Series Talk: WCQF: Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators (VAN Leads 3-2)

[Nucklehead Supreme]

Pass the puck and make a change? Idk, not what I'd want to see from my captain while down by 2 in a playoff game IMO

He held the puck for like 20 seconds, there wasn't enough time to do anything anyways, because it was the end of the period, trust me you're way overthinking this.

 

[Another Empty Netter]

That's a courageous PO road win. Nashville wanted a win on the road, and they got it.

Nashville won home ice advantage and now the pressure is on the Canucks.

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

 

[adsfan]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

You must be bad at math?

The series is tied 1-1. Nashville has 3 potential home games in this series (3,4,6) and Vancouver has two (5 and 7). The series may not get to Game 7 if the Preds can win all of their home games. Nashville has the advantage as long as they win. If the Canucks can win either game 3 or 4, they will have the advantage back.

 

[Three On Zero]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

It’s just a silly narrative, don’t read too much into it

 

[Summer Rose]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

If the first two games are a 1-1 split, then it means that the team without home ice advantage to start the series can take the series by winning only the rest of their home games.

 

[Fatass]

No Demko = no wins. Preds already took one with no Demko and will take the next three.

 

[David Singleton]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

For clarity, the simplest definition of home ice advantage in this context is just that if one projects the home team to win every game, then the team with the most home games (remaining) would win the series.

It has nothing (directly) to do with other potential "advantages" to playing at home such as fan atmosphere, officiating tendencies towards home vs away teams, or the ability of the home team to have the last lineup change prior to a faceoff. Of course, all of those aspects may indirectly have some impact to a game's outcome, which is why that term has been coined in the first place.

With the completion of actual games, "projections" get replaced by "actuals". Any road win by a team breaks the projection, so you need to create a new projection based upon the games remaining- which is why you are likely to hear that the series is now a "best of five" if the first two games were split, or hear a "best of three" if the next two games (i.e., the 3rd and 4th games) are also split.

Hopefully that helps you, and it certainly helped my OCD-driven need for precision.

All that said, @Three On Zero is not wrong to say it's a narrative, lol.

 

[BTO]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

It's simple: out of a possible 5 remaining games 3 are in Nashville and only 2 are in Vancouver (although game 7 would be in Vancouver) since Vancouver already "used-up" 2 of their 4 home games.

 

[jeffff]

How does that work ? I thought the higher seeded team would maintain home ice advantage throughout the series ? Is this figurative or real ?

Think of it this way. The series is tied 1-1, so it is now a best of 5. With 5 games in the series 3 of them are in Nashville, 2 in Van......so Nashville has home ice advantage.

 

[hangman005]

GDT is up

GDT: - WCQF- Game 3 Vancouver Canuck @ Nashville Predators 4/26 6:30PM CT

Let's get another taste of that sweet victory! For the Preds: On the Canucks side: From a questionable source but also:

forums.hfboards.com

 

[M2Beezy]

GWG goes to:

 

[WetcoastOrca]

No Demko = no wins. Preds already took one with no Demko and will take the next three.

I’ll take Bad Takes for $200 Alex.

 

[Canucks LB]

Lots of people are talking about the Oilers in the second round, let’s win the round first lol

And I’m honestly more scared of the kings then the Oilers, we match up incredibly well against the Oilers. (If demko takes a stimpack lol)

Nashville is one pesky team man, this might go 7

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Preds choked that one away

No way they get a better chance at winning in G4

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Canucks had under 10, 5 on 5 sog tonight.... won the game 2-1.... with 2 x PP goals

 

[rea]

Total freaky Friday shift w the teams, in terms of play and outcome btwn game 2 and 3. Know how it felt to come out of game 2 feeling like van couldn't buy the puck luck with all the pressure, so I'm sure the preds and their fans are feeling the same after this one.

Great thing about this is we get to restart the expectations all again in a couple days. Def not the prettiest of wins, but not gonna feel bad and give it back lol, so GG for this match preds, onto game 4!

 

[Wry n Ginger]

GWG goes to:

BROCK BoeSelke-er

 

[nucks88]

No Demko = no wins. Preds already took one with no Demko and will take the next three.

Aged like milk on a front porch in the August sun….

 

[eviohh26]

This is so Canucks last half of season. Get outshot badly and some how win. I'll take it !

DeSmith was great tonight. He is such a odd goalie, sometimes he is lights out. Other times he stinks.

Need more out of Pettersson. He looks injured . He looks little slow.

I'll take the W. Need the same effort next game. Would like to see more shots on net.

 

[nucks88]

Think of it this way. The series is tied 1-1, so it is now a best of 5. With 5 games in the series 3 of them are in Nashville, 2 in Van......so Nashville has home ice advantage.

Please redo your theorem…..and show your work……

 

[Angry Little Elf]

No Demko = no wins. Preds already took one with no Demko and will take the next three.

my wife left me

 

[Hoglander]

Better team won.

 

[Szechwan]

Ugly ugly ugly, but they don't ask how, they ask how many

 

[Canucks LB]

This is crazy, holy shit

 

[Pogotheclown]

Game 3 is what it looks like when a better team goes up against a lesser team, and decides to focus allmost entirely on defense.

Resembled game two between dallas and Vegas.