It is and it isn't. I want to see us play a good game because it's a good test but at the same time I couldn't care less about the two points. Staying healthy for the rest of the regular season is priority above all else.I'd like to see us come out and play our game. It's not like Toronto is playing for so much more since the division is ours. Right? This cruise BS is just that...BS.
It is and it isn't. I want to see us play a good game because it's a good test but at the same time I couldn't care less about the two points. Staying healthy for the rest of the regular season is priority above all else.
Playing it safe is fine up to a point. I don't want them getting used to not striving for greatness, or we may be one and done in the playoffs. I say keep the foot on the gas and take it to every team we meet. Go bolts!
Meh this isn't their first time. Last season everybody and their mom freaked out because they took the foot off the gas in the last third of the regular season while still making it to the playoffs effortlessly. Once the playoff started we saw a completely different team. Everybody was buzzing and we pushed the Devils to the wall and never left off. Avoiding games 6 and 7 of the Caps series is what we need to worry about, not whether they play a full 60 minutes in game 70 of the regular season.Playing it safe is fine up to a point. I don't want them getting used to not striving for greatness, or we may be one and done in the playoffs. I say keep the foot on the gas and take it to every team we meet. Go bolts!
My problem is that last year we cruised and ran into a buzz saw. I don't want to look back and say we peaked too early.
And I don't want us to burn ourselves out in these meaningless games.My problem is that last year we cruised and ran into a buzz saw. I don't want to look back and say we peaked too early.
Like I pointed out last season, there is no correlation how a team ends their regular season and how they perform in the playoffs.
So I decided to check the last five seasons, how the finalists performed in their last ten regular season games, also included our Cup win season.
16-17
Pens 4-4-2
Nahsville 5-4-1
15-16
Pens 8-2-0
Sharks 5-5-0
14-15
Tampa 6-3-1
Chicago 4-6-0
13-14
Kings 5-3-2
Rangers 6-2-2
12-13
Chicago 7-2-1
Boston 3-5-2
03-04
Tampa 5-4-1
Looks like Moore is in. Hyman a game time decision with Ennis replacing him if he is out.No Gardiner and Dermott on defense for the Leafs. Moore and Hyman appear to be out too.
Playing it safe is fine up to a point. I don't want them getting used to not striving for greatness, or we may be one and done in the playoffs. I say keep the foot on the gas and take it to every team we meet. Go bolts!
Moore is playing tonight, and Babcock says he expects Zach Hyman to be in the line up. Dermott and Gards are out though...No Gardiner and Dermott on defense for the Leafs. Moore and Hyman appear to be out too.
Toronto is trying to catch Boston for home ice. Thats worth playing for imo.I'd like to see us come out and play our game. It's not like Toronto is playing for so much more since the division is ours. Right? This cruise BS is just that...BS.