Around the NHL Thread - Found the Missing #16

[Johnny Hoxville]

Good thing they’ll have all that cap space next season.

 

[super6646]

Quinn shit is pants on the rnh goal. Didn’t mean squat in the end lol. 5 straight losses, oilers no good.

 

[Corpus X]

For the slump in Calgary's play let's be glad they're not playing like Vegas. Vegas has played 3w 7L in their last 10 vs Calgary's 5w 3L 2OTL. The Flames may be playing the NYI next but Vegas plays Boston. So neither team will have easy points tomorrow. San Jose plays Pittsburgh, who's having a rough time of late, but has won 2 in a row and some what similar to the Flames and their mid season woes. I think SJ has the easier game since Boston has surged with 6 in a row and the NYI playing well at 6W-2L-2OTL. I'm not going to be confident until the Flames top line starts playing a bit better.

 

[DFF]

Quinn **** is pants on the rnh goal. Didn’t mean squat in the end lol. 5 straight losses, oilers no good.

I saw Colby Cave in OT.....that's like the Flames playing Hathaway....LMAO

 

[Anglesmith]

For the slump in Calgary's play let's be glad they're not playing like Vegas. Vegas has played 3w 7L in their last 10 vs Calgary's 5w 3L 2OTL. The Flames may be playing the NYI next but Vegas plays Boston. So neither team will have easy points tomorrow. San Jose plays Pittsburgh, who's having a rough time of late, but has won 2 in a row and some what similar to the Flames and their mid season woes. I think SJ has the easier game since Boston has surged with 6 in a row and the NYI playing well at 6W-2L-2OTL. I'm not going to be confident until the Flames top line starts playing a bit better.

I haven't thought about Vegas in a while and I don't think you should either. They are 11 points back of us and we hold two games in hand.

San Jose is our competition, and it's worth noting that they have a much tougher schedule than us down the stretch. So much so that sportsclubstats has us with about a 70% chance to win the division despite our slim lead last time I checked.

 

[Corpus X]

I haven't thought about Vegas in a while and I don't think you should either. They are 11 points back of us and we hold two games in hand.

San Jose is our competition, and it's worth noting that they have a much tougher schedule than us down the stretch. So much so that sportsclubstats has us with about a 70% chance to win the division despite our slim lead last time I checked.

Oh, I agree I just included those guys because they were in the top 3. Just trying to be a nice guy!

I saw the post talking about the Sharks vs Flames schedule and we do have it "easier", but Calgary is in a funk still, even though secondary scoring is coming in handy. Let's hope they bottom lines keep up the pace until the top lines find a way. I think the team needs something to rally behind like they had with Bennett's stash before he maliciously slashed it. The Blues bonded with the song "Gloria" at a bar and have been going on a tear.

 

[Mobiandi]

How the hell is Chicago in last place in the Central but only 1 point out of a playoff spot

 

[Lunatik]

How the hell is Chicago in last place in the Central but only 1 point out of a playoff spot

Even LA who is last in the west and 3 points out of being last in the league, is only 8 out of a playoff spot

 

[Khrox]

How the hell is Chicago in last place in the Central but only 1 point out of a playoff spot

More importantly, how the hell is the projected wildcard cutoff (second wildcard spot) in the west sitting at 82 points? A guy on another site I regularly visit puts up charts on a regular basis that show projected playoff point projections, and I've rarely seen him be off by more than a couple points (he updates usually after every flames game from ASG on, but sometimes he'll update if there is like 10+ games on a night the Flames don't play). And yeah, the current 2WC spot is at 82 points (likely to change as a few teams play eachother in division and in conference). Meanwhile Tampa is already at the projected 2WC point mark for the East (so theoretically they don't have to win a game the rest of the season and could still make it)

 

[crackdown44]

Give me that Arizona Coyotes first round matchup baby

 

[Thrasymachus]

Stopping by to wish you all good luck tonight

 

[Volica]

Give me that Arizona Coyotes first round matchup baby

That'd be the dream matchup for us.
They don't stack up well on paper, on ice, really anywhere.

Plus a fired up Mike Smith in round 1 sounds like good vibrations.

 

[Kahvi]

Wild card race is crazy, 7 teams within 4 points fighting for 2 spots.

 

[crackdown44]

Wild card race is crazy, 7 teams within 4 points fighting for 2 spots.

“Race”

 

[DCDM]

DSP is on waivers. Please do the thing Treliving

 

[crackdown44]

Sharks gooning up

 

[Mobiandi]

Smith-Pelly's on waivers. Decent chance he might be claimed

 

[MonyontheMoney]

DSP is on waivers. Please do the thing Treliving

Not really an upgrade on anything. Like, we still have Quine in the AHL, who’a a better player

 

[Lunatik]

Not really an upgrade on anything. Like, we still have Quine in the AHL, who’a a better player

He's an upgrade on Lazar who is on our roster. He also was a contributor in the Caps Cup win last spring.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

DSP might be visually more mobile, but he's honestly Troy Brouwer Bad.

 

[MonyontheMoney]

He's an upgrade on Lazar who is on our roster. He also was a contributor in the Caps Cup win last spring.

Lazar is on the roster for maybe another 5 days (and him being a clear upgrade is probably debatable anyways). Like, I guess we could have DSP in the press box or use him until Neal comes back. But I see us adding a forward at the deadline, and then we’re full up front.

For arguments sake post deadline:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Zuccarello
Bennett - Jankowski - Neal
Mangiapane - Ryan - Czarnik
Hathaway - Quine

Don’t see where he fits at all. For what it’s worth, Quine also had a hell of a playoffs a couple years back with NYI too.

 

[crackdown44]

It’s pretty funny that we arguably benefit more from Edmonton playing the most games against teams on the 2nd half of back to backs than Edmonton does.

Most teams start their backup against us in the first game then save their starter for Edmonton because they want to lock in a guaranteed win

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

I hope the Oilers go back to that Oil Kings well.

Jesse Puljujarvi for Lazar+Foo

 

[Lunatik]

Lazar is on the roster for maybe another 5 days (and him being a clear upgrade is probably debatable anyways). Like, I guess we could have DSP in the press box or use him until Neal comes back. But I see us adding a forward at the deadline, and then we’re full up front.

For arguments sake post deadline:

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Zuccarello
Bennett - Jankowski - Neal
Mangiapane - Ryan - Czarnik
Hathaway - Quine

Don’t see where he fits at all. For what it’s worth, Quine also had a hell of a playoffs a couple years back with NYI too.

In the playoffs give me DSP over Mangiapane every day of the week.

 

[MonyontheMoney]

In the playoffs give me DSP over Mangiapane every day of the week.

I’d rather have either Hathaway or Quine in there over DSP if we were to replace Mangiapane anyways