Pre-Game Talk: 2019-20 Playoff Watch Thread

[canucksfan]

4 point cushion if Nashville and/or Winnipeg wins tonight. The Canucks have had an unreal stretch of games since late December that their analytics suggest is unsustainable. It’s not out of the question that they will miss.

The key I think is Markstrom. He needs to play at a very high level. March will be a tough month for the Nucks IMO. They pay 16 games and only twice do they get a two day break. All the rest are one day or no rest. Not sure if other teams are like that though.

 

[y2kcanucks]

The key I think is Markstrom. He needs to play at a very high level. March will be a tough month for the Nucks IMO. They pay 16 games and only twice do they get a two day break. All the rest are one day or no rest. Not sure if other teams are like that though.

Correct. And I haven’t looked at the other teams schedules either. Markstrom has performed like the best goalie in the league this season. If he keeps it up, and if the Canucks PP keeps up what it’s done they stand a good chance of making the playoffs. Anything less than top goalie in the league and I could see the Canucks falling out.

 

[I am toxic]

The key I think is Markstrom. He needs to play at a very high level. March will be a tough month for the Nucks IMO. They pay 16 games and only twice do they get a two day break. All the rest are one day or no rest. Not sure if other teams are like that though.

You had me at "Markstrom"

 

[canuckking1]

Money Puck has us at 76% to make as of today.

 

[Didalee Hed]

Correct. And I haven’t looked at the other teams schedules either. Markstrom has performed like the best goalie in the league this season. If he keeps it up, and if the Canucks PP keeps up what it’s done they stand a good chance of making the playoffs. Anything less than top goalie in the league and I could see the Canucks falling out.

The great exalted Benning has assembled a team that may or may not be able to sneak into the playoffs in a really weak year if they get league best goaltending.

Good thing then that Gillis gifted him that hey?

Thanks Mike!

 

[Hammer79]

The Canucks didn't help themselves and got no help on the OOT scoreboard. They need 21 pts in 23 games to realistically get in with 90. Get to 97 and they probably win the division. Any long term injuries to any of EP, QH or Markstrom would lead to a quick exit in the 1st round.

 

[Michael Dal Swolle]

It basically comes down to picking up 10 wins from here on out, along with an OT/SO loss or two. Winning the majority of the 7 games against VGK (2) /CGY (1) /WPG (1) /ARI (3) might give enough of a cushion to push that down to 8-9.

 

[PG Canuck]

By the time the Canucks play against its entire possible they could only be 2 points up on 9th.

Or they could be 8 pts up on 9th place.

Man this is fun!

 

[NoShowWilly]

.500 the rest of the way should squeeze us in at the current bar.

 

[VancouverJagger]

Or they could be 8 pts up on 9th place.

Man this is fun!

Geezus..........pretty easy to tell who the "Glass half empty" folks are around here........

 

[Fatass]

Geezus..........pretty easy to tell who the "Glass half empty" folks are around here........

The Canuck’s glass is way more than half empty. In a positive view it would be 1/8th full.

 

[VancouverJagger]

The Canuck’s glass is way more than half empty. In a positive view it would be 1/8th full.

Yeah.......sure........LOL. I guess we know which group you fall into.

We're looking at 3 Calder finalists in a row which include a superstar #1 center and a superstar #1 D who looks like he could be a perennial Norris trophy candidate in the years to come (which we have really never had on our team EVER). We have a Vezina calibre goaltender this year and a young back up that looks very promising. We have a prospect pool that is most likely going to produce at least 1 legit top 6 player in the next 2 years (One of Madden, Podz, or Hoglander) - adding to the 4 real top 6 players we currently have - along with a relatively decent prospect pool. I could go on.........

But yeah..........not much to be excited about is there?

#SMH #thesykyisfallingtheskyisfalling

 

[Lemmiwinks]

4 points in = slight percentage of missing now?

It literally does. When you have that many teams behind you, odds are all of them won’t blaze by you with 20 odd games to go.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Or they could be 8 pts up on 9th place.

Man this is fun!

Uh what? Teams don’t lose points...they’re 4 up on 9th right now.

 

[y2kcanucks]

It literally does. When you have that many teams behind you, odds are all of them won’t blaze by you with 20 odd games to go.

Except it literally doesn’t. I think it’s The Athletic that runs these numbers for playoff odds and even they have the Canucks right now with a 26% chance of missing the playoffs. That’s not small odds.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Except it literally doesn’t. I think it’s The Athletic that runs these numbers for playoff odds and even they have the Canucks right now with a 26% chance of missing the playoffs. That’s not small odds.

Different definitions of small odds I guess. Also those odds are after an awful loss and OOT scoreboard. Was this team really expected to hold 1st in the division from the all star break to the end of the season?

 

[y2kcanucks]

Different definitions of small odds I guess. Also those odds are after an awful loss and OOT scoreboard. Was this team really expected to hold 1st in the division from the all star break to the end of the season?

You tell me. The way people have jumped on the bandwagon with this team and ignored their analytics I guess anything is possible.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

You tell me. The way people have jumped on the bandwagon with this team and ignored their analytics I guess anything is possible.

I’m sort of just amazed we’re in this good a position at game 59 tbh

 

[y2kcanucks]

I’m sort of just amazed we’re in this good a position at game 59 tbh

It surprised me too, but they have had a lot of luck, and quite literally the best goaltending in the league. Markstrom and a hot PP has carried this team.

 

[Hammer79]

He has a right to his opinion. Perhaps closing the tank thread wasn’t the best idea? People with valid opinions don’t like to be censored.

Yeah, for equal representation, every team forum on this board should have a designated 'cheer against the team' thread. /s

 

[y2kcanucks]

Yeah, for equal representation, every team forum on this board should have a designated 'cheer against the team' thread. /s

At least the teams with one quite likely the worst GM in the league, that has missed the playoffs 4 years in a row, and has team analytics that still suggest it's a bottom 10 team (that is just being carried by the best goaltending performance in the league this season). I also don't recall any pro playoff threads being closed at any point during the past 4 years despite the Canucks never being anywhere close to the playoffs.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Again, you aren't being censored. You no longer have a specific thread to voice a certain opinion where it's against the rules to contradict it. If you needed that, it probably wasn't much of an opinion anyway.

Well as long as said opinion can be voiced in other threads that's absolutely fine.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Wait, did they close the tank thread?
GTFO

Where in anything I posted, was there a mention about a tank?

This is a playoff thread and I made a post about teams in contention for a playoff spot.

Hell, the title of this thread doesn’t even specifically define this as a Canucks playoff thread but a playoff watch thread.

So how about you GTFO and don’t post until you learn how to spell your last name.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Where in anything I posted, was there a mention about a tank?

This is a playoff thread and I made a post about teams in contention for a playoff spot.

Hell, the title of this thread doesn’t even specifically define this as a Canucks playoff thread but a playoff watch thread.

So how about you GTFO and don’t post until you learn how to spell your last name.

So this is what the tank group have come to

Also, you said that you hoped Winnipeg and Chicago have a 3 pts games, if that doesn’t count as tanking support then what even is it.

 

[y2kcanucks]

So this is what the tank group have come to

Also, you said that you hoped Winnipeg and Chicago have a 3 pts games, if that doesn’t count as tanking support then what even is it.

So he’s not allowed to hope for what’s best for the organization?