Don’t forget two whiffs right in front of the net per game
Hes been fantastic the last 6 weeks
Not a true 8 point swing though. It gets us 4 points closer to them if we win both, but we still have to win one more game than them on top of that to pull even in points. And with the way LA is playing, even if we catch Vegas, we still are going to be hard pressed to pass LA, as they're on the verge of overtaking Vegas anyway. Passing two teams who are 5 and 6 points up respectively, with only 13 games left, isn't going to be easy. It would be a great sign if we do though, as it would take either us going nuclear, or both of them falling into a slump.
We might actually be able to run 3 scoring lines. Which basically means 4 scoring line, as the Ryan line is scoring regularly right now. It's a little late to tinker too much, but with Foegle finally playing like a top six winger, and Bjugstad looking like a diamond in the rough, I think we should be really confident about our lines. And that doesn't consider Holloway coming back up if he heals up well.
I don't know that Holloway plays another game for the Oilers this year. If he does I think we are in a world of hurt injury wise.
I missed Barrie in the O-Zone the first few games but Ekholm’s breakout passes are way better than anything I saw from Barrie.
If we have a cup in 4-5 years it's a massive win. Schaefer could be a 40 goal scorer and to me we still win the trade.
I understand the math of the "8 point swing", I've just always found it odd to talk about 4 point games and point swings when the end goal is raw points. We need 6 points to tie Vegas. So who cares about what the "swing" is? Those 2 games could get us within 2 points. That's what matters, the swing stuff is just needless and to me it's only used because media guys need things to talk about, so they talk about "4 point games" and whatnot. I just think that breaking it down like that dumbs it down more than needed by most.
We play Seattle once and Kings and Knights twice each.
I think the plan was to bring him back up, but with the way that all of our depth guys have been playing, I agree. Even Shore has been playing like a legitimate NHLer.
The Kings are the real hurdle right now. They just keep winning. Every day that we win, I look to check the scores and they've won as well. I think catching Vegas could happen, especially if we beat them twice, but I just don't see LA slowing down. I think we end up with LA - Edmonton - Vegas - Seattle as the final standings if we win those two against Vegas. LA - Vegas - Edmonton - Seattle if we don't.
