Philadelphia is not. I don't get why people keep thinking this.
Carolina is mediocre.
They deserve a better shot than the dog cr*p behind them though.
Philadelphia is not. I don't get why people keep thinking this.
Carolina is mediocre.
The 1st place team in the mighty Metro would be 3rd in the lowly Atlantic.
The Lightning and Leafs would both be tops of the Metro and Pittsburgh couldn't hold a spot in the Atlantic either (3 pts up on Boston with 5 extra games played).
Get off your high horse. Your division isn't half as good as it what last year.
Now the Central, that's a scary good division.
And the Metro has 8 teams with more points than 5 teams in the Atlantic.
Hard to say...depends on the matchup.And the Leafs are pretenders, I think the entire NHL has realized that they cannot defend in their own zone. They are going to be a one series and done team in the playoffs.
And the Metro has 8 teams with more points than 5 teams in the Atlantic.
And the Leafs are pretenders, I think the entire NHL has realized that they cannot defend in their own zone. They are going to be a one series and done team in the playoffs.
Great you have more mediocre teams than the Atlantic.
I never called the Atlantic deep. I called the Metro overrated.
Aren't you getting a little old for fairy tales and myths?
Apparently top 10 in lowest GA/G means they can't defend in their own zone.
The Islanders, Penguins and Devils don't have shaky defence tho. They just magically have a higher GA/G.
The top teams in Central are better than the top teams in Metro, but Metro has the most parity.
I guess we're forgetting that the pens are the reigning 2x stanley cup champs here and hail from the metro... No team in the central comes close to what the penguins bring come playoff time.
In the old system, only the best team from each division got a top-seed playoff spot, the rest went by entire conference. If we went by the old system you'd have:
1. Tampa Bay (Atlantic)
2. Columbus (Metro)
3. Toronto
4. NYI
5. Washington
6. NJ
7. Rangers
8. Penguins
In this scenario, Boston would be on the outside.
(In the old divisions, the top-3 spots would go to TB, TOR, and NYI - as Columbus was in the West back then. Put them in any division and Boston would still be the one kicked from the playoffs)
What hyperbole. Typical sports board exaggeration when you don't have an argument. You're ability to make logical quantitative comparisons is lacking. If the Central is "scary good" then the Metro must be, uh, "pretty damn good" or something like that.The 1st place team in the mighty Metro would be 3rd in the lowly Atlantic.
The Lightning and Leafs would both be tops of the Metro and Pittsburgh couldn't hold a spot in the Atlantic either (3 pts up on Boston with 5 extra games played).
Get off your high horse. Your division isn't half as good as it what last year.
Now the Central, that's a scary good division.
To be fair, the central has a lot of solid teams but i'd be surprised if any of them won the cup. Maybe Nashville.
It's a good thing that by the end of the season everyone will have played the same amount of games then. Right now Boston and Washington are tied for 5th in Points % in the Eastern Conference.
4 less games than Pittsburgh and are 1 point behind.
3 less than New York and 1 point behind
3 less than The Isle and 3 points behind
2 less than New Jersey and 3 points behind
4 less than Washington and 5 points behind
3 less than Columbus and 5 points behind
lol, every metro team has a winning record vs the atlantic......Great you have more mediocre teams than the Atlantic.
I never called the Atlantic deep. I called the Metro overrated.
Aren't you getting a little old for fairy tales and myths?
Apparently top 10 in lowest GA/G means they can't defend in their own zone.
The Islanders, Penguins and Devils don't have shaky defence tho. They just magically have a higher GA/G.
The top in the central is looking a lot better than the best the metro has shown so far this season. St.Louis, Winnipeg, and Nashville all have great depth, great impact players, on top of reliable goaltending. Id only definitively put Tampa ahead of those 3 teams right now with Toronto and Columbus being maybe a tier above the jets but below STL and Nsh. Blues have also never really had their lineup at 100% this year and are still chugging along and looking like a top tier team this year while Nashville will have a top pairing Dman rejoin their team come January.
What hyperbole. Typical sports board exaggeration when you don't have an argument. You're ability to make logical quantitative comparisons is lacking. If the Central is "scary good" then the Metro must be, uh, "pretty damn good" or something like that.
You're pro Atlantic argument focused on the top two teams, ignoring the rest of the trash.
Congrats, you're in a weak division so you and the Bolts can feast on the other 6. Outside of the Bs the other 5 are garbage w/double digit negative goal diffs. Since early Nov I've been posting that the Atlantic is top heavy w/two good teams (so I'm giving the Leafs their due). Nothings changed since.
Looks like the Leafs will finish Atlantic #2 and will have an easy first round opponent in Atlantic #3. Would be funny if old rival Bs upset you
Saying I'm on a "high horse" is typical Leafs projecting their O6 or something superiority complex
Data Source?
What's old and tiresome is hyperbolic posts like yours. Baseless claims about how "great" the Atlantic is<snip>
The old "you're a Leafs fan" argument. It's getting really tiresome.
To be fair, the central has a lot of solid teams but i'd be surprised if any of them won the cup. Maybe Nashville.
And the Leafs are pretenders, I think the entire NHL has realized that they cannot defend in their own zone. They are going to be a one series and done team in the playoffs.
Goalies don't play defense.Great you have more mediocre teams than the Atlantic.
I never called the Atlantic deep. I called the Metro overrated.
Aren't you getting a little old for fairy tales and myths?
Apparently top 10 in lowest GA/G means they can't defend in their own zone.
The Islanders, Penguins and Devils don't have shaky defence tho. They just magically have a higher GA/G.
"The Canes beat a division rival today! This should help us gain ground in the Metro standings"
*checks tonight's scores
Rangers: Win
Flyers: Win
Penguins: Win
Islanders: Win
Capitals: Win
Why do we even bother
"The Canes beat a division rival today! This should help us gain ground in the Metro standings"
*checks tonight's scores
Rangers: Win
Flyers: Win
Penguins: Win
Islanders: Win
Capitals: Win
Why do we even bother
"The Canes beat a division rival today! This should help us gain ground in the Metro standings"
*checks tonight's scores
Rangers: Win
Flyers: Win
Penguins: Win
Islanders: Win
Capitals: Win
Why do we even bother