Around the League 2 - Tank command central

[Blueline Bomber]

So with the Pens loss today, it breaks down like this, correct?

Ottawa wins = WC 1, guaranteed
Ottawa gets a point = WC 1 or 2, guaranteed.
Ottawa loses = Out of the playoffs if Boston wins and Pittsburgh gets at least a point.

Pittsburgh wins = WC 1 or 2, guaranteed.
Pittsburgh gets a point = WC 1 if Ottawa loses, WC 2 if Ottawa wins and Boston loses.
Pittsburgh loses = Out of the playoffs if Boston wins.

Boston wins = WC 1 if Ottawa and Pittsburgh lose, WC 2 if either team wins but the other doesn't.
Any other result has Boston out of the playoffs.

Unfortunately, the least interesting result is the most likely, considering Boston plays Tampa Bay, while Pittsburgh and Ottawa face some of the bottom Eastern teams.

It's also disappointing that the Ottawa/Philly game is on much earlier than the other two. If all three games were playing simultaneously, that would make some great drama.

 

[Joe McGrath]

If Pittsburgh loses to Buffalo on the last day of the season that will mean JR has put together 3 teams that missed a win and in to teams with nothing to play for. That would be hilarious.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

guaranteed to happen then

 

[TheOllieC]

Mark Stone is incredible.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Down to Pittsburgh and Boston. Of the two, I'd prefer Boston

 

[Wolfpuck]

SNES are in

Go uh.....................................Penguins?

 

[Novacane]

Nice

I guess Detroit needs to beat us today for the Sens to stay in WC1. Or at least get a point.

 

[Caniac4ever]

Impressive stuff Sens

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Well done Ottawa!

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

please miss pegnuins. the main board lols will sustain me for a great many moons

 

[What the Faulk]

Historic.

 

[DaveG]

Basically, Rutherford made a bunch of costly moves for a team that might not even make the playoffs.

Yep, JR gonna JR.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

historic.

Historic indeed !!!

So happy for the boys.

 

[DaveG]

Congrats Sens, that's one hell of a run. Please (after Detroit beats us down tonight) knock out the Habs.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

Congrats Sens, that's one hell of a run. Please (after Detroit beats us down tonight) knock out the Habs.

All started with the western road trip sweep. Huge momentum boost.

I'm definitely hoping for the Habs. They can't beat us.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

So just to follow up, and perhaps this is beating a dead horse, but NHL Public Relations just tweeted that the 2015 Senators just set the record for biggest points deficit, at any point in the season, made up to make the playoffs. No team has been farther back in the standings.

So I guess that puts it to rest.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Congratulations to the sens. A truly historic comeback made possible by some great rookie performances, a ton of hard work and a very surprising goaltender. Always have a bit of a soft spot for them having grown up in the Ottawa valley. They're a lot easier to cheer for without Alfredsson and Heatley, too.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

So just to follow up, and perhaps this is beating a dead horse, but NHL Public Relations just tweeted that the 2015 Senators just set the record for biggest points deficit, at any point in the season, made up to make the playoffs. No team has been farther back in the standings.

So I guess that puts it to rest.

It was beating a dead horse 10 pages ago. Now there's not even enough left to construe that it was ever a horse.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

It was beating a dead horse 10 pages ago. Now there's not even enough left to construe that it was ever a horse.

Yes but that settles it with an actual, factual statistic (holy redundancy Batman).

 

[Oogie Boogie]

I'm not pulling for them to win the cup, but I do hope they make it beyond the 1st round which wouldn't surprise me with how well they have been playing.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Yes but that settles it with an actual, factual statistic (holy redundancy Batman).

And that's fine. I'm in the minority that really finds what previous teams have done (going from 15th to winning the division, for example) more impressive, but that doesn't take away from what the Sens have done.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

S1C2, I think that's as close to a "I was wrong" that you'll get.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

S1C2, I think that's as close to a "I was wrong" that you'll get.

I guess. The two things (year to year improvement versus in-season comeback) aren't relatable at all, but I'll take it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I guess. The two things (year to year improvement versus in-season comeback) aren't relatable at all, but I'll take it.

The 15th to winning the division was in one season, not year-to-year. Should have made that clearer.

S1C2, I think that's as close to a "I was wrong" that you'll get.

I honestly didn't realize it was such a big deal. I had moved on from that conversation the minute it was over, but then everytime the Sens run was mention:

Well, you have to agree that their run has a chance to be historic

Unbelievable, but not historic.

Ottawa can actually get one point and be in. Kinda excited about this historic run.

I mean, if he wanted an apology, there was certainly a less dick-ish way to do it. But if it's that big of a deal: I was wrong. The Sens run is historic. Congratulations.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

The 15th to winning the division was in one season, not year-to-year. Should have made that clearer.



I honestly didn't realize it was such a big deal. I had moved on from that conversation the minute it was over, but then everytime the Sens run was mention:







I mean, if he wanted an apology, there was certainly a less dick-ish way to do it. But if it's that big of a deal: I was wrong. The Sens run is historic. Congratulations.

It's not being dick-ish. It's needling. I thought the back and forth was fun, myself.

Dick-ish is telling someone their hockey knowledge isn't worth the electrons this is written on.