain 1 PT over game
1gm 2pt +1
OT/SOL
1gm 1 pt Even
Loss
1gm 0pt -1
Pts over Gm
Eatern conference
1. CBJ 27gm 40pt +13
2. MTL 28gm 42pt +13
3. PIT 30gm 43pt +13
4. WSH 28gm 39pt +11
5. NYR 31gm 41pt +10
6. PHI 32gm 41PT +9
7. OTT 30gm 35pt +5
8. BOS 31gm 35pt +4
9. NJD 28gm 30pt +2
10. TMP 30gm 32pt +2
11. CAR 29gm 30pt +1
12. TOR 28gm 28 pt Even 11 ROW
13. BUF 28gm 28pt Even 10 ROW
14. FLD 30gm 30pt Even 11 ROW
15. DET 30gm 30 pt Even 9 ROW
16. NYI 28gm 27pt -1
Western Conference
1. CHI 31gm 42pt +11
2. MIN 28gm 36pt +8
3. SJS 30gm 37pt +7
4. STL 30gm 36pt +6
5. ANA 30gm 35pt +5
6. EDM 32gm 35pt +3
7. LAK 28gm 30pt +2 13 ROW lead ssn series with NSH
8. NSH 28gm 30pt +2 13 ROW
9. CGY 32gm 34pt +2
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10. DAL 31gm 30pt -1 -> 4 wins behind Oilers
11. WPG 32gm 29pt -3 -> 6 wins behind
12. ARZ 29gm 25pt -4 -> 7 wins behind
13. VCR 30gm 26pt -4 -> 7 wins behind
14. COL 28gm 23 pt -5 -> 8 wins behind
Angst over losing to the #1 team in Eastern Conference?
A team that went 12-1-2 in its last 15gm
the REG Loss to a hot cGY who is 9-6-2 on the road.
In our last 19gm we are
6-9-4
6 Wins:
@DAL #10 WC 5-2
CHI #1 WC 5-0
@ COL #14 WC 6-3
@ WPG #11 WC 6-3
ANA #5 WC 3-2 OTW
WPG #11 WC 3-2
9 reg Losses:
@Pit #3EC 4-3: Drai -4; Lucic -2; Pitlick -2; Klefbom -3; Larsson -3
Dal #10 WC 3-2: Mcdavid; Maroon; Eberle -1;PK 2-3
NYR #5 EC 3-1: Nurse; Gryba; Pouliot; RNH -2;
@ANA #5 WC 4-1: Nurse -3; Mcdavid; Lucic; RNH; Maroon; Klef; Pitlick -1; PK 6-7
@ LAK #7 WC 4-2: Mcdavid -3; Lucic -2; 1 SHGA
ARZ #12 WC 2-1: Benning; Nurse; Hendricks; Cag -1
TOR #12 EC 4-2: Klefbom -3; Hendricks; RNH -2; Benning; Russell -1
@PHI #6 EC 6-5 KLefbom -4; RNH -3; Larsson; Maroon -2; Benning; Hend; Cag -1
CBJ #1 EC 3-1 Maroon; Cag; RNH -1; PK 3/5 2 PPGA
4 Ot SO losses
@ ARZ #14WC 3-2 SOL
MIN #2 WC 2-1 OTL
@ BUF #13 EC 4-3 OTL
@ MIN #2 WC 3-2 SOL
Our next 10gm
4gm in 7 days
TMP #10 EC
@ STL #4 WC
@ ARZ #12 WC
@ SJS #2 WC
5 day Xmas break
2gm in 3days
LAK #7 WC
VCR #13 WC
4 gm in 6days
@ CBJ #1 EC
@ BOS #8 EC
@ NJD #9 EC
@ OTT #7 EC
